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SBI Holdings and PSMC press conference

SBI Holdings and PSMC press conference. From left to right: Yoshihiro Murai, Governor of Miyagi Prefecture; Takahito Hwang, Chairman of Powerchip Group and Representative Director of PSMC; Yoshitaka Kitao, Chairman of the Board and President of SBI Holdings; Wu Yuan Xiong, President of PSMC Japan=Date:October 31, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Stolen Buddha statue ownership suit

Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hideki Murai speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2023, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled that a Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 belongs to the temple, rejecting a South Korean temple's claim to ownership of it.

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Gamba coach Hasegawa cited as 'Manager of Year'

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Gamba Osaka coach Kenta Hasegawa receives an award for the 2014 Manager of the Year from J-League Chairman Mitsuru Murai in Yokohama southwest of Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2014.

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New J-League chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuru Murai holds a press conference in Tokyo after becoming J-League chairman on Jan. 31, 2014. His term as head of Japanese pro soccer league lasts until March 2016.

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Future sports business leaders gather for J-League class

TOKYO, May 21 Kyodo - Future sports business leaders pose with J-League Chairman Mitsuru Murai (R, front row) at the Japan Football Association in Tokyo on May 9, 2015. The occasion was the inauguration of a class titled "J-League Human Capital" to nurture future leaders in soccer and other sports businesses.

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J-League Chairman attends seminar in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - J-League Chairman Mitsuru Murai talks in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 3, 2014, at a seminar on ways to manage a professional soccer league. Personnel from 38 Thai soccer team participated in the first such seminar overseas for the J-League.

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Miyagi accepts probe to find site for nuke waste disposal

TOKYO, Japan - Miyagi Governor Yoshihiro Murai (L) hands over a document to Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014, to accept government-funded research in the prefecture to find a candidate site for the final disposal of some of the radiation-tainted waste from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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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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Suntory to set up fund to support disabled in sports

SENDAI, Japan - Japanese Paralympian Mami Sato gives a press conference on July 29, 2014, following a courtesy visit to Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai over a decision by her employer Suntory Holdings Ltd. to create a fund to support sports for disabled people in the region damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011.

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Miyagi gov't, Japan Asia Group ink solar power plant deal

SENDAI, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) and Tetsuo Yamashita, chairman of Japan Asia Group Ltd., sign an agreement in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 28, 2014, to build a mega-solar power plant on a lot vacated by a tsunami-ddamaged high school in Natori in the northeastern Japan prefecture.

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4 disaster-hit prefectures urge continued gov't aid

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of four prefectures in northeastern Japan ravaged by the 2011 disaster present a joint request to Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto (extreme R) for continuation of intensive government support for reconstruction work in Tokyo on July 10, 2014. (From L) Vice Governor Yuji Aoyama of Aomori, Vice Governor Fumio Murata of Fukushima, Governor Takuya Tasso of Iwate and Governor Yoshihiro Murai of Miyagi.

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Miyagi Pref., Tokyo Olympics organizer ink cooperation pact

SENDAI, Japan - Governor Yoshihiro Murai (L) of Miyagi Prefecture and former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, hold a joint statement on cooperation after signing it at the former's office in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on June 16, 2014.

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Tour de Tohoku 2014 on promotion

TOKYO, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (front R) poses for the photo with ambassadors of Tour de Tohoku 2014, an event to assist the reconstruction of Tohoku region devastated by 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, in Tokyo on June 10, 2014. The ambassadors are model Karen Michibata (2nd from front R), track and field Paralympian Mami Sato (2nd from L front), and former footballer Tetsuo Nakanishi (front L).

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J-League, Ritsumeikan Univ. sign alliance

OSAKA, Japan - J-League Chairman Mitsuru Murai (L) and Toyoomi Nagata, chairman of the Ritsumeikan Trust Board of Trustees, hold a signed agreement on May 26, 2014 in Kyoto, western Japan, on wide-ranging cooperation, including the cultivation of human resources in sports management, players' second careers, regional development and international exchange.

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Hanyu receives honorary award from Miyagi gov't

SENDAI, Japan - Sochi Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu (R) poses for a photo with Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai after receiving an honorary award from the prefectural government in Sendai on April 26, 2014.

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Racist banner at J-League game

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuru Murai, chairman of the J-League, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 13, 2014, to announce Urawa Reds will be punished for failing to remove a racist banner from Saitama Stadium until after the game against Sagan Tosu on March 8.

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Envoy Kennedy in Tohoku

SENDAI, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) and Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai shake hands at the Miyagi prefectural office in Sendai on Nov. 25, 2013. It is Kennedy's first visit to the Tohoku area in northeastern Japan, which was hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, since assuming office earlier in the month. (Pool photo)

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Lady Gaga's teacup donated to disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) receives a teacup that pop icon Lady Gaga used, at the prefectural government offices on Feb. 20, 2013. The teacup, which was sold for 6 million yen at a charity auction in May 2012 to support the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is presented to Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japan area hit hard by the disaster, on Feb. 20, 2013. Lady Gaga sipped from the teacup at a news conference in Tokyo in June, 2011. It is smeared with her lipstick and the phrase "We pray for Japan" is written in Japanese across the front.

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1st shipment from Kirin plant in Sendai since March disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co. President Koichi Matsuzawa (L) and Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai pose with cases of beer in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2011, during a ceremony to mark the first shipment of beer from the company's Sendai plant in about eight months since it was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Miyagi governor inspects Onagawa nuke plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) hears from employees of Tohoku Electric Power Co. at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture on April 26, 2011, on ensuring the safety of the plant, which was damaged in the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Miyagi Gov. Murai

TOKYO, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 23, 2011, to attend a meeting of the central government's panel on reconstruction in tsunami-hit areas. At the meeting, he proposed establishing a new institution linking the state and three prefectures devastated by the March 11 mega earthquake and tsunami, as well as disaster-hit municipalities in the region, to promote integrated post-quake reconstruction.

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Miyagi Gov. Murai at evacuation center

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (R) encourages evacuees at a junior high school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 21, 2011. The area was devastated by a historic earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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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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Toyota unit to build factory near Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (far left), Kanji Ishii (C), president of Central Motor Co., a Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary, and Hirai Village Mayor Masahiro Atobe (far right) sign documents on Feb. 21 on a new automobile assembly factory to be built near Sendai by Central Motor.

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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 - Incumbent Yasuo Tanaka speaks at his election campaign office in Nagano after filing his candidacy for the Aug. 6 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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Zico calls up Konno, Murai, Tanaka for East Asian c'ship

TOKYO, Japan - Japan coach Zico speaks at a press conference July 19 about his selection of players for his national squad for the upcoming East Asian championship. Zico has called up FC Tokyo midfielder Yasuyuki Konno, Jubilo Iwata midfielder Shinji Murai and Urawa Reds striker Tatsuya Tanaka for the first time to his team.

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Japanese afforestation undertaking in Thailand bearing fruit

BANGKOK, Thailand - Shunji Murai (C), a 64-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, plants young trees together with local residents in the northern Thai district of Boklua, Nan Province, about 15 kilometers from the border with Laos.

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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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Int'l meeting on Internet makes progress on IPv6

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Keio University Professor Jun Murai speaks at a news conference on a six-day international conference on the Internet which ended in Yokohama on July 19. Murai said the conference made significant progress toward an international standardization of Internet protocol version six (IPv6), often called the next generation Internet protocol.

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Prototype Net-capable car unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Keio University Prof. Jun Murai tries a prototype Internet-capable car on display at the Wireless Japan 2002 exhibition in Tokyo on July 17. The car, developed by Toyota Motor Corp., its auto parts-making unit Denso Corp. and NEC Corp., allows drivers to download maps for car navigation, restaurant guides, music and videos from the Internet, to which it can gain access by using NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s FOMA third-generation mobile phone and a 256-megabite server mounted on the car.

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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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Murai has record-setting win at Japan Women's Open

Mayumi Murai double-bogeys the final hole of an even-par 72 on June 27, but still manages to come away with a record-setting victory in the Japan Women's Open golf tournament. She finished four rounds at Kasumigaseki Country Club with the record for most strokes under par (7) in the 32-year history of the event and the lowest strokes total (281) since the tournament went to 72 holes in 1982.

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Football: New J-League chairman Nonomura

New J-League football chairman Yoshikazu Nonomura (L) bumps fists with his predecessor Mitsuru Murai after taking up the post in Tokyo on March 15, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Football: J-League awards ceremony

Vissel Kobe's Andres Iniesta (L) receives a plaque from J-League Chairman Mitsuru Murai (R) after being named to the Best Eleven team during the awards ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2021.

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Zico calls up Konno, Murai, Tanaka for East Asian c'ship

TOKYO, Japan - Japan coach Zico speaks at a press conference July 19 about his selection of players for his national squad for the upcoming East Asian championship. Zico has called up FC Tokyo midfielder Yasuyuki Konno, Jubilo Iwata midfielder Shinji Murai and Urawa Reds striker Tatsuya Tanaka for the first time to his team. (Kyodo)

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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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Incumbent Tanaka, ex-lawmaker Murai run for Nagano governor

NAGANO, Japan - Incumbent Yasuo Tanaka speaks at his election campaign office in Nagano 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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Toyota unit to build factory near Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (far left), Kanji Ishii (C), president of Central Motor Co., a Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary, and Hirai Village Mayor Masahiro Atobe (far right) sign documents on Feb. 21 on a new automobile assembly factory to be built near Sendai by Central Motor. (Kyodo)