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Amazon, Tokushima Pref. sign relief goods deal

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Amazon Japan K.K. President Jasper Cheung (L) and Tokushima Governor Kamon Iizumi show an agreement on the delivery of emergency relief supplies signed between the online retailer and the government of the western Japan prefecture at the latter's office in Tokushima city on Sept. 5, 2014. The pact will allow consumers to buy and donate disaster relief goods through Amazon's website if the prefecture is hit by a natural disaster.

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'Awa Odori' dancing robot unveiled

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi (R) and Tetsuo Agata, president of auto parts maker JTEKT Corp., pose with the symbolic "Awa Odori" hand gesture in announcing the "Awa Odori robot Sudachi-kun" (C) at the Tokushima prefectural office in Tokushima City on Aug. 1, 2014. The 160-centimeter-tall, bipedal robot will perform during the Awa Odori summer dance festival beginning Aug. 12.

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4K TV on promotion in Tokushima Pref.

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi (R) holds a promotional panel of the Tokushima 4K Forum 2014, an upcoming event promoting 4K technology, at the Tokushima prefectural office in Tokushima City on June 11, 2014.

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Tokushima Gov. Iizumi assured of reelection

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Incumbent Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi expresses his joy at his office in Tokushima after being assured of reelection in the poll held on April 8.

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Plans to form new baseball league set to be revealed

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Former Orix BlueWave manager Hiromichi Ishige speaks about a plan to establish a new baseball league in the four prefectures of Shikoku Island at the Tokushima prefectural government in Tokushima on Sept. 29 after talks with Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi.

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Univ. of Tokyo vice president embezzles subsidies

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo President Takeshi Sasaki speaks to reporters at the university in Tokyo on Aug. 5 about misappropriation of state subsidies by Kamon Nitagai, the university's vice president.

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Iizumi wins Tokushima poll

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Kamon Iizumi (C), backed by the governing coalition, enters his election office May 18 in Tokushima after winning a close race in the day's Tokushima gubernatorial election. Iizumi, 42, beat former Gov. Tadashi Ota, ousted in a March no-confidence vote, becoming Japan's youngest governor.

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Tokushima Gov. Iizumi assured of reelection

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Incumbent Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi expresses his joy at his office in Tokushima after being assured of reelection in the poll held on April 8. (Kyodo)

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Plans to form new baseball league set to be revealed

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Former Orix BlueWave manager Hiromichi Ishige speaks about a plan to establish a new baseball league in the four prefectures of Shikoku Island at the Tokushima prefectural government in Tokushima on Sept. 29 after talks with Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi. (Kyodo)

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Iizumi wins Tokushima poll

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Kamon Iizumi (C), backed by the governing coalition, enters his election office May 18 in Tokushima after winning a close race in the day's Tokushima gubernatorial election. Iizumi, 42, beat former Gov. Tadashi Ota, ousted in a March no-confidence vote, becoming Japan's youngest governor. (Kyodo)

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Osaka's Dotonbori eyes new Guinness record in Bon dance

Singer Tatsuo Kamon (C, 2nd row) and others pose for photos during a press conference in Osaka on June 25, 2015. The organizer of a dance event in the western Japanese city's famous Dotonbori entertainment district aims to break a Guinness world record with 3,000 participants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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National Governors' Association meeting on COVID-19

An online meeting of the National Governors' Association on measures against the novel coronavirus is shown on the video screen in Tokyo on April 4, 2021, with Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi, president of the association, seen at the top left.

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National Governors' Association meeting on COVID-19

An online meeting of the National Governors' Association on measures against the novel coronavirus is shown on the video screen in Tokyo on April 4, 2021, with Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi, president of the association, seen at the top left.

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Japan's fight against novel coronavirus

Photo taken in Tokyo shows an online conference by governors across Japan on measures against the novel coronavirus on June 10, 2021, with Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi, head of the National Governors' Association, sitting in front of the video screen.

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Amazon, Tokushima Pref. sign relief goods deal

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Amazon Japan K.K. President Jasper Cheung (L) and Tokushima Governor Kamon Iizumi show an agreement on the delivery of emergency relief supplies signed between the online retailer and the government of the western Japan prefecture at the latter's office in Tokushima city on Sept. 5, 2014. The pact will allow consumers to buy and donate disaster relief goods through Amazon's website if the prefecture is hit by a natural disaster. (Kyodo)

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'Awa Odori' dancing robot unveiled

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi (R) and Tetsuo Agata, president of auto parts maker JTEKT Corp., pose with the symbolic "Awa Odori" hand gesture in announcing the "Awa Odori robot Sudachi-kun" (C) at the Tokushima prefectural office in Tokushima City on Aug. 1, 2014. The 160-centimeter-tall, bipedal robot will perform during the Awa Odori summer dance festival beginning Aug. 12. (Kyodo)

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Tokushima Gov. Iizumi

File photo taken Nov. 15, 2019, shows Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi holding a press conference at the prefectural government headquarters in Tokushima, western Japan.

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Tokushima Gov. Iizumi

File photo taken Nov. 15, 2019, shows Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi holding a press conference at the prefectural government headquarters in Tokushima, western Japan.

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Japanese governors discuss domestic travel campaign

Photo taken in Tokyo shows a teleconference held between governors from around Japan on July 19, 2020, on issues such as the government's campaign to spur domestic travel amid the spread of the novel coronavirus. Among them is Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi (top C), who heads the National Governors' Association.

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New coronavirus

A video screen in Tokyo shows Kamon Iizumi, Tokushima governor who heads the National Governors' Association, speaking during the association's plenary meeting held online on June 4, 2020, to discuss ways on how to resume socioeconomic activities while keeping the risk of the new coronavirus infection low. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Photo taken May 22, 2020, in Tokyo shows Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura (R) holding an online meeting on the new coronavirus outbreak with Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi, who heads the National Governors' Association. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Photo taken May 22, 2020, in Tokyo shows Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura (bottom R on screen) and Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi (top R on screen), who heads the National Governors' Association, holding an online meeting on the new coronavirus outbreak. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura speaks in Tokyo on May 22, 2020, during an online meeting on the new coronavirus outbreak with Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi, who heads the National Governors' Association. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura speaks in Tokyo during an online meeting with Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi, who heads the National Governors' Association, and other governors on May 15, 2020, following the government's lifting of a coronavirus state of emergency in 39 of the country's 47 prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura speaks in Tokyo during an online meeting with Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi, who heads the National Governors' Association, and other governors on May 15, 2020, following the government's lifting of a coronavirus state of emergency in 39 of the country's 47 prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi, who heads the National Governors' Association, speaks from an office in Tokyo on May 13, 2020, via video conference to other Japanese governors and economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura (upper left in screen) about the planned partial lifting of a coronavirus pandemic state of emergency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi (C), who heads the National Governors' Association, speaks from an office in Tokyo on May 13, 2020, via video conference to other Japanese governors and economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura (upper center in screen) about the planned partial lifting of a coronavirus pandemic state of emergency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Kamon Iizumi, Tokushima governor and also president of the National Governors Association, speaks on April 21, 2020, in Tokushima during a videoconference with Japan's economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Yasutoshi Nishimura (R), Japan's economic revitalization minister, pictured in Tokyo, has a videoconference on the coronavirus situation on April 11, 2020, with Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi, who heads a group of governors around the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan's economic revitalization minister, pictured in Tokyo, has a videoconference on the coronavirus situation on April 11, 2020, with Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi, who heads a group of governors around the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi speaks during an online meeting with governors from around Japan over the coronavirus pandemic on April 2, 2020, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Univ. of Tokyo vice president embezzles subsidies

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo President Takeshi Sasaki speaks to reporters at the university in Tokyo on Aug. 5 about misappropriation of state subsidies by Kamon Nitagai, the university's vice president. (Kyodo)