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Ex-Japan governor sent sexually harassing texts to staff

File photo shows Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto speaking at a press conference in Fukui, central Japan, on Dec. 4, 2025, after the prefectural parliament approved his resignation over a sexual harassment allegation. An investigative report by external lawyers said on Jan. 7, 2026, that he sent some 1,000 sexually harassing texts to multiple female staff of the local government and touched female staff members' bodies several times.

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Rally to seek return of Japanese abductees

Former Japanese abductee Yasushi Chimura speaks during a rally held in Fukui, central Japan, on Dec. 14, 2025, for the return to Japan of other Japanese abducted by North Korea. Chimura, 70, abducted in 1978, is one of the five Japanese abducted by North Korea who returned home in 2002.

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Crown prince in Fukui

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L) and Crown Princess Kiko (R) listen to elementary school students explaining their greenery activities in Fukui, central Japan, on Oct. 19, 2024 (Pool photo)

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Crown prince in Fukui

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L) and Crown Princess Kiko (2nd from R) prepare to fertilize a tree in Fukui, central Japan, on Oct. 19, 2024, that was planted in 2009 by then Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.

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Heavy snow in central Japan

Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2023, shows a fallen cherry tree in Fukui, central Japan, following heavy snow.

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Fire burns Japanese inn

FUKUI, Japan, May 7 Kyodo - Photo taken May 7, 2018, shows the remains of the Japanese-style inn Beniya, a national tangible cultural property in the Awara hot spring resort in Fukui Prefecture, destroyed by a fire that broke out two days earlier.

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Typhoon Lan approaches Japan

FUKUI, Japan, Oct. 23 Kyodo - Pedestrians in Fukui, central Japan, battle rain and strong winds brought by Typhoon Lan, as it approaches Japan's main island of Honshu on Oct. 22, 2017.

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Illegal drugs confiscated in Fukui Pref.

FUKUI, Japan - Packets of illegal drugs confiscated by police are shown in Fukui, central Japan, on Oct. 30, 2014.

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Baby-rearing mothers appreciate 1-touch mosquito nets

FUKUI, Japan - Mosquito nets ready for use with a one-touch operation are shown in Fukui, western Japan, on July 31, 2014. They are popular with mothers as they can sleep with their babies.

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Mosquito nets for bedding draws fresh attention

FUKUI, Japan - A stand-type mosquito net for bedding is shown in Fukui, western Japan, on July 31, 2014. Mosquito nets are attracting attention again in today's energy-saving society in summer, especially among people living alone or those living in condominiums in urban areas.

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'Cat temple' in Fukui Pref.

FUKUI, Japan - Some of over 50 formerly abandoned cats living in the precincts of the Gotanjoji Temple, dubbed "the cat temple" among cat fanciers, are photographed on June 17, 2014, in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture. About 10,000 cat-loving people annually visit the temple built in 2002.

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Court orders power supplier not to operate Oi nuke plant

FUKUI, Japan - Lawyers for plaintiffs seeking to stop the restart of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant hold banners in front of the court house in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, on May 21, 2014, saying the Fukui District Court acknowledged the plaintiffs' claims. The court ordered Kansai Electric Power Co. not to resume operating the reactors. The Nuclear Regulation Authority is now scrutinizing whether the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture is safe enough to resume operating.

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Halal soy sauce for Muslim market

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014 in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, shows bottles of the alcohol-free soy sauce-like seasoning named "Fukumurasaki."

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Halal soy sauce for Muslim market

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014 in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, shows Takashi Utagawa, specially appointed professor of applied microbiology at the Fukui Prefectural University, holding a bottle of the alcohol-free soy sauce-like seasoning named "Fukumurasaki."

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Noh tradition performed at shrine in Fukui Pref.

FUKUI, Japan - The annual "Mizuumi no Dengaku Nohmai," a Noh tradition designated as a national intangible folk cultural property, is performed at Ukan Shrine in the town of Ikeda, Fukui Prefecture, on Feb. 15, 2014.

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5 elderly bee hunters contributing to field over 5 decades

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken April 17, 2013 shows a set of bee samples collected by five former teachers from Fukui Prefecture now in their 70s to 90s and donated by them to the Fukui City Museum of Natural History in the prefecture.

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Town assembly OKs nuclear reactors' restart

FUKUI, Japan - The town assembly of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, takes a vote on whether to approve the restart of two idled reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant on May 14, 2012. The assembly decided to support the restart in consideration of the damage to the local economy and employment that a prolonged halt of the reactors could bring.

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Crabs for imperial family

FUKUI, Japan - People wearing masks and gloves check boiled snow crabs which will be presented to the Japanese imperial family at Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, on Feb. 9, 2011. The custom of presenting crabs in the area to the imperial family has been continuing almost every year since 1922.

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Heavy snowfall in Hokuriku

FUKUI, Japan - A bus with thick snow on its rooftop runs past a snow plow (L) on a street in Fukui on Jan. 31, 2011. Heavy snowfall was observed in the Hokuriku areas along the Sea of Japan.

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APEC energy ministerial talks in Japan's Fukui

FUKUI, Japan - The energy ministerial talks of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum begin in Fukui on June 19, 2010. How to cope better with potential oil supply disruption is a key agenda of the one-day meeting in the city on the Sea of Japan coast.

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Student camps prove lucrative for cheap inns run by local gov'ts

FUKUI, Japan - Members of Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University's tennis club hold a club camp in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, on Aug. 7.

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Private funeral for Eiheiji Temple abbot Miyazaki held

FUKUI, Japan - A private funeral for Ekiho Miyazaki, abbot of Eiheiji Temple in Fukui Prefecture, was held at the temple on Jan. 11. The abbot died of natural causes Jan 5 at a hospital in Sapporo at age 106.

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Nuclear reactor resumes operation 30 months after fatal accident

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 10 shows the No. 3 reactor (fore) at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, which resumed operation, two and a half years after an accident that killed five people and injured six others. The accident was blamed on pipes that had not been inspected for 28 years.

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Pana Wave group removes white cloth from riverside

FUKUI, Japan - The Pana Wave Laboratory group removed white cloth on Aug. 31 from a riverside, which it has occupied for several months, in the city of Fukui. But the group then set up 50 white reflector boards as a substitute for the white material in a move it says is intended to protect the life of its female leader.

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1 confirmed dead, 26 injured in train collision+

FUKUI, Japan - Two trains sit on a private railway in the town of Matsuoka, Fukui Prefecture, on Dec. 17, after a collision that killed a driver and injured 26 passengers. The collision occurred around 1:30 p.m. near Shiizakai Station on the main Echizen Line of Keifuku Electric Railroad Co. A train coming down a branch line failed to stop at Higashi-Furuichi Station and continued onto the mainline for about 1 kilometer, railway officials said.