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Long hours of service among town officials in Nagano Pref.

OBUSE, Japan, Oct. 24 Kyodo - An arrow on a map indicates the town of Obuse in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, where three municipal officials took their own lives in fiscal 2021 and 2022. A third-party panel established by the town government released a report in November 2023, finding that "abnormally" long working hours had become common among officials after staff numbers were reduced.(Kyodo)

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Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, is shown on a screen at a public viewing site set up in the Nagasaki municipal government headquarters in the southwestern Japan city on Dec. 10, 2024, as the 92-year-old is speaking at the award ceremony in Oslo.

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U.S. warship makes port call at Japan's Ishigaki Island

ISHIGAKI, Japan, March 11 Kyodo - The U.S. Navy destroyer Rafael Peralta makes a port call at Ishigaki Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on March 11, 2024. The 155-meter-long, guided-missile warship based in Yokosuka near Tokyo did not come alongside the pier as the municipal government did not permit it. (Kyodo)

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U.S. warship makes port call at Japan's Ishigaki Island

The U.S. Navy destroyer Rafael Peralta makes a port call at Ishigaki Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on March 11, 2024. The 155-meter-long, guided-missile warship based in Yokosuka near Tokyo did not come alongside the pier as the municipal government did not permit it.

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U.S. warship makes port call at Japan's Ishigaki Island

The U.S. Navy destroyer Rafael Peralta makes a port call at Ishigaki Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on March 11, 2024. The 155-meter-long, guided-missile warship based in Yokosuka near Tokyo did not come alongside the pier as the municipal government did not permit it.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 25, 2024, shows municipal government officials from other prefectures heading to houses and other buildings affected by a strong earthquake in central Japan on Jan. 1, to assess their damage.

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Ohtani-donated gloves on display at city office

Photo taken on Jan. 24, 2024, shows baseball gloves donated by two-way star Shohei Ohtani on display at the Beppu municipal government office in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, instead of being delivered to local elementary school children as he had wished.

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Ex-islanders call for early return of islands off Hokkaido

Japanese former residents of Russian-held islands off Hokkaido and local municipal government officials take to the streets after a rally in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on Dec. 1, 2023, seeking the early return of the islets, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia.

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Ex-islanders call for early return of islands off Hokkaido

Japanese former residents of four Russian-held, Japanese claimed islets off Hokkaido and local municipal government officials march the streets in Tokyo's Ginza area on Dec. 1, 2023 in a rally seeking the early return of the islets, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia.

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Ex-islanders call for early return of islands off Hokkaido

Japanese former residents of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido and local municipal government officials hold a rally in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on Dec. 1, 2023, seeking the early return of the islets, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia.

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TEPCO President Kobayakawa

Tomoaki Kobayakawa (far L), president of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., which operates the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, meets the press in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 23, 2023, during his visit to the northeastern Japan prefecture to meet with local municipal government heads about the planned discharge of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea the following day.

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TEPCO President Kobayakawa

Tomoaki Kobayakawa, president of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., which operates the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, meets the press in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 23, 2023, during his visit to the northeastern Japan prefecture to meet with local municipal government heads about the planned discharge of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea the following day.

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IAEA chief Grossi in Japan

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi (L) speaks at a meeting of Japanese central government officials and municipal government heads held in Iwaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on July 5, 2023, to discuss Japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea.

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Overseas returnee explores seed breeding industry in China's Xiamen

STORY: Overseas returnee explores seed breeding industry in China's Xiamen DATELINE: June 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the entrepreneur working 2. various of crops 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): KANG YINGDE, Entrepreneur in Xiamen 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): KANG YINGDE, Entrepreneur in Xiamen 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): KANG YINGDE, Entrepreneur in Xiamen STORYLINE: An entrepreneur in China's Fujian is dedicated to boosting agriculture with technology. Kang Yingde returned to his hometown in Xiamen City after graduating from a university in Japan, and launched a startup company. A dozen years later, Kang's company has become a leading enterprise in the industry. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): KANG YINGDE, Entrepreneur in Xiamen "When I came back to China to start my own business, in 2011, the Xiamen municipal government began to offer subsidies to encourage the development of modern agriculture. So we didn't need to make a huge investment. And the

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Yokosuka begins trialing ChatGPT

An official of the Yokosuka municipal government uses ChatGPT at the city hall in Kanagawa Prefecture on April 20, 2023. The city in eastern Japan became the first local government in Japan to start trial use of the artificial intelligence chatbot the same day.

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U.S. chopper crash

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Capt. Tim Faller (R), the U.S. Navy's second-in-command in Japan, holds talks with Hideo Yoshida (front), mayor of Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, and other city officials at the municipal government offices on Dec. 17, 2013, over a U.S. Navy helicopter crash in Miura the previous day.

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Osaka Mayor Hashimoto to quit

TOKYO, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who doubles as co-head of the Japan Restoration Party, speaks at the party convention in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2014. Hashimoto expressed later that day his intention to quit as mayor and run for reelection to gain public support for his goal of creating an Osaka metropolitan government through the merger of the prefectural and municipal governments.

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Foundations of houses to be preserved as disaster memorial

SENDAI, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Photo taken Sept. 21, 2017, in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai shows foundations of houses that were swept away by tsunami in the 2011 natural disaster. The municipal government has decided to preserve them as a disaster memorial. A damaged school, seen in the background, is also to be preserved in its current state.

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Main road of fire-hit Itoigawa opened

ITOIGAWA, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - The municipal government of Itoigawa lifts the closure of a main road on Dec. 26, 2016, after a Dec. 22-23 massive fire burned down 144 buildings in the Sea of Japan coastal city.

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Hiroshima hails Kerry's A-bomb park visit, some call it too brief

HIROSHIMA, April 11 Kyodo - Kazumi Matsui, mayor of Hiroshima, meets the press at the municipal government offices on April 11, 2016, after accompanying U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on his landmark visit to the Peace Memorial Museum commemorating the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Urasoe mayor accepts transfer of U.S. military port facilities from Naha

NAHA, Japan, April 27 Kyodo - Mayor Tetsuji Matsumoto of Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, holds a press conference at the municipal government office on April 20, 2015, to announce his decision to accept the transfer of U.S. military port facilities from the prefectural capital of Naha. Matsumoto won a mayoral election in February 2013 on a pledge to oppose the transfer.

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Japan tsunami survivor seeks liaison with Sumatra victims

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Shuya Takahashi, chief of the reconstruction policy section of the Higashimatsushima municipal government in northeastern Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, shares his city's experience in the 2011 tsunami during a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Indonesia's Banda Aceh on Dec. 6, 2014. Takahashi, who lost his 22-year-old daughter as well as his home in the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, stressed the importance for Japan and Indonesia to share lessons and know-how in mitigating future disasters.

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Municipal heads discuss resumption of quake-hit railway

MORIOKA, Japan - Municipal government heads and other officials pose in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 24, 2014, after discussing plans to restore East Japan Railway Co.'s Yamada Line suspended since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Taue to seek re-election as Nagasaki mayor

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue, known for his nuclear weapon elimination initiative, announces his candidacy for a third term on Dec. 12, 2014, at the municipal government offices in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The mayoral election is scheduled for April 2015.

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Sapporo announces intention to host 2026 Winter Olympics

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo Mayor Fumio Ueda speaks at a news conference at the municipal government building in Sapporo on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 27, 2014, after announcing the city's intention to host the 2026 Winter Olympics at a city assembly meeting. Sapporo became the first Japanese city to host the Winter Olympics in 1972.

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Ex-Obuchi aide says funds discrepancies "clerical errors"

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 31, 2014 shows the Nakanojo municipal government offices in Gunma Prefecture, which was raided by prosecutors the same day in connection with discrepancies in political funds reports linked to former industry minister Yuko Obuchi. Kenichiro Orita, a former aide to Obuchi and a former mayor of Nakanojo, told prosecutors the discrepancies were caused by "clerical errors," sources with knowledge of the matter said.

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Fukui promotes 'don' rice bowl dishes to attract tourists

FUKUI, Japan - Fukui Governor Issei Nishikawa (front R) holds a "don" bowl to promote the prefecture's rice bowl dishes and attract tourists at an inauguration ceremony of a "Fuku don project" in front of the Fukui municipal government building in Fukui, western Japan, on Sept. 29, 2014.

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All-wood town building in Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo shows the new municipal government building in the town of Sumita, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 19, 2014. The building is made from local timber.

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Inside of all-wood town building in Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo shows the inside of a municipal government building, made of local wood, in the town of Sumita, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 19, 2014.

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IC card depicting popular cartoon series launched

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Officials of the Shizuoka municipal government and Shizuoka Railway Co. show a mock version of an IC card for paying transport fares and shopping expenses featuring characters in the "Chibi Maruko-chan" (Little Maruko) comic series in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Sept. 17, 2014. The popular series depicts the everyday life of a little girl and her family in Shizuoka's Shimizu Ward in the 1970s.

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1st edition of 'Anne of Green Gables' displayed at fair

FUKUOKA, Japan - The Iizuka municipal government in Fukuoka Prefecture exhibits the first published edition of "Anne of Green Gables," written by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery and seen in this undated file photo, at a fair under way from Sept. 18, 2014, in the southwestern Japan city in connection with Japanese public broadcaster NHK's "Hanako and Anne" television drama series depicting the life of Hanako Muraoka, a Japanese translator of the book.

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3-day Tour de Hokkaido cycling race begins

SAPPORO, Japan - Riders starts as a pack in front of the municipal government office of Chitose City, Hokkaido, on Sept. 13, as the first stage of the three-day Tour de Hokkaido cycling race began. A total of 20 teams, including ones from the United States and South Korea, will compete in the 543-kilometer race.

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Hiroshima city partially lifts evacuation advisories, orders

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Rescue workers continue searching for two missing people in the mudslide-hit western Japan city of Hiroshima on Aug. 31, 2014. The municipal government lifted evacuation advisories and orders issued for about 106,000 people.

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Hiroshima city partially lifts evacuation advisories, orders

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Volunteers work removing dirt in the mudslide-hit western Japan city of Hiroshima on Aug. 31, 2014. The municipal government lifted evacuation advisories and orders issued for about 106,000 people.

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Names of 28 missing people in Hiroshima released

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui attends a press conference on Aug. 25, 2014, as the municipal government released the names of 28 residents feared missing in deadly mudslides. The death toll from the natural disaster has risen to 52 so far.

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Sumo wrestlers donate 'dohyo' ring to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - A "dohyo" sumo ring donated to the municipal government of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, by the Association of Sumo Wrestlers is shown ahead of a dedication ceremony on Aug. 13, 2014, about three years and a half after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit the region.

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'Dohyo' sumo ring donated to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - A "dohyo" sumo ring donated to the municipal government of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, by the Association of Sumo Wrestlers is shown ahead of a dedication ceremony on Aug. 13, 2014, about three and a half years after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit the region.

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Hiroshima city eyes hosting 2016 summit of economic powers

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Members of a task force set up by the Hiroshima municipal government seeking to host a summit of economic powers in 2016 meet in the western Japan city on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Miyagi Pref. to accept assessment for radioactive waste site

SENDAI, Japan - A meeting of local municipal leaders in Miyagi Prefecture is held on Aug. 4, 2014, in Sendai. Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai announced the same day his decision to accept an assessment by the government to narrow down the list of candidate sites for a final disposal facility for radioactive waste generated by the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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City, store chains ink health checkup accord

SAGA, Japan - Katsuaki Sakai (R), president of Lawson Inc.'s Kyushu branch, Saga Mayor Toshiyuki Hideshima (C) and Yasuhiro Mizokami, chairman of the Miz drugstore chain, pose at the municipal government office in Saga, southwestern Japan, on July 16, 2014, after signing a deal to let consumers receive metabolism checkups in examination cars in the compounds of Lawson convenience stores.

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Hiroshima city looking for families of A-bomb victims

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Hiroshima municipal government puts up a poster in its office on July 16, 2014, to seek information on families for the unaccepted remains of identified 1945 atomic-bombing victims.

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Symposium held on evacuation plans in case of nuke accident

KYOTO, Japan - Municipal government officials and disaster management experts attend a symposium in Kyoto, western Japan, on May 24, 2014, to discuss evacuation plans in case of a nuclear power plant accident.

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Mascot character 'Black Teitan' debuts in Kitakyushu

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - A new mascot character of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, "Black Teitan" (L), an antithesis of the city's existing "Teitan" mascot that has a polar bear motif and means eco-friendly, makes its debut at the municipal government on May 19, 2014. While Black Teitan is "egoistic in character," an official of the southwestern Japanese city said eco and ego are two sides of the same coin, thus expecting Black Teitan to act as a "reverse teacher" in tackling environmental problems.

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Citizens briefed on how to escape from nuke accident

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The Kagoshima prefectural government and the Izumi municipal office jointly hold a meeting with citizens in the southwestern Japan city on April 24, 2014, to explain an evacuation plan in the event of an accident at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant.

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Mascot surrounded by chocolate gifts on St. Valentine's Day

OTSU, Japan - Hikonyan, a mascot character created by the municipal government of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, is swarmed with chocolate gifts at the city hall on St. Valentine's Day on Feb. 14, 2014.

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A-Bomb Dome

HIROSHIMA, Japan - File photo shows the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, also known as the Atomic Bomb Dome, in Hiroshima, western Japan. The Hiroshima municipal government plans to take seismic reinforcement steps for the symbol of the August 1945 atomic bombing, municipal sources said on Jan. 24, 2014.

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Young breeder of rhinos

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 21, 2013 shows Masaru Senzaki, breeder at the Kanazawa Zoo, run by the Yokohama municipal government, holding an original drawing of an Indian rhinoceros he drew for a poster for World Rhino Day 2013.

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Young breeder of rhinos

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 21, 2013 shows Masaru Senzaki, breeder at the Kanazawa Zoo, riding on the back of an elephant at the zoo run by the Yokohama municipal government.

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Young breeder of rhinos

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 11, 2013 shows a female Indian rhinoceros named Gopon at the Kanazawa Zoo, run by the Yokohama municipal government. Gopon is pregnant and due to give birth in mid-January 2014.

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Evacuation from Izu Oshima Island

TOKYO, Japan - An elderly woman (L) arrives at Tokyo's Takeshiba pier on Oct. 23, 2013, after being evacuated from Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo on a chartered ship. According to the municipal government of Oshima, around 120 residents were evacuated from the storm-battered island the same day following predictions that another powerful typhoon may arrive later in the week.