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Hyogo policeman works for Miyagi police at his request

SENDAI, Japan - Police officer Kensaku Iwase is on permanent assignment with the Miyagi prefectural police in northeastern Japan from the Hyogo prefectural police at his request so he can fully commit to the recovery of the 2011 tsunami-hit region. The photo was taken on Aug. 15, 2014, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Japan governor in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (R) hands a present to former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in Putrajaya on Jan. 23, 2014.

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Chiba gubernatorial election

CHIBA, Japan - Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (C) celebrates in the city of Chiba on March 17, 2013, after media reports project he has secured reelection.

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Chiba gubernatorial election

CHIBA, Japan - Players of a local amateur baseball team toss Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita in the air in the city of Chiba on March 17, 2013, after media reports project he has secured reelection.

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Group lodges protest over Nagoya mayor's remarks

NAGOYA, Japan - Kensaku Ishikawa (L), head of the Aichi prefectural chapter of the Japan-China Friendship Association, hands a letter of protest against Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura to an official at the Nagoya city government office on Feb. 24, 2012. Kawamura earlier in the week expressed doubt about the massacre of civilians by the Imperial Japanese Army in Nanjing in 1937.

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2,245 Chiba officials reprimanded over accounting irregularities

CHIBA, Japan - Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita bows in apology during a news conference at the Chiba prefectural government office on Dec. 18, 2009, after the local government reprimanded 2,245 employees over massive accounting irregularities. The local government said it will make the employees repay about 900 million yen, adding that the total amount of irregularities currently stands at 3.28 billion yen after the government found an additional 300 million yen worth of false orders.

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6 Kanto region governors visit contentious Yamba Dam site

NAGANOHARA, Japan - Six governors from the Kanto region -- (from L to R) Tomikazu Fukuda of Tochigi Prefecture, Masaru Hashimoto of Ibaraki Prefecture, Kensaku Morita of Chiba Prefecture, Shintaro Ishihara of Tokyo, Masaaki Osawa of Gunma Prefecture and Kiyoshi Ueda of Saitama Prefecture -- are briefed by a land ministry official on the Yamba Dam project in Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2009, as they visit the planned construction site.

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Maehara meets with Gov. Morita over gov't airport plan

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Seiji Maehara (R) shakes hand with Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 14 before their talks. Morita had criticized a government plan to turn Haneda airport into a hub for international flights.

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Chiba Gov. Morita gets to work

CHIBA, Japan - New Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita poses for photos April 6 after taking his seat in the governor's chair at the Chiba prefectural office on his first day at work.

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Chiba Gov. Morita gets to work

CHIBA, Japan - New Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (R) shakes hands with outgoing Gov. Akiko Domoto at the Chiba prefectural office April 6 on the new governor's first day at work.

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Chiba Gov. Morita begins business

CHIBA, Japan - New Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita is greeted at the Chiba prefectural office April 6 as he began business.

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New Chiba Gov. Morita visits Tokyo Gov. Ishihara

TOKYO, Japan - Newly-elected Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (L) shakes hands with Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara before their talks at the Tokyo metropolitan government office on April 1.

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New Chiba Gov. Morita visits Tokyo Gov. Ishihara

TOKYO, Japan - New Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (L) holds talks with Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara at the Tokyo metropolitan government office on April 1.

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Morita wins Chiba gubernatorial election in DPJ setback

CHIBA, Japan - Independent Kensaku Morita smiles during a press conference in Chiba on March 30 after winning the Chiba gubernatorial election on March 29. Morita defeated four other candidates, including one supported by the Democratic Party of Japan, in a major setback for the main opposition party.

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Funeral for actress Chocho Miyako held

OSAKA, Japan - A funeral service for veteran actress Chocho Miyako, who died Oct. 12 from chronic kidney failure at age 80, is held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 16. Kensaku Morita (R), actor and House of Representatives member, delivered a memorial address at the service.

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Lawmaker Morita faces questions over secretary's arrest

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives member Kensaku Morita fields questions from reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 31 about the arrest of his private secretary the previous day on suspicion of buying votes in the June 25 general election. If found guilty, Morita could lose his Diet seat under the election law.

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Komuro invited to U.N. Millennium Assembly event

NEW YORK, United States - The United Nations on April 6 invites Japanese pop producer Tetsuya Komuro (R) to a commemorative event at the U.N. headquarters in October to mark the Millennium General Assembly session. The invitation was extended by U.N. Undersecretary Kensaku Hogen (L), the top U.N. official in charge of communications and public information, in a meeting at U.N. headquarters. Komuro has composed a theme song on behalf of the U.N. International Drug Control Program.

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Japan to extend $1.3 bil. loan to S. Korea

Kensaku Aomoto, deputy governor of the Ex-Import Bank of Japan (2nd from L), and Lee Kyung Jae, president of the Industrial Bank of Korea (2nd from R), shake hands at a news conference in Seoul on Jan. 22 after signing an agreement for Japan to extend a $1.3 billion loan to South Korea to aid the country's small and midsize firms.

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Morita wins Chiba gubernatorial election in DPJ setback

CHIBA, Japan - Independent Kensaku Morita smiles during a press conference in Chiba on March 30 after winning the Chiba gubernatorial election on March 29. Morita defeated four other candidates, including one supported by the Democratic Party of Japan, in a major setback for the main opposition party. (Kyodo)

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New Chiba Gov. Morita visits Tokyo Gov. Ishihara

TOKYO, Japan - Newly-elected Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (L) shakes hands with Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara before their talks at the Tokyo metropolitan government office on April 1. (Kyodo)

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New Chiba Gov. Morita visits Tokyo Gov. Ishihara

TOKYO, Japan - New Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (L) holds talks with Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara at the Tokyo metropolitan government office on April 1. (Kyodo)

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Chiba Gov. Morita begins business

CHIBA, Japan - New Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita is greeted at the Chiba prefectural office April 6 as he began business. (Kyodo)

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Chiba Gov. Morita gets to work

CHIBA, Japan - New Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita poses for photos April 6 after taking his seat in the governor's chair at the Chiba prefectural office on his first day at work. (Kyodo)

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Chiba Gov. Morita gets to work

CHIBA, Japan - New Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (R) shakes hands with outgoing Gov. Akiko Domoto at the Chiba prefectural office April 6 on the new governor's first day at work. (Kyodo)

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Japanese man checks Hakodate history guidebook

Kensaku Shimizu, a store manager in Hakodate and a member of the Hakodate foreign settlement research group, checks a Hakodate historical guidebook on Feb. 5, 2015, in the city in Hokkaido. The book has been compiled by Shimizu and other members of the group and will hit bookstore shelves in early March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chiba governor agrees to host some 2020 Tokyo Olympics events

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (L) reacts during his meeting with Yoshiro Mori, president of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, in Tokyo on April 14, 2015. Morita agreed to the committee's request for cooperation in hosting some of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics events in Chiba Prefecture adjacent to EDITED the Japanese capital. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese man checks Hakodate history guidebook

Kensaku Shimizu, a store manager in Hakodate and a member of the Hakodate foreign settlement research group, checks a Hakodate historical guidebook on Feb. 5, 2015, in the city in Hokkaido. The book has been compiled by Shimizu and other members of the group and will hit bookstore shelves in early March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC's Coates inspects Makuhari Messe in Chiba Pref.

John Coates (far R), chair of the Coordination Commission for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 of the International Olympic Committee, is greeted by Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (far L) in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on June 30, 2015, after inspecting Makuhari Messe in the city as some games are planned to be held there. Yoshiro Mori (2nd from R), president of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, also accompanied them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC's Coordination Commission head Coates inspects Makuhari Messe

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (L) talks with John Coates, chairman of the Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee, after Coates inspected Makuhari Messe in the city of Chiba, a venue for the wrestling, fencing and taekwondo events of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, on June 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC's Coordination Commission head Coates inspects Makuhari Messe

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (L) and John Coates, chairman of the Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee, shake hands after Coates inspected Makuhari Messe in the city of Chiba, a venue for the wrestling, fencing and taekwondo events of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, on June 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chiba governor agrees to host some 2020 Tokyo Olympics events

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (L) reacts during his meeting with Yoshiro Mori, president of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, in Tokyo on April 14, 2015. Morita agreed to the committee's request for cooperation in hosting some of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics events in Chiba Prefecture adjacent to the Japanese capital. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Plan for 3rd Narita airport runway discussed at 4-party talks

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita gives a welcoming speech at a four-party meeting of officials from the transport ministry, Chiba Prefecture, Narita International Airport Corp. and municipalities around the airport in Chiba city east of Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2015, to discuss the proposed construction of a third runway at Narita. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chiba Gov. Morita offers flowers at bombed site in Bangkok

Kensaku Morita, visiting governor of Chiba Prefecture neighboring Tokyo, pays a floral tribute at the Erawan Shrine in central Bangkok on Sept. 3, 2015, to victims of the Aug. 17 bombing that killed 20 people and injured more than 100. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chiba Gov. Morita meets Thai Crown Princess Sirindhorn

Kensaku Morita (L), visiting governor of Chiba Prefecture neighboring Tokyo, meets Thai Crown Princess Sirindhorn (R) in Bangkok on Sept. 3, 2015. The actor-turned governor and Sirindhorn agreed to seek expanded exchanges between the Japanese prefecture and Thailand. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Group lodges protest over Nagoya mayor's remarks

NAGOYA, Japan - Kensaku Ishikawa (L), head of the Aichi prefectural chapter of the Japan-China Friendship Association, hands a letter of protest against Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura to an official at the Nagoya city government office on Feb. 24, 2012. Kawamura earlier in the week expressed doubt about the massacre of civilians by the Imperial Japanese Army in Nanjing in 1937. (Kyodo)

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Hyogo policeman works for Miyagi police at his request

SENDAI, Japan - Police officer Kensaku Iwase is on permanent assignment with the Miyagi prefectural police in northeastern Japan from the Hyogo prefectural police at his request so he can fully commit to the recovery of the 2011 tsunami-hit region. The photo was taken on Aug. 15, 2014, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo, nearby prefectures urge gov't to declare virus emergency

(From L) Saitama Gov. Motohiro Ono, Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita, Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan's minister in charge of coronavirus response, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and Kanagawa Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa meet the press after their meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2021. The governors asked the central government to declare a state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic.

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Tokyo, nearby prefectures urge gov't to declare virus emergency

(From L) Saitama Gov. Motohiro Ono, Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita, Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan's minister in charge of coronavirus response, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and Kanagawa Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa meet the press after their meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2021. The governors asked the central government to declare a state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic.

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Tokyo, nearby prefectures urge gov't to declare virus emergency

(From L) Saitama Gov. Motohiro Ono, Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita, Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan's minister in charge of coronavirus response, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and Kanagawa Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa meet the press after their meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2021. The governors asked the central government to declare a state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic.

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Lifting of coronavirus state of emergency in Japan

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita meets the press in Chiba, eastern Japan, on May 25, 2020, following the lifting of a coronavirus state of emergency in Chiba and four other prefectures in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita speaks at a regular press briefing at his office in Chiba near Tokyo on May 21, 2020. He said the lifting of a coronavirus pandemic state of emergency in the eastern Japan prefecture is difficult under the current circumstances. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita meets the press in Tokyo on April 22, 2020, after holding talks with Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura over the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (L) meets Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura in Tokyo on April 22, 2020, over the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita announces support measures for smaller businesses hit by the coronavirus crisis on April 16, 2020, at the prefectural government building in Chiba, near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita holds a press conference in Chiba on April 7, 2020, amid the pandemic of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita speaks at a press conference in Chiba, near Tokyo, on April 5, 2020, about the extension of its request for school closures until the end of the month amid the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Disaster drill in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) speaks during a teleconference at his office in Tokyo with Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita for a drill assuming major earthquakes in the Japanese capital and neighboring prefectures, on Sept. 1, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 years until Tokyo Olympics

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (center R in 2nd row) attends an event with local children in the town of Ichinomiya, Chiba Prefecture, on July 24, 2018, marking the start of the 2-year countdown toward the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The town will host the Olympic surfing competitions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2,245 Chiba officials reprimanded over accounting irregularities

CHIBA, Japan - Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita bows in apology during a news conference at the Chiba prefectural government office on Dec. 18, 2009, after the local government reprimanded 2,245 employees over massive accounting irregularities. The local government said it will make the employees repay about 900 million yen, adding that the total amount of irregularities currently stands at 3.28 billion yen after the government found an additional 300 million yen worth of false orders. (Kyodo)

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6 Kanto region governors visit contentious Yamba Dam site

NAGANOHARA, Japan - Six governors from the Kanto region -- (from L to R) Tomikazu Fukuda of Tochigi Prefecture, Masaru Hashimoto of Ibaraki Prefecture, Kensaku Morita of Chiba Prefecture, Shintaro Ishihara of Tokyo, Masaaki Osawa of Gunma Prefecture and Kiyoshi Ueda of Saitama Prefecture -- are briefed by a land ministry official on the Yamba Dam project in Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2009, as they visit the planned construction site. (Kyodo)