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Japan prefectural governors meet press in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese prefectural governors attend a press conference on the occasion of a gubernatorial forum between Japan and China in Beijing on Oct. 28, 2014. From L: Hiroshima Deputy Gov. Yoshiaki Nakashita, Shiga Gov. Taizo Mikazuki, Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai, Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada serving as president of the National Governors Association, Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida, Nagano Gov. Shuichi Abe, and Yamaguchi Gov. Tsugumasa Muraoka.

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Search teams withdraw from Mt. Ontake

OTAKI, Japan - Nagano Gov. Shuichi Abe thanks rescue workers on Oct. 17, 2014, at the central Japan village of Otaki, as search efforts for missing climbers on Mt. Ontake, partly located in Nagano Prefecture, were called off the previous day for the remainder of the year. Its eruption claimed 56 lives, while seven people are still listed as missing.

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Nagano Gov. Abe re-elected

NAGANO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Shuichi Abe holds flowers in the city of Nagano on Aug. 10, 2014, after being re-elected in the gubernatorial election for a second four-year term. Supported by major political parties including the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, Abe beat two challengers.

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Giants' players arrive in Miyazaki ahead of training camp

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Yomiuri Giants catcher Shinnosuke Abe (L) receives flowers as he and his teammates, including third baseman Shuichi Murata (C), arrive in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 27, 2014, to prepare for the preseason baseball training camp in February.

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(1)Ex-Nagano Gov. Tanaka transfers duties to his successor

NAGANO, Japan - Former Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka (L) transfers the duties of his former job to Vice Gov. Shuichi Abe at the prefectural office building in Nagano on July 16.

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(2)Ex-Nagano Gov. Tanaka transfers duties to his successor

NAGANO, Japan - Former Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka is surrounded by reporters as he comes out of the prefectural office building after transferring the duties of his former job to Vice Gov. Shuichi Abe.

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Emperor, empress visit Karuizawa resort for summer retreat

Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (L) are greeted by Nagano Gov. Shuichi Abe upon their arrival at Karuizawa Station in the resort town OF Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 22, 2015. They will stay in Karuizawa and Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, for their summer retreat until Aug. 29. (Pool photo by Tokyo Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Miyagi police forensic artist teaches at Aomori police

Shuichi Abe (L), a former member of the Identification Division of the Miyagi prefectural police gives a technical drawing advice to the Aomori prefectural police in Aomori City, northeastern Japan, in June 2015. He is now engaged in handing down his skills to younger police members, visiting various locations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-police forensic artist passes on skills to younger generation

Shuichi Abe, a former member of the Identification Division of the Miyagi prefectural police, recalls memories in Sendai, northeastern Japan, in June 2015 in front of composite drawings he sketched based on photographs of victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. He is now engaged in handing down his skills to younger police members. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Conductor Ozawa honored by Nagano Pref. in central Japan

World-renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa (R) accepts a commemorative plaque for an award honoring people who have contributed to Nagano Prefecture and its citizens from Nagano Gov. Shuichi Abe (L) on Sept. 28, 2015, in the central Japan city of Nagano. Ozawa has been holding an annual music festival in Matsumoto in the prefecture since 1992. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search teams withdraw from Mt. Ontake

OTAKI, Japan - Nagano Gov. Shuichi Abe thanks rescue workers on Oct. 17, 2014, at the central Japan village of Otaki, as search efforts for missing climbers on Mt. Ontake, partly located in Nagano Prefecture, were called off the previous day for the remainder of the year. Its eruption claimed 56 lives, while seven people are still listed as missing. (Kyodo)

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Nagano Gov. Abe re-elected

NAGANO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Shuichi Abe holds flowers in the city of Nagano on Aug. 10, 2014, after being re-elected in the gubernatorial election for a second four-year term. Supported by major political parties including the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, Abe beat two challengers. (Kyodo)

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(2)Ex-Nagano Gov. Tanaka transfers duties to his successor

NAGANO, Japan - Former Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka is surrounded by reporters as he comes out of the prefectural office building after transferring the duties of his former job to Vice Gov. Shuichi Abe.

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(1)Ex-Nagano Gov. Tanaka transfers duties to his successor

NAGANO, Japan - Former Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka (L) transfers the duties of his former job to Vice Gov. Shuichi Abe at the prefectural office building in Nagano on July 16.

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Visit to war-linked Yasukuni shrine

Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Shuichi Takatori (R) visits Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, seen by China and South Korea as a symbol of Japan's wartime militarism, to send a ritual offering in place of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Aug. 15, 2020, the 75th anniversary of its World War II surrender.

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Kin of Japanese abductees seeking return of all from N. Korea

Kenichi Ichikawa (far L), whose younger brother Shuichi was abducted to North Korea at age 23 in 1978, speaks to reporters on Sept. 8, 2016, at a seacoast in Hioki, Kagoshima Prefecture, where Shuichi and his girlfriend Rumiko Masumoto were kidnapped. Ichikawa, who attended an inspection with the lower house panel on the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, said he wants Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to visit North Korea and realize the return of all abductees. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo