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Nagano governor to retire

NAGANO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Jin Murai says he will not run in the August gubernatorial election in a press conference in Nagano on May 13, 2010. Murai served a four-year term after beating then-incumbent Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka in the previous election.

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Nishimatsu slush fund may have been given to person close to Nagano gov.

NAGANO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Jin Murai (C) is surrounded by reporters at the Nagano prefectural hall on Feb. 26. Investigative sources said that part of a 70 million slush fund alleged to have been illegally brought into Japan by a former Nishimatsu Construction Co. official may have been provided to a person close to the Nagano governor.

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Nagano Gov. Murai reverses no-dam policy set by predecessor

NAGANO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Jin Murai speaks at a press conference at his office on Feb. 8. He announced the reversal of a high-profile ''no-dam'' policy his predecessor had set. The central Japan prefecture has been working to resume an Asakawa River dam project since Murai beat two-term incumbent Yasuo Tanaka in last August's election.

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Murai defeat incumbent Tanaka in Nagano gubernatorial election

NAGANO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka speaks to his supporters in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 6 after losing the Nagano gubernatorial election to Jin Murai, a former House of Representatives member from the Liberal Democratic Party.

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Murai defeat incumbent Tanaka in Nagano gubernatorial election

NAGANO, Japan - Jin Murai, a former House of Representatives member from the Liberal Democratic Party, and his wife Tatsuko, celebrate at a hotel in Nagano on Aug. 6 after Murai defeated Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka in the Nagano gubernatorial election.

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Incumbent Tanaka, ex-lawmaker Murai run for Nagano governor

NAGANO, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Jin Murai (far right) inspects the area in Okaya, Nagano Prefecture, which has been damaged by heavy rain, after filing his candidacy for the Aug. 6 Nagano gubernatorial election.

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Tanigaki gets top security post, replacing Murai

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, newly appointed chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, enters the prime minister's official office in Tokyo on Sept. 30. Tanigaki, 57, a Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives, replaced Jin Murai, 65.

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Japan's safety commission chief visits 'Ground Zero'

NEW YORK, The United States - Jin Murai (L), Japan's National Public Safety Commission chairman, on Aug. 3 shakes hands with David Cohen, deputy commissioner of the New York Police Department, near the site of the World Trade Center buildings that were destroyed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Murai, a state minister and a Diet member who was briefed about the site, said, ''Seeing is indeed believing...it could happen anywhere else.''

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Murai in charge of food safety commission

TOKYO, Japan - Jin Murai, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, takes charge of a proposed food safety commission to be launched next April.

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Japan's police comptroller meets Chinese counterpart

BEIJING, China - Jin Murai (L), Japanese state minister and chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, shakes hands with Chinese Public Security Minister Jia Chunwang in Beijing on Jan. 14.

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(10)Terrorist attack

TOKYO, Japan - Two Japanese government planes are on standby at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 12, ready to fly an emergency rescue team to the United States. National Public Safety Commission Chairman Jin Murai said a 78-member rescue team can depart within two hours of a request by the U.S.

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Ex-bureaucrat Murai gets top security post

TOKYO, Japan - Jin Murai, the new chairman of the National Public Safety Commission which controls the nation's police force, speaks at a news conference April 26. Murai is a former bureaucrat at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry who also worked at the Defense Agency.

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Incumbent Tanaka, ex-lawmaker Murai run for Nagano governor

NAGANO, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Jin Murai (far right) inspects the area in Okaya, Nagano Prefecture, which has been damaged by heavy rain, after filing his candidacy for the Aug. 6 Nagano gubernatorial election. (Kyodo)

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Murai defeat incumbent Tanaka in Nagano gubernatorial election

NAGANO, Japan - Jin Murai, a former House of Representatives member from the Liberal Democratic Party, and his wife Tatsuko, celebrate at a hotel in Nagano on Aug. 6 after Murai defeated Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka in the Nagano gubernatorial election.

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Murai defeat incumbent Tanaka in Nagano gubernatorial election

NAGANO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka speaks to his supporters at his election campaign office in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 6 after losing the Nagano gubernatorial election to Jin Murai, a former House of Representatives member from the Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo)

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Nagano Gov. Murai reverses no-dam policy set by predecessor

NAGANO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Jin Murai speaks at a press conference at his office on Feb. 8. He announced the reversal of a high-profile ''no-dam'' policy his predecessor had set. The central Japan prefecture has been working to resume an Asakawa River dam project since Murai beat two-term incumbent Yasuo Tanaka in last August's election. (Kyodo)

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Nishimatsu slush fund may have been given to person close to Naga

NAGANO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Jin Murai (C) is surrounded by reporters at the Nagano prefectural hall on Feb. 26. Investigative sources said that part of a 70 million slush fund alleged to have been illegally brought into Japan by a former Nishimatsu Construction Co. official may have been provided to a person close to the Nagano governor. (Kyodo)

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Japan's police comptroller meets Chinese counterpart

BEIJING, China - Jin Murai (L), Japanese state minister and chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, shakes hands with Chinese Public Security Minister Jia Chunwang in Beijing on Jan. 14.

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Tsunami-hit Minamisanriku building to be owned by prefecture

Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (R) receives a document from Jin Sato, mayor of Minamisanriku Town in the prefecture, in Sendai on July 7, 2015. The town agreed to transfer the ownership of the tsunami-ravaged disaster prevention office building to the prefecture until March 2031. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miyagi gov. explains plan on anti-disaster bldg. frame to families

Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) speaks in front of some 40 bereaved family members of those died in or went missing from Minamisanriku town's disaster prevention office building during the 2011 tsunami in the town on April 9, 2015, about a plan to transfer the ownership of the building from the town to the prefecture until March 2031 and postpone the decision on whether to preserve it or tear it down. Town Mayor Jin Sato sits on his right. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanigaki gets top security post, replacing Murai

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, newly appointed chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, enters the prime minister's official office in Tokyo on Sept. 30. Tanigaki, 57, a Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives, replaced Jin Murai, 65. (Kyodo)

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Nagano governor to retire

NAGANO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Jin Murai says he will not run in the August gubernatorial election in a press conference in Nagano on May 13, 2010. Murai served a four-year term after beating then-incumbent Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka in the previous election. (Kyodo)

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(10)Terrorist attack

TOKYO, Japan - Two Japanese government planes are on standby at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 12, ready to fly an emergency rescue team to the United States. National Public Safety Commission Chairman Jin Murai said a 78-member rescue team can depart within two hours of a request by the U.S.

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Japan's safety commission chief visits 'Ground Zero'

NEW YORK, The United States - Jin Murai (L), Japan's National Public Safety Commission chairman, on Aug. 3 shakes hands with David Cohen, deputy commissioner of the New York Police Department, near the site of the World Trade Center buildings that were destroyed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Murai, a state minister and a Diet member who was briefed about the site, said, ''Seeing is indeed believing...it could happen anywhere else.''

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Murai in charge of food safety commission

TOKYO, Japan - Jin Murai, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, takes charge of a proposed food safety commission to be launched next April.

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Ex-bureaucrat Murai gets top security post

TOKYO, Japan - Jin Murai, the new chairman of the National Public Safety Commission which controls the nation's police force, speaks at a news conference April 26. Murai is a former bureaucrat at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry who also worked at the Defense Agency.

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FSA launches office to clamp down on moneylaundering

TOKYO, Japan - Jin Murai, parliamentary vice minister in charge of the Financial Supervisory Agency (FSA), puts the plate of the agency's new Financial Intelligence Management Office, which was launched Feb. 1. The office is charged with gathering and analyzing information on financial transactions in which moneylaundering is suspected.