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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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Japanese governors discuss issues in raising children

Yamaguchi Gov. Tsugumasa Muraoka (L) and Mie Gov. Eikei Suzuki take a rickshaw ride in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on March 15, 2016. The two youngest of Japan's governors, aged 43 and 41, respectively, exchanged views on issues the prefectures have faced in raising children. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan opposition leader visits Yamaguchi Pref.

Taiwanese opposition party leader and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen receives a commemorative gift from Yamaguchi Gov. Tsugumasa Muraoka after their talks at the prefectural government office in Yamaguchi, western Japan, on Oct. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamaguchi Gov. Muraoka speaks at event in Expo Milano

Yamaguchi Gov. Tsugumasa Muraoka speaks during an event on May 24, 2015, at the Expo Milano 2015 in Italy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese, S. Korean coastal municipal chiefs mull promoting exchanges

Japanese members of the Japan-Korea Strait Governors' Conference hold talks with their South Korean counterparts in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 12, 2015. They are (from L) Fukuoka Gov. Hiroshi Ogawa, Saga Gov. Yoshinori Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Gov. Tsugumasa Muraoka and Nagasaki Gov. Hodo Nakamura. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's opposition leader meets Yamaguchi governor

Tsai Ing-wen (R), head of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party, speaks to Yamaguchi Gov. Tsugumasa Muraoka (2nd from L) at the prefectural government office building in Yamaguchi city, western Japan, on Oct. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defense chief apologizes over faulty Aegis survey

Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya (standing) apologizes to Yamaguchi Gov. Tsugumasa Muraoka (2nd from L) at the prefectural government office on July 3, 2019, over a mistake in the ministry's geographical survey that was used to select the western Japan prefecture as a candidate site for the deployment of the U.S.-developed Aegis Ashore missile defense system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defense chief apologizes over faulty Aegis survey

Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya apologizes to Yamaguchi Gov. Tsugumasa Muraoka at the prefectural government office on July 3, 2019, over a mistake in the ministry's geographical survey that was used to select the western Japan prefecture as a candidate site for the deployment of the U.S.-developed Aegis Ashore missile defense system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defense chief apologizes over faulty Aegis survey

Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya apologizes to Yamaguchi Gov. Tsugumasa Muraoka at the prefectural government office on July 3, 2019, over a mistake in the ministry's geographical survey that was used to select the western Japan prefecture as a candidate site for the deployment of the U.S.-developed Aegis Ashore missile defense system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defense chief apologizes over faulty Aegis survey

Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya (4th from R) apologizes to Yamaguchi Gov. Tsugumasa Muraoka (4th from L) at the prefectural government office on July 3, 2019, over a mistake in the ministry's geographical survey that was used to select the western Japan prefecture as a candidate site for the deployment of the U.S.-developed Aegis Ashore missile defense system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamaguchi gubernatorial election

Tsugumasa Muraoka (C), governor of Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture, celebrates in Yamaguchi on Feb. 4, 2018, after being re-elected to a second term. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Governor OKs plan to host U.S. carrier-based aircraft at Iwakuni

Attending an assembly meeting of the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi on June 30, 2017, Gov. Tsugumasa Muraoka says he will accept a plan to transfer over 60 U.S. carrier-based aircraft to a Marine Corps base in Iwakuni in the prefecture by May 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo