Yukio Kurita ( ''Kurita Yukio''; 6 April 1930 – 17 May 2024) was a Japanese politician. An

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, he served as governor of

Fukui Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Fukui Prefecture has a population of 737,229 (1 January 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,190 Square kilometre, km2 (1,617 sq mi). Fukui Prefecture border ...

from 1987 to 2003. Kurita died in Fukui on 17 May 2024, at the age of 94.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kurita, Yukio 1930 births 2024 deaths Governors of Fukui Prefecture People from Sabae, Fukui