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Japan and U.S. to launch joint research on methane hydrate

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Hirobumi Kawano, president of Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp., Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoichi Miyazawa, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and Christopher Smith, principal deputy assistant secretary for fossil energy at the U.S. Energy Department, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014, after signing documents to launch joint research into the development of methane hydrate, an energy source also known as burning ice.

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Miyagi town opposes plan to build radioactive waste disposal site

KAMI, Japan - Hirobumi Inomata (2nd from L), mayor of Kami town in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, petitions an environment ministry official (2nd from R) on Oct. 24, 2014, in the town to stop its planned survey of the proposed site for a radioactive waste disposal facility for waste resulting from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.

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Mayor remains opposed to radioactive waste disposal plan

KAMI, Japan - Mayor Hirobumi Inomata (L) of Kami, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, confers with Senior Vice Environment Minister Shinji Inoue at the town hall on Aug. 20, 2014, over a plan to bury radioactive waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant at a Kami site for permanent disposal. In the prefecture, Kami remains opposed to the plan but two other places selected as candidate sites for lasting disposal have agreed to accept the plan in principle.

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Mayor conveys objection against radioactive disposal plan

SENDAI, Japan - Hirobumi Inomata (L), mayor of Kami in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, presents a collection of signatures by local residents opposing the possible selection of the town as a final disposal site for radioactive waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to senior vice environment minister Shinji Inoue in Tokyo on July 16, 2014.

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Foreign media invited to Korean 'independence hero' hall

HARBIN, China - A Chinese guide briefs invited foreign media representatives on an exhibition at the Ahn Jung Geun Memorial Hall, dedicated to the Korean assassin of Japan's first Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito in 1909 who was dubbed an "independence hero" by Seoul, in Harbin in China's northeastern province of Heilongjiang on April 29, 2014.

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Ahn Jung Geun memorial

HARBIN, China - Photo taken Jan. 20, 2014, shows a sign at a platform at Harbin station in China indicating the location where Ahn Jung Geun shot Hirobumi Ito, a four-time prime minister of Japan and the first resident general of Korea, in 1909. A memorial hall was set up at the station commemorating the Korean independence activist who assassinated Ito.

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Ahn Jung Geun memorial

HARBIN, China - Photo taken Jan. 20, 2014, shows a sign at a platform at Harbin station in China indicating the location where Ahn Jung Geun shot Hirobumi Ito, a four-time prime minister of Japan and the first resident general of Korea, in 1909. A memorial hall was set up at the station commemorating the Korean independence activist who assassinated Ito.

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Ahn Jung Geun memorial

HARBIN, China - Photo taken Jan. 20, 2014, shows a portrait of Ahn Jung Geun, a Korean independence activist who assassinated Hirobumi Ito, a four-time prime minister of Japan and the first resident general of Korea, in 1909, displayed at a memorial hall for Ahn in Harbin, China.

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Ahn Jung Geun memorial

HARBIN, China - Photo taken Jan. 20, 2014, shows a portrait of Ahn Jung Geun, a Korean independence activist who assassinated Hirobumi Ito, a four-time prime minister of Japan and the first resident general of Korea, in 1909, displayed at a memorial hall for Ahn in Harbin, China.

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Ahn Jung Geun memorial

HARBIN, China - Photo taken Jan. 20, 2014, shows a memorial hall in Harbin, northeastern China, for Ahn Jung Geun, a Korean independence activist who assassinated Hirobumi Ito, a four-time prime minister of Japan and the first resident general of Korea, in 1909.

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S. Korea holds memorial ceremony for independence hero

SEOUL, South Korea - A street march in Seoul on March 26, 2010, following a centennial memorial ceremony at the Seoul City Plaza for Ahn Jung Geun, a Korean independence hero who assassinated Hirobumi Ito, the first Japanese governor general of Korea, in 1909. Ahn, who fatally shot Ito on a railway platform in Harbin, in what was then Manchuria in northeastern China, in 1909, was executed by Japanese colonial authorities on March 26, 1910.

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S. Korea holds memorial ceremony for independence hero

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un Chan delivers a speech during a centennial memorial ceremony at the Seoul City Plaza for Ahn Jung Geun, a Korean independence hero who assassinated Hirobumi Ito, the first Japanese governor general of Korea, in 1909. Ahn, who fatally shot Ito on a railway platform in Harbin, in what was then Manchuria in northeastern China, in 1909, was executed by Japanese colonial authorities on March 26, 1910.

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Ex-S. Korean diplomat publishes book on Ito Hirobumi

TOKYO, Japan - Song Yeong Geol, a former South Korean diplomat who spent more than a decade in Japan, speaks about his recently published book on the roles of Ito Hirobumi, Japan's first prime minister and widely considered the archenemy of the Korean people, in the modernization of Japan. Song, who is now a professor of Kyungwon College, says it is a problem that Ito's contribution to Japan's modernization is not generally known in his country.

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Hirobumi Ito

Ito became Japan's first prime minister (1885-1888) under its modern cabinet system. Ito, who was the chief architect of Japan's first constitution, later served as the country's fifth (1892-1896), seventh (Jan. 12, 1898-June 30, 1898) and 10th (1900-1901) prime minister. Ito signed the Korean-Japanese Convention of 1905, which awarded Japan full control of Korea's foreign relations. Ito, who became the first Japanese resident general in Korea of 1906, was assassinated on Oct. 26 in 1909 in Harbin, Manchuria by Korean nationalist An Chung Gun. Born Sept. 2, 1841.

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Tokyo, London agree on return of MOX fuel

TOKYO, Japan - Natural Resources and Energy Agency chief Hirobumi Kawano (L) and Anna Walker, the Energy Bureau chief of Britain's Department of Trade and Industry, shake hands July 11 in Tokyo shortly before reaching an agreement whereby tainted mixed uranium-plutonium oxide (MOX) fuel manufactured by British Nuclear Fuels PLC (BNFL) is to be returned to Britain from Japan. It came to light last year that quality-assurance data on MOX fuel shipments intended for use at two reactors in Japan had been falsified by BNFL workers.

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Marquis Ito Hirobumi - Japanese Prime Minister

Marquis Ito Hirobumi (1840-1909) - Japanese Prime Minister Date: circa 1907

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Inspection over planned Fukushima waste disposal sites postponed

Hirobumi Inomata (far L), mayor of the northeastern Japan town of Kami, and town people request government officials on Aug. 31, 2015, to suspend an inspection related to building a disposal site there for waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Inspections were postponed at three candidate construction sites, including Kami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inspection over planned Fukushima waste disposal sites postponed

Hirobumi Inomata (C), mayor of the northeastern Japan town of Kami, requests government officials on Aug. 28, 2015, to suspend an inspection related to building a disposal site there for waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Inspections were postponed at three candidate construction sites, including Kami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SoftBank-led team to compete in America's Cup sailing race

SoftBank Corp. and other partners announce in Tokyo on April 30, 2015, a team led by the Japanese mobile phone giant will take part in the 2017 America's Cup sailing yacht competition in Bermuda for the first participation from Japan in 17 years. Posing for photos at a press conference announcing the participation of SoftBank Team Japan are (from L) SoftBank corporate branding director Tatsuro Kurisaka, Japan Sailing Federation head Hirobumi Kawano, team general manager Kazuhiko Sofuku and Kansai Yacht Club leader Ko Watanabe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea holds memorial ceremony for independence hero

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un Chan delivers a speech during a centennial memorial ceremony at the Seoul City Plaza for Ahn Jung Geun, a Korean independence hero who assassinated Hirobumi Ito, the first Japanese governor general of Korea, in 1909. Ahn, who fatally shot Ito on a railway platform in Harbin, in what was then Manchuria in northeastern China, in 1909, was executed by Japanese colonial authorities on March 26, 1910. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea holds memorial ceremony for independence hero

SEOUL, South Korea - A street march in Seoul on March 26, 2010, following a centennial memorial ceremony at the Seoul City Plaza for Ahn Jung Geun, a Korean independence hero who assassinated Hirobumi Ito, the first Japanese governor general of Korea, in 1909. Ahn, who fatally shot Ito on a railway platform in Harbin, in what was then Manchuria in northeastern China, in 1909, was executed by Japanese colonial authorities on March 26, 1910. (Kyodo)

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Ex-S. Korean diplomat publishes book on Ito Hirobumi

TOKYO, Japan - Song Yeong Geol, a former South Korean diplomat who spent more than a decade in Japan, speaks about his recently published book on the roles of Ito Hirobumi, Japan's first prime minister and widely considered the archenemy of the Korean people, in the modernization of Japan. Song, who is now a professor of Kyungwon College, says it is a problem that Ito's contribution to Japan's modernization is not generally known in his country. (Kyodo)

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Miyajima Island,Aki

Iwaso Inn, located at the entrance of Momijidani Park at Miyajima, opened in 1854. Among the many celebrities who stayed here were Imperial family members, Ito Hirobumi, Natsume Soseki, Mori Ogai, and Helen Keller. A modern fountain was installed when the main inn building was constructed in 1892. The stone arrangement and fountain still exist today.==Date:unknown, Place:Miyajima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number92‐21‐0]

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Ito Hirobumi in traditional attire

The famous Meiji politician Ito Hirofumi is shown in kimono. Born in 1841, Ito participated in the campaign to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate and played an instrumental role in promulgating the Constitution of Japan. He was assassinated in Harbin, China in 1909. This was taken in the later years of his life.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐15‐0]

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The family of Ito Hirobumi

This is apparently a photograph of Ito Hirobumi (1841-1909), a noted politician of the Meiji Period, with his family. The beard suggests that this was taken late in Ito's life, probably around 1905 when he was appointed governor-general of annexed Korea.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐14‐0]

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Ito Hirobumi sitting in a chair

Ito Hirobumi sitting in a chair==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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A soldier in his office room

The man's identity is not known. This is one of a set of photographs of Okuma Shigenobu, Ito Hirobumi, and others. There is a wooden arch with the letters The Military Council and Donated by Seiyoken Restaurant attached to the back of the photograph.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐3‐0]

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Street of inns at yumoto hot spring

The bridge in the fore is Fukuzumi Bridge and the bridge in the rear is Asahi Bridge. Initially, Fukuzumi Bridge was Asahi Bridge which was crossed by Sanjo Saneyoshi for the first time, but was moved to the upper stream of Haya River and renamed. On the ofher side of Fukuzumi Bridge is the Western-style hotel Mansuirofukuju where Kido Takayoshi,Ito Hirobumi, Fukuzawa Yukichi and others were frequent guests.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐2‐0]

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Japan and U.S. to launch joint research on methane hydrate

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Hirobumi Kawano, president of Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp., Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoichi Miyazawa, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and Christopher Smith, principal deputy assistant secretary for fossil energy at the U.S. Energy Department, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014, after signing documents to launch joint research into the development of methane hydrate, an energy source also known as burning ice. (Kyodo)

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Miyagi town opposes plan to build radioactive waste disposal site

KAMI, Japan - Hirobumi Inomata (2nd from L), mayor of Kami town in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, petitions an environment ministry official (2nd from R) on Oct. 24, 2014, in the town to stop its planned survey of the proposed site for a radioactive waste disposal facility for waste resulting from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. (Kyodo)

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Mayor remains opposed to radioactive waste disposal plan

KAMI, Japan - Mayor Hirobumi Inomata (L) of Kami, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, confers with Senior Vice Environment Minister Shinji Inoue at the town hall on Aug. 20, 2014, over a plan to bury radioactive waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant at a Kami site for permanent disposal. In the prefecture, Kami remains opposed to the plan but two other places selected as candidate sites for lasting disposal have agreed to accept the plan in principle. (Kyodo)

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Mayor conveys objection against radioactive disposal plan

SENDAI, Japan - Hirobumi Inomata (L), mayor of Kami in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, presents a collection of signatures by local residents opposing the possible selection of the town as a final disposal site for radioactive waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to senior vice environment minister Shinji Inoue in Tokyo on July 16, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Ito Hirobumi

Ito Hirobumi==Date:Early Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Abe tied for Japan's 3rd longest-serving PM

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on June 6, 2019. Abe tied Hirobumi Ito, who was the country's first prime minister, as the third longest-serving prime minister having served for 2,720 days. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Historical mansions near Tokyo

Photo taken in December 2018 shows people visiting the former residence of first Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito during a public tour of historical mansions in Oiso, a beach resort southwest of Tokyo known as a popular retreat among politicians during the Meiji era (1868-1912). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo, London agree on return of MOX fuel

TOKYO, Japan - Natural Resources and Energy Agency chief Hirobumi Kawano (L) and Anna Walker, the Energy Bureau chief of Britain's Department of Trade and Industry, shake hands July 11 in Tokyo shortly before reaching an agreement whereby tainted mixed uranium-plutonium oxide (MOX) fuel manufactured by British Nuclear Fuels PLC (BNFL) is to be returned to Britain from Japan. It came to light last year that quality-assurance data on MOX fuel shipments intended for use at two reactors in Japan had been falsified by BNFL workers.

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British official meets energy chief to discuss MOX data

TOKYO, Japan - Hirobumi Kawano (L), chief of Japan's Natural Resources and Energy Agency, shakes hands with Anna Walker, energy office chief of the British Department of Trade and Industry, at the agency on Feb. 7, prior to their talks on Britain's investigation into falsified data on plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel shipped to Japan.