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Meeting on National Strategic Special Zone in Kansai

OSAKA, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido, Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui and Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo (from L) give a press conference in Osaka on June 23, 2014, after a meeting on establishing a National Strategic Special Zone covering Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures, western Japan, as a base for medical innovation.

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Forum on post-disaster recovery held in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido (L) speaks while Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso looks on at a conference on post-disaster recovery in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2015. Both Hyogo and Iwate prefectures went through devastating earthquakes in 1995 and 2011, respectively.

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Hyogo governor speaks at post-disaster recovery forum

KOBE, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido speaks at a conference on post-disaster recovery in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2015. Both Hyogo and Iwate prefectures experienced devastating earthquakes in 1995 and 2011, respectively.

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Head of Kansai Masters Games committee speaks

OSAKA, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido, also head of the preparatory committee of the World Masters Games 2021 in the Kansai region, delivers a speech at a gathering organized by the committee in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 7, 2014, to raise awareness of the international multi-sport event.

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Record reveals Shinsengumi struggled in summer heat

KYOTO, Japan - A woman shows a temple record in Kyoto on Sept. 2, 2014, which revealed that Hijikata Toshizo, deputy commander of the Shinsengumi security force for the Edo shogunate, asked Nishi-Hongwanji, a Buddhist temple where the force was stationed between March 1865 to June 1867 in Kyoto, to provide more space for its members to give them relief from the scorching summer heat.

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Records show exchanges between Hijikata, temple

KYOTO, Japan - The Hongwanji research center in Kyoto discloses on Sept. 2, 2014, documents including records of exchanges between Hijikata Toshizo, deputy commander of the Shinsengumi security force for the Edo shogunate, and Nishi-Hongwanji, a Buddhist temple where the force was stationed between March 1865 to June 1867 in Kyoto.

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Hyogo Pref., megabank allied for industrial promotion

KOBE, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Co. President Takeshi Kunibe (L) and Hyogo Governor Toshizo Ido display their agreement on a bilateral partnership designed to promote the local business community, including tourism, at the Hyogo prefectural government office in Kobe, western Japan, on July 23, 2014.

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2021 World Masters prep committee mulls Asian prelude

OSAKA, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido (R), chairman of the preparatory committee for the 2021 World Masters Games to be held in western Japan's Kansai region, speaks during the committee's meeting on March 25, 2014, in Osaka. Ido proposed considering an Asian regional version of the games as a prelude.

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Canon group net profit up 2.6%

TOKYO, Japan - Toshizo Tanaka, executive vice president of Canon Inc., releases the company's earnings results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2014. The maker of printers, photocopiers and cameras said its group net profit for the just-ended business year rose 2.6 percent from the previous year to 230.48 billion yen.

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Hyogo gubernatorial election

KOBE, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido celebrates after media reports saying he has secured his fourth four-year term in the gubernatorial election on July 21, 2013.

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Hyogo gubernatorial election

KOBE, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido celebrates after media reports saying he has secured his fourth four-year term in the gubernatorial election on July 21, 2013.

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Hyogo gubernatorial race

KOBE, Japan - Combination photo shows Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido, 67, (R), and Kotaro Tanaka, 64, an official of a political group related to the Japanese Communist Party, during stump speeches in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 gubernatorial election. Ido is seeking a fourth four-year term, while Tanaka is challenging Ido for the second time.

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Kansai governors promote tourism

BEIJING, China - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido (C), head of the Union of Kansai Governments, speaks at a hotel in Beijing on July 20, 2011, aiming to promote tourism in western Japan. A group of governors and other key personnel from western Japan visited China to attract more Chinese tourists to the region.

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Kansai launches promotion to attract Chinese tourists

HANEDA AIRPORT, Japan - Governors and other leaders from Kansai, including Hyogo Governor Toshizo Ido (C front), line up for group photos before leaving for Beijing from Haneda airport in Tokyo on July 20, 2011, to attract more Chinese tourists to the western Japan region.

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Tokyo quake would provide 'chance' to boost economy: Hyogo gov.

KOBE, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido speaks at a news conference in Kobe on Nov. 11 about his controversial remarks made in Wakayama earlier in the day. During a meeting of governors from the western Japan region, Ido said that a major earthquake in the Tokyo area would provide a ''chance'' to prop up the economy in western Japan including his prefecture.

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Japan's 1st golf course celebrates centennial

KOBE, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido tees off at the Kobe Golf Club in Kobe to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the nation's first golf club on May 20. The club was launched on May 24, 1903. (Kyoddo)

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Hyogo donates 85 million yen as Sept. 11 education fund

NEW YORK, United States - Phyllis McGrath (L), president of the Citizens' Scholarship Foundation, and Toshizo Ido, governor of Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, attend a ceremony at the Japanese Consulate General in New York on July 9 to donate 85,494,696 yen from Hyogo residents to the United States as an education fund for family members of victims of last year's Sept. 11 terror attacks.

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Hyogo Gov. Ido says Kobe quake recovery 'smooth'

KOBE, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido speaks at a press conference in the prefectural government office in Kobe on Jan. 16, the eve of the seventh anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, about rehabilitation of the quake-hit areas.

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Hyogo Gov. Ido says Kobe quake recovery 'smooth'

KOBE, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido speaks at a press conference in the prefectural government office in Kobe on Jan. 16, the eve of the seventh anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, about rehabilitation of the quake-hit areas.

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Japan's 1st golf course celebrates centennial

KOBE, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido tees off at the Kobe Golf Club in Kobe to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the nation's first golf club on May 20. The club was launched on May 24, 1903. (Kyoddo)

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Japan to impose fresh COVID-19 emergency in Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo

Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido told a press conference he has asked the government for the authority to impose tougher restrictions to curb the rise in infections, following Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura's request the previous day. Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike is expected to do the same soon.

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Japan's Hyogo region holds event at Expo Milano to show specialties

Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido (C) speaks at a Japan pavilion event held at Expo Milano 2015 in Milan, Italy, on July 18, 2015, to showcase specialties from the western Japanese prefecture of Hyogo such as Kobe beef and the Awaji puppet theater. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Western Japan's Hyogo promotes specialties in Milan

Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido (C) from western Japan joins other guests in a ceremonial sake barrel opening for a food festival to promote products from the western Japan prefecture held in Milan, Italy, on July 17, 2015, on the sidelines of the food-themed Expo Milano 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Organizers of 2021 Masters Games hold general meeting in Osaka

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (3rd from L), honorary chairman of the organizing committee for the Kansai World Masters Games 2021, joins others in striking a pose at the panel's general assembly in Osaka, western Japan, on May 22, 2015. Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido, chairman of the committee, stands to Mori's left. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Himeji Castle, Germany's Neuschwanstein Castle sign friendship pact

Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido (L) and Himeji Mayor Toshikatsu Iwami (2nd from L) pose for photos with German officials after signing a tourism promotion treaty, in front of the renovated Himeji Castle, a world heritage site and national treasure, on March 26, 2015. Japan's Himeji Castle and Germany's Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria inked a friendship pact to cooperate on tourism promotion. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hyogo gov., Sendai mayor attend disaster prevention symposium

Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido (L) and Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama (R) flank Margareta Wahlstrom, U.N. Special Representative of the Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction, at a symposium on the creation of disaster-resistant cities in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai on March 17, 2015. The event was part of a U.N. disaster reduction conference being held there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Michelin Guide Hyogo 2016 to be published in fall 2015

Bernard Delmas (L), president of Nihon Michelin Tire Co., visits Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 28, 2015, to announce that the company will publish the Michelin Guide Hyogo 2016, a special edition covering restaurants and hotels in the prefecture, in the fall of 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo quake would provide 'chance' to boost economy: Hyogo gov.

KOBE, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido speaks at a news conference in Kobe on Nov. 11 about his controversial remarks made in Wakayama earlier in the day. During a meeting of governors from the western Japan region, Ido said that a major earthquake in the Tokyo area would provide a ''chance'' to prop up the economy in western Japan including his prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Kansai governors promote tourism

BEIJING, China - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido (C), head of the Union of Kansai Governments, speaks at a hotel in Beijing on July 20, 2011, aiming to promote tourism in western Japan. A group of governors and other key personnel from western Japan visited China to attract more Chinese tourists to the region. (Kyodo)

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Kansai launches promotion to attract Chinese tourists

HANEDA AIRPORT, Japan - Governors and other leaders from Kansai, including Hyogo Governor Toshizo Ido (C front), line up for group photos before leaving for Beijing from Haneda airport in Tokyo on July 20, 2011, to attract more Chinese tourists to the western Japan region. (Kyodo)

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Forum on post-disaster recovery held in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido (L) speaks while Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso looks on at a conference on post-disaster recovery in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2015. Both Hyogo and Iwate prefectures went through devastating earthquakes in 1995 and 2011, respectively. (Kyodo)

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Hyogo governor speaks at post-disaster recovery forum

KOBE, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido speaks at a conference on post-disaster recovery in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2015. Both Hyogo and Iwate prefectures experienced devastating earthquakes in 1995 and 2011, respectively. (Kyodo)

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Head of Kansai Masters Games committee speaks

OSAKA, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido, also head of the preparatory committee of the World Masters Games 2021 in the Kansai region, delivers a speech at a gathering organized by the committee in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 7, 2014, to raise awareness of the international multi-sport event. (Kyodo)

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Records show exchanges between Hijikata, temple

KYOTO, Japan - The Hongwanji research center in Kyoto discloses on Sept. 2, 2014, documents including records of exchanges between Hijikata Toshizo, deputy commander of the Shinsengumi security force for the Edo shogunate, and Nishi-Hongwanji, a Buddhist temple where the force was stationed between March 1865 to June 1867 in Kyoto. (Kyodo)

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Hyogo Pref., megabank allied for industrial promotion

KOBE, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Co. President Takeshi Kunibe (L) and Hyogo Governor Toshizo Ido display their agreement on a bilateral partnership designed to promote the local business community, including tourism, at the Hyogo prefectural government office in Kobe, western Japan, on July 23, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Meeting on National Strategic Special Zone in Kansai

OSAKA, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido, Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui and Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo (from L) give a press conference in Osaka on June 23, 2014, after a meeting on establishing a National Strategic Special Zone covering Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures, western Japan, as a base for medical innovation. (Kyodo)

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Godzilla attraction at western Japan theme park

Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido (L) and Pasona Group Inc. CEO Yasuyuki Nambu (C) attend the unveiling of a new Godzilla attraction at the Nijigen no Mori theme park in Awaji in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 8, 2020, ahead of its official opening on Oct. 10. A subsidiary of the major staffing company operates the theme park.

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Godzilla attraction at western Japan theme park

Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido (3rd from R) attends the unveiling of a new Godzilla attraction at the Nijigen no Mori theme park in Awaji in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 8, 2020, ahead of its official opening on Oct. 10.

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Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido

Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido holds a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on April 7, 2020. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency for Tokyo, Hyogo and five other prefectures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kobe area marks 22nd anniversary of deadly quake

People, including Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido (4th from L), observe a moment of silence in Kobe, Japan, on Jan. 17, 2017, the 22nd anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake in Kobe and surrounding areas that killed 6,434. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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22nd anniv. of Great Hanshin Earthquake marked

Toshizo Ido, governor of the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo, addresses a commemorative ceremony in Kobe for victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, on Jan. 17, 2017, the 22nd anniversary of the disaster. Referring to the 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in northeastern Japan and the 2016 massive quakes in the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto, Ido stressed the importance of crisis management. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hyogo donates 85 million yen as Sept. 11 education fund

NEW YORK, United States - Phyllis McGrath (L), president of the Citizens' Scholarship Foundation, and Toshizo Ido, governor of Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, attend a ceremony at the Japanese Consulate General in New York on July 9 to donate 85,494,696 yen from Hyogo residents to the United States as an education fund for family members of victims of last year's Sept. 11 terror attacks.