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Ozaki wins Kochi gubernatorial election

KOCHI, Japan - Former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Masanao Ozaki (C) beat three other candidates to win the Kochi gubernatorial election Nov. 25 to succeed reformist Gov. Daijiro Hashimoto, who is stepping down after 16 years in office.

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Ozaki wins Kochi gubernatorial election

KOCHI, Japan - Former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Masanao Ozaki (C) beat three other candidates to win the Kochi gubernatorial election Nov. 25 to succeed reformist Gov. Daijiro Hashimoto, who is stepping down after 16 years in office. (Kyodo)

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Local political leaders join hands to promote use of wooden panels

Noboru Ota (L), mayor of Maniwa in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, Parliamentary Cabinet Office Vice Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (C) and Kochi Governor Masanao Ozaki pose for photos with a sample of cross-laminated timber in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2015. A group of governors and mayors is promoting this type of timber to help revive the forestry industry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-major leaguer Fujikawa meets with Kochi governor

The former Texas Ranger Kyuji Fujikawa (L) meets with Kochi Gov. Masanao Ozaki in the prefectural office in Japan's southwestern main island of Shikoku on June 8, 2015, to tell him he will join the Kochi Fighting Dogs in the Shikoku Island League Plus. Becoming a free agent in the major league in May, the 34-year-old closer decided to spend more time with his family and return to his native Kochi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kochi governor pitches for city dwellers' relocation to countryside

Gov. Masanao Ozaki of Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, addresses an opening ceremony for an office set up by the internal affairs ministry in front of JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital on March 25, 2015, to support people wishing to move to less populated areas and to help bolster sluggish regional economic activity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Governor of Japan's Kochi region promotes tourism in Jakarta

Masanao Ozaki, governor of Kochi Prefecture, promotes the western Japanese region in Jakarta on Nov. 23, 2015, during a symposium aimed at encouraging tourism-related exchanges between Japan and Indonesia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Representative of Ryoma's Sakamoto family appears at fan gathering

Masahiro Sakamoto (R), the 10th head of Sakamoto family known for Sakamoto Ryoma, who played a major role in dethroning the Tokugawa shogunate toward the end of the Edo period, is introduced as Kochi Prefecture's special tourism envoy during an event in Kochi, western Japan, on Nov. 14, 2015, a day before the 180th anniversary of the birth of Ryoma. About 500 fans from across Japan and abroad gathered for the event. Standing in the left is Kochi Gov. Masanao Ozaki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe vows to ensure residents' safety from possible N. Korean missiles

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) receives a written request from Shimane Gov. Zembee Mizoguchi (2nd from R), alongside (from L) Kochi Gov. Masanao Ozaki, Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura and Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2017. Abe pledged to ensure the safety of residents in the four western Japan prefectures over which North Korea has said its missiles could fly en route to waters off the U.S. territory of Guam. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Celebrities visit new Kochi Castle Museum of History

(From L) Japanese actress Ryoko Hirosue, actor Hideki Takahashi and Kochi Gov. Masanao Ozaki visit the Kochi Castle Museum of History in Kochi, western Japan, on March 4, 2017, its opening day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo