4th Governor of Okinawa PrefectureIn office
10 December 1978 – 9 December 1990Preceded byKoichi TairaSucceeded byMasahide ŌtaMayor of NahaIn office
January 1962 – October 1968Preceded byKenji SaichiSucceeded byRyōmatsu Taira Personal detailsBornNovember 5, 1921
Yonaguni, Okinawa, JapanDiedNovember 10, 2001(2001-11-10) (aged 80)
Naha, Okinawa, JapanPolitical partyIndependentAlma materUniversity of TokyoMilitary serviceAllegiance Empire of JapanBranch/service Imperial Japanese NavyRankSub-lieutenant

Junji Nishime (西銘 順治, Nishime Junji) was a Japanese politician who served as the 4th Governor of Okinawa from 1978 until 1990 and mayor of Naha, the capital of Okinawa. He studied and graduated at the University of Tokyo.^[1] His son is Kosaburo Nishime a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.

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