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Sochi bronze medalist Hiraoka visits Gifu governor

GIFU, Japan - Taku Hiraoka (R), who won the bronze medal in the men's snowboard halfpipe at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, shakes hands with Gifu Gov. Hajime Furuta at the prefectural government building on March 12, 2014.

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Incumbent Gov. Furuta reelected in Gifu Prefecture

GIFU, Japan - Incumbent Gov. Hajime Furuta (C) celebrates winning the Gifu gubernatorial election in Gifu Jan. 25 after defeating newcomer Kazuhiko Kinoshita.

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Incumbent Gov. Furuta reelected in Gifu Prefecture

GIFU, Japan - Incumbent Gov. Hajime Furuta (C) celebrates winning the Gifu gubernatorial election in Gifu Jan. 25 after defeating newcomer Kazuhiko Kinoshita. (Kyodo)

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FAO adds 3 more Japanese regions to agricultural heritage list

Three Japanese prefectural governors - (from L) Hajime Furuta of Gifu Prefecture, Yoshinobu Nisaka of Wakayama Prefecture and Shunji Kono of Miyagi Prefecture - attend a meeting of an international conference on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's headquarters in Rome on Dec. 15, 2015. The meeting decided to add three areas in Japan's prefectures to its world agricultural heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FAO adds 3 more Japanese regions to agricultural heritage list

(From L) Gifu Gov. Hajime Furuta, Wakayama Gov. Yoshinobu Nisaka and Miyazaki Gov. Shunji Kono hold certificates saying their Japanese prefectures have been each added to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's world agricultural heritage list. Gifu was selected for its fishing for sweetfish, Wakayama for its traditional production process for "ume" plums, and Miyazaki for its forest preservation and sustainable agriculture and forestry industry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gifu governor pitches prefecture's attractiveness in Manila

Gifu Gov. Hajime Furuta gives a sales pitch for Hida beef and other attractions of the central Japanese prefecture on July 16, 2015, in Manila. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gifu governor declares own state of emergency

Gifu Gov. Hajime Furuta declares the central Japan prefecture's own state of emergency in Gifu on April 10, 2020, requesting people refrain from making nonessential outings amid the pandemic of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Day after Japan expands coronavirus emergency to 7 more prefectures

Gifu Gov. Hajime Furuta speaks at a press conference at the prefectural government headquarters in Gifu, central Japan, on Jan. 14, 2021, wearing a mask amid the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a coronavirus state of emergency in seven additional prefectures, including Gifu, the previous day.

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Gifu governor declares own state of emergency

Gifu Gov. Hajime Furuta declares the central Japan prefecture's own state of emergency in Gifu on April 10, 2020, requesting people refrain from making nonessential outings amid the pandemic of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

A computer screen photographed at the Mie prefectural government office in Tsu, central Japan, shows (anticlockwise from top R) Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura, Mie Gov. Eikei Suzuki and Gifu Gov. Hajime Furuta holding a video conference on April 6, 2020. The conference was called as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to declare a state of emergency in big cities following a recent surge in coronavirus infections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Legoland Japan to welcome 1 millionth visitor in Sept.

Torben Jensen (C), president of Legoland Japan Ltd., shows Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura (L), Mie Gov. Eikei Suzuki (2nd from L), Aichi Gov. Hideki Omura (2nd from R) and Gifu Gov. Hajime Furuta around the Legoland park in Nagoya on Aug. 17, 2017. Jensen told them that visitors to the outdoor park, which opened in April, are expected to top one million in September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Legoland Japan to welcome 1 millionth visitor in Sept.

(From L) President of Legoland Japan Ltd. Torben Jensen, Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura, Aichi Gov. Hideki Omura, Gifu Gov. Hajime Furuta and Mie Gov. Eikei Suzuki pose for photos at the Legoland park in Nagoya on Aug. 17, 2017. Jensen told them that visitors to the outdoor park, which opened in April, are expected to top one million in September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Incumbent Furuta secures 4th term as Gifu governor

Gifu Gov. Hajime Furuta (C) celebrates in the city of Gifu on the night of Jan. 29, 2017, after securing his fourth four-year term in an election earlier that day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kawaguchi asks METI to send official to her ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi asked trade minister Takeo Hiranuma on July 16 to dispatch one of his officials to her ministry as part of efforts to do away with scandals involving Japan's official development assistance (ODA). Hiranuma did not specify which official he may send. Government sources said Hajime Furuta (file photo), METI's director general for commerce and distribution policy, has been informally picked to become head of the Foreign Ministry's Economic Cooperation Bureau.