Oldest serving mayor wins 4th term at 82

Oldest serving mayor wins 4th term at 82

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Shigemasa Igawa, 82, Japan's oldest serving mayor, holds a bouquet in Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on April 8, 2012, after securing his fourth term without a vote in the mayoral election in the western city.

Japan's oldest mayor to retire

Japan's oldest mayor to retire

Shigemasa Igawa, mayor of the western Japan city of Kudamatsu, gives a press conference at the municipal office on Feb. 15, 2015, to announce that he will retire. Igawa, 85, the oldest mayor in Japan, said he will not run in the mayoral race in April as he wants to support his wife, who is in ill-health. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Oldest serving mayor wins 4th term at 82

Oldest serving mayor wins 4th term at 82

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Shigemasa Igawa, 82, Japan's oldest serving mayor, holds a bouquet in Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on April 8, 2012, after securing his fourth term without a vote in the mayoral election in the western city. (Kyodo)

Nagasaki Kiyomizudera Temple

Nagasaki Kiyomizudera Temple

This is a distant view of Kiyomizu Temple, said to have been founded by the priest Keijun who came to Nagasaki with a Buddhist statue in 1623. Historical documents state that the Kawarado (tiled temple building) in the centre, which was modeled after Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto with stone handrails surrounding it, was donated by Matsukura Shigemasa, lord of Shimabara Castle. The main temple building was added by Chinese resident He Gaocai in 1668. It is rather uncommon to use an arched doorway other than in the front hallway. Many people visit this temple to pray for the safe delivery of babies.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number109‐35‐0]