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Miyazaki governor election in Japan

Hideo Higashikokubaru, TV personality and formerly Miyazaki governor, speaks to reporters in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki on Dec. 25, 2022, after losing to incumbent Shunji Kono in the prefecture's gubernatorial election.

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Miyazaki governor election in Japan

Hideo Higashikokubaru, TV personality and formerly Miyazaki governor, speaks in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki on Dec. 25, 2022, after losing to incumbent Shunji Kono in the prefecture's gubernatorial election.

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Incumbent Kono wins 4th term as Miyazaki governor

Shunji Kono speaks to supporters after winning a fourth four-year term as governor of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki, defeating his predecessor, the well-known TV personality Hideo Higashikokubaru, in a close contest on Dec. 25, 2022.

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CORRECTED: Incumbent Kono wins 4th term as Miyazaki governor

Shunji Kono (C) celebrates after winning a fourth four-year term as governor of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki, defeating his predecessor, the well-known TV personality Hideo Higashikokubaru, in a close contest on Dec. 25, 2022.

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Incumbent Kono wins 4th term as Miyazaki governor

Shunji Kono speaks to supporters after winning a fourth four-year term as governor of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki, defeating his predecessor, the well-known TV personality Hideo Higashikokubaru, in a close contest on Dec. 25, 2022.

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Miyazaki governor asks Kan to back revival of livestock farming

TOKYO, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru (L) and Prime Minister Naoto Kan shake hands at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2010. The governor asked Kan to support a fund to be set up to help revive local livestock farming, which has been hit hard by a recent epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease.

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Miyazaki governor asks Kan to back revival of livestock farming

TOKYO, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru answers questions from reporters after meeting Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2010. The governor asked Kan to support a fund to be set up to help revive local livestock farming, which has been hit hard by a recent epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease.

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Miyazaki governor asks Kan to back revival of livestock farming

TOKYO, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru (L) and Prime Minister Naoto Kan meet at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2010. The governor asked Kan to support a fund to be set up to help revive local livestock farming, which has been hit hard by a recent epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

CHIBA, Japan - Former Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru, formerly a comedian, says in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Jan. 10, 2014, that he does not plan to run in the Tokyo gubernatorial election to be held the following month.

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Japanese opposition lawmaker says he will give up Diet seat

TOKYO, Japan - Hideo Higashikokubaru, an opposition Japan Restoration Party member of the House of Representatives, speaks at a news conference in the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2013, after submitting a note to leave the party. Higashikokubaru, a popular former Miyazaki governor, said he will also give up his lower house seat.

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Higashikokubaru says to give up Diet seat

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Hideo Higashikokubaru, a Japanese lawmaker from the Japan Restoration Party. Higashikokubaru said Dec. 11, 2013, he will give up his seat in parliament and leave his party due to differences in opinion on policy. He won a seat with the party in proportional representation for the Kinki region in December 2012's House of Representatives election.

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Higashikokubaru after Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Hideo Higashikokubaru, a candidate in the Tokyo gubernatorial race and former Miyazaki governor, speaks to reporters at his election campaign office in Tokyo on April 10, 2011, after losing the election the same day.

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Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru (L), 53, shakes hands with 82-year-old Yoshiro Nakamatsu, an inventor known as ''Dr. NakaMats,'' when they bump into each other while stumping in front of Shibuya train station in Tokyo on March 24, 2011, the first day of the official campaigning period for the April 10 election to choose the capital's governor. Higashikokubaru and Nakamatsu are among several high-profile candidates challenging 78-year-old incumbent Shintaro Ishihara.

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Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - 53-year-old former Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru visits a Shinto shrine in Tokyo on March 24, 2011 ahead of submitting his candidacy in the April 10 election to choose the capital's governor with the local election board. Higashikokubaru is among several high-profile candidates challenging 78-year-old incumbent Shintaro Ishihara.

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Ex-Miyazaki Gov. Higashikokubaru to run for Tokyo governor

TOKYO, Japan - Former Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru announces his candidacy for the upcoming Tokyo gubernatorial election at a press conference in Tokyo on March 22, 2011, saying he hopes to revive disaster-hit Japan from the capital.

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Ex-Miyazaki Gov. Higashikokubaru to run for Tokyo governor

TOKYO, Japan - Former Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru announces his candidacy for the upcoming Tokyo gubernatorial election at a press conference in Tokyo on March 22, 2011, saying he hopes to revive disaster-hit Japan from the capital.

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Higashikokubaru forms political group

TOKYO, Japan - Former Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks to reporters at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2011. Higashikokubaru, who set up a political organization the same day, said he will decide whether to run in the April 10 Tokyo gubernatorial election by around March 10.

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Miyazaki governor leaves office

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru (L) receives a bouquet from an employee of the prefectural government as he leaves office on the expiration of his four-year term at the Miyazaki prefectural government hall on Jan. 20, 2011.

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Outgoing Miyazaki Gov. Higashikokubaru

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Outgoing Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks at a press conference in Miyazaki City on Dec. 28, 2010. Higashikokubaru said he has not decided on his future course after the end of his term on Jan. 20, 2011, denying media reports that he is likely to run in a Tokyo gubernatorial election in the spring of 2011.

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Miyazaki Gov. Higashikokubaru not to seek 2nd term

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks at a press conference in Miyazaki Prefecture on Sept. 29, 2010, after declaring he will not seek a second four-year term in December's gubernatorial election.

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Miyazaki Gov. Higashikokubaru not to seek 2nd term

FUKUOKA, Japan - File photo shows Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru who has declared he will not seek a second four-year term in December's gubernatorial election.

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Miyazaki Gov. Higashikokubaru may not seek 2nd term

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks to reporters at Miyazaki airport Sept. 20, 2010. The comedian-turned politician said he has yet to decide to seek a second four-year term in the December gubernatorial election.

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Miyazaki declares end to livestock epidemic

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru declares an end to the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in the prefecture during a press conference in Miyazaki on Aug. 27, 2010. The disease has severely hit livestock in the southwestern Japanese prefecture forcing people in the industry to slaughter some 289,000 pigs and cows.

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Miyazaki declares end to livestock epidemic

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru declares an end to the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in the prefecture during a press conference in Miyazaki on Aug. 27, 2010. The disease has severely hit livestock in the southwestern Japanese prefecture forcing people in the industry to slaughter some 289,000 pigs and cows.

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Miyazaki Pref. lifts last animal transfer ban

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru announces the total lifting of a state of emergency proclaimed over an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among local livestock at the prefectural hall in Miyazaki City immediately after midnight July 26, 2010. The Miyazaki prefectural government lifted its last remaining ban on transfers of animals, leaving the prefecture free from any restrictions on moving livestock more than three months after the first case of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed in southwestern Japan.

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Miyazaki Pref. lifts last animal transfer ban

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru announces the total lifting of a state of emergency proclaimed over an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among local livestock at the prefectural hall in Miyazaki City immediately after midnight July 26, 2010. The Miyazaki prefectural government lifted its last remaining ban on transfers of animals, leaving the prefecture free from any restrictions on moving livestock more than three months after the first case of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed in southwestern Japan.

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Central, local gov'ts at odds over fate of stud bulls

TOKYO, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru holds a press conference at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on July 13, 2010, after meeting with farm minister Masahiko Yamada to discuss the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in the prefecture.

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Central, local gov'ts at odds over fate of stud bulls

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masahiko Yamada speaks at a news conference at his ministry in Tokyo on July 13, 2010, after meeting with Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru to discuss the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in the prefecture.

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New cow in Miyazaki suspected of foot-and-mouth disease

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks to reporters after a meeting to discuss foot-and-mouth disease countermeasures at the prefectural hall in Miyazaki City on July 5, 2010, following the discovery of another cow with symptoms of the disease in the city. The new suspected case was the first to come to light since June 18.

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New cow in Miyazaki suspected of foot-and-mouth disease

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks during a meeting to discuss foot-and-mouth disease countermeasures at the prefectural hall in Miyazaki City on July 5, 2010, after another cow in the city was found to have symptoms of the disease. The new suspected case was the first to come to light since June 18.

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Foot-and-month disease in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks to reporters at the prefectural hall in Miyazaki City on July 1, 2010. He announced the partial lifting of a state of emergency over foot-and-month disease among the livestock in the prefecture.

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Foot-and-month disease in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks to reporters at the prefectural hall in Miyazaki City on July 1, 2010. He announced the partial lifting of a state of emergency over foot-and-month disease among the livestock in the prefecture.

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Kan vows utmost efforts to contain spread of livestock disease

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (standing in back) addresses a meeting with Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru (standing in front) at the prefectural government office in the city of Miyazaki on June 12, 2010. Kan said he is placing utmost importance on stopping the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in the prefecture.

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Kan vows utmost efforts to contain spread of livestock disease

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan addresses a meeting with Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru at the prefectural government office in the city of Miyazaki on June 12, 2010. Kan said he is placing utmost importance on stopping the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in the prefecture.

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Kan vows utmost efforts to contain spread of livestock disease

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru addresses a meeting with Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the prefectural government office in the city of Miyazaki on June 12, 2010. The governor said he wants the state government to shoulder all the expenses to deal with foot-and-mouth disease in the prefecture and to extend full support for the reconstruction of livestock and other relevant industries.

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49 Miyazaki stud bulls to be slaughtered

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Governor Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks at a news conference at the prefectural government in the city of Miyazaki on May 24, 2010, about a government decision to slaughter 49 stud bulls in prefecture in the face of the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.

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Gov't to kill all livestock within 10 km of foot-and-mouth areas

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Governor Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks at the prefectural government in the city of Miyazaki on May 19, 2010, about a government decision to slaughter all pigs and cows within a 10-kilometer radius of areas hit by foot-and-mouth disease in the prefecture to prevent the spread of the outbreak.

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Miyazaki declares state of emergency over foot-and-mouth disease

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Workers sterilize footwear in front of the Kawaminami town office in Miyazaki Prefecture on May 18, 2010, as Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru declared a state of emergency in the prefecture amid an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in cows and pigs.

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Miyazaki declares state of emergency over foot-and-mouth disease

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Workers sterilize footwear in front of the Kawaminami town office in Miyazaki Prefecture on May 18, 2010, as Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru declared a state of emergency in the prefecture amid an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in cows and pigs.

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Miyazaki declares state of emergency over foot-and-mouth disease

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A notice asking for customers to use a disinfection tank is put up in front of the entrance to a supermarket store in the town of Kawaminami, Miyazaki Prefecture, on May 18, 2010. Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru declared a state of emergency the same day in the prefecture over the outbreak of the disease in cows and pigs.

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Foot-and-mouth disease in livestock

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks at a press conference in Miyazaki City on May 18, 2010, on an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among livestock. The governor declared a state of emergency in the prefecture over the outbreak.

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Foot-and-mouth disease in livestock

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks at a press conference in Miyazaki City on May 18, 2010, on an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among livestock. The governor declared a state of emergency in the prefecture over the outbreak.

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Japan suspends beef exports over suspected foot-and-mouth disease

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru vows to prevent the possible spread of foot-and-mouth disease during a press conference at the Miyazaki prefectural government office in Miyazaki City on April 20, 2010. Japan imposed a temporary suspension on beef exports after revelations of the possible outbreak in Miyazaki Prefecture.

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Giants manager meets Miyazaki governor

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara (L) and Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru attend a welcome ceremony for the defending baseball champions of Japan's Central League in Miyazaki on Jan. 31, 2010. Higashikokubaru presented Hara with a set of delicacies in the southwestern Japan city.

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Miyazaki Gov. Higashikokubaru appears in English textbook

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Photo shows an illustration and part of the text describing TV comedian-turned-politician Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru in the English textbook ''Eco-Navigation and Society,'' which will be used by 100 universities nationwide, the publisher said Jan. 26, 2010. The textbook was edited by Tokyo University of Agriculture professor Tsuyoshi Chiba and others and published by Nan'un-Do Publishing Co.

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Miyazaki Gov. indecisive on LDP offer to run in election

TOKYO, Japan - Miyazaki Governor Hideo Higashikokubaru (L) talks with Makoto Koga, chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Election Strategy Council, at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on July 7.

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Miyazaki Gov. Higashikokubaru willing to run in election

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks to reporters in Miyazaki on June 24 about his possible running in the upcoming general election.

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LDP asks Miyazaki governor to run in general election

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Election Strategy Council Chairman Makoto Koga (L) shakes hands with Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru at the Miyazaki prefectural government office on June 23. Koga conveyed an offer from the LDP for the governor to run in the upcoming House of Representatives election.

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World's oldest man dies at 113

TOKYO, Japan - In this file photo taken in September 2007, Tomoji Tanabe (R), the oldest man in the world as recognized by Guinness World Records, shakes hands with Miyagi Governor Hideo Higashikokubaru at his home in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture. Tanabe, who was designated the world's oldest man in June 2007 after a Puerto Rican man died at the age of 115, died of chronic heart failure on June 19. He was 113.

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2 popular governors advise Aso on ways to revive economy

TOKYO, Japan - Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto (L), a lawyer and former TV personality, talks with Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru (R), a former TV entertainer, at a meeting March 20 of an expert panel held at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo to explore ideas for overcoming the economic crisis. The governors, two of Japan's most popular, told Prime Minister Taro Aso that reviving regional economies is crucial for economic recovery.