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Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori addresses a ceremony in sign language ahead of a men's football group-stage match between Japan and Australia at the Tokyo Deaflympics at the J-Village football training center in the northeastern Japan prefecture on Nov. 14, 2025.

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Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori addresses a ceremony in sign language ahead of a men's football group-stage match between Japan and Australia at the Tokyo Deaflympics at the J-Village football training center in the northeastern Japan prefecture on Nov. 14, 2025.

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Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group Business Integration Conference

Gunma Bank and Dai-ichi Hokuetsu Financial Group management integration press conference. Photo shows, from right, Takeo Uchibori, Senior Managing Director of Gunma Bank, Akihiko Fukai, President of Gunma Bank, Michirou Ueguri, President of Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group, and Ken Shibata, Senior Managing Director of Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group.=April 24,2025,Japan

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Fukushima gov. in U.S.

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori speaks about the recovery of the northeastern Japan prefecture following the March 2011 nuclear accident with U.S. government officials in Washington on Jan. 19, 2023.

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Fukushima gov. in U.S.

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (C) is gifted a jersey by Ken Eriksen (R), the former U.S. national softball team head coach, during an event in which he spoke about the recovery of the northeastern Japan prefecture following the March 2011 nuclear accident with U.S. government officials in Washington on Jan. 19, 2023.

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TEPCO, Fukushima ink safety pact on reactor decommissioning

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose (front L) talks with Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (2nd from R) and the mayors of two towns hosting TEPCO's nuclear power plant on Jan. 7, 2015, in Fukushima city, northeastern Japan, after concluding a new safety agreement incorporating provisions on plant decommissioning.

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New Fukushima Gov. goes to office for 1st time

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - New Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori arrives at the governor's office for the first time in his capacity on Nov. 12, 2014. He was elected in the first gubernatorial election on Oct. 26 after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident in March 2011.

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Fukushima governor-elect talks about prefecture's rebirth

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov.-elect Masao Uchibori speaks to reporters in Fukushima City on Oct. 27, 2014, the day after he won the prefecture's gubernatorial election. He said he will do his utmost for recovery from the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disasters and rebirth of the northeastern prefecture.

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Former vice gov. set to win Fukushima gubernatorial election

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Former Fukushima Vice Gov. Masao Uchibori receives flowers from a supporter at his election campaign office in Fukushima on Oct. 26, 2014, after he is projected to win the Fukushima gubernatorial election, the first since the 2011 nuclear disaster in the prefecture.

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IAEA facility opens in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - (From L to R) Shin Maruo, ambassador for science and technology cooperation of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, Elena Buglova, head of the IAEA Incident and Emergency Center, and Masao Uchibori, deputy governor of Fukushima Prefecture, attend a ceremony in the city of Fukushima on May 27, 2013, to open the International Atomic Energy Agency's nuclear emergency response training center in the northeastern Japan city.

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IAEA facility opens in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Elena Buglova (R), head of the IAEA Incident and Emergency Center, and Masao Uchibori (L), deputy governor of Fukushima Prefecture, take a look inside the Capacity Building Center, the International Atomic Energy Agency's nuclear emergency response training center in the city of Fukushima on May 27, 2013. The facility opened the same day in the northeastern Japan city.

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Fukushima Gov. attends press conference

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2016, prior to the fifth anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, which hit the northeastern prefecture on March 11, 2011. Uchibori said Fukushima people still face difficulties leading a "normal life" five years on from the triple disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Gov. attends press conference

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2016, prior to the fifth anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, which hit the northeastern prefecture on March 11, 2011. Uchibori said Fukushima people still face difficulties leading a "normal life" five years on from the triple disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Environment minister meets with Fukushima governor

Newly appointed Environment Minister Tamayo Marukawa (R) meets with Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Oct. 8, 2015. They exchanged views on the reconstruction of Fukushima, which was hit by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima gov't announces results of tourism promotion blitz

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori speaks to reporters in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 24, 2015, about the results of the April-June "Fukushima Destination Campaign" to attract tourists to the northeastern Japan prefecture. Uchibori said 13.32 million people visited the prefecture during the period, up 12.2 percent from the same quarter of 2014 and the largest since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Pref. selects J-Village revival supporters

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (2nd from R) poses for photos with Norio Sasaki (far R), the coach of the Japanese women's football team Nadeshiko Japan, Japan Football Association Vice President Kozo Tashima (far L), and JFA President Kuniya Daini (2nd from L), in Fukushima City on July 22, 2015. The three were selected to take up the post of "reconstruction supporter" for the J-Village football facility in Naraha town in the northeastern Japanese prefecture. J-Village has been serving as the base camp for plant workers since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan women's soccer team coach gives jersey to Fukushima governor

Norio Sasaki (R), coach of Japan's national women's soccer team, presents Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori with a shirt signed by players in Fukushima city, northeastern Japan, on July 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan encourages fathers to take leave after birth

Kunie Okamoto (L), vice chairman of the Japan Business Federation, Haruko Arimura (C), minister in charge of measures to tackle Japan's declining birthrate, and Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori hold the symbol mark for "Sankyu (Thank You) Papa Project," the Japanese government's campaign to encourage fathers to take leave after their wives give birth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panel discusses post-quake reconstruction measures

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on May 26, 2015. He attended a meeting of the Reconstruction Promotion Committee to discuss funding and other measures for the reconstruction from fiscal 2016 and beyond of areas hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reconstruction Promotion Committee's meeting in Tokyo

Reconstruction Minister Wataru Takeshita (3rd from R) makes remarks at a meeting of the Reconstruction Promotion Committee in Tokyo on May 26, 2015. On the far right is Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Construction minister receives request from 4 governors

Reconstruction Minister Wataru Takeshita (C) receives a letter of request from four governors -- (from L) Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori, Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai, Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso, and Aomori Gov. Shingo Mimura -- asking to extend the intensive reconstruction period for swift recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011, at the Reconstruction Agency in Tokyo on April 23, 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima governor speaks before 4th anniv. of 2011 disaster

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori speaks to Kyodo News in an interview on Feb. 27, 2015, ahead of the fourth anniversary of the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that hit Fukushima and other prefectures in the northeastern Japanese region of Tohoku on March 11, 2011. He said the impact of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant remains grave, leaving many residents evacuated from their hometowns. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima OKs delivery of radioactive soil to interim storage

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (C) answers reporters' questions in the city of Fukushima on Feb. 24, 2015, after announcing that the prefectural government has approved the delivery of radioactively contaminated soil and other waste, generated during cleanup work after the 2011 nuclear crisis, to interim storage facilities currently under construction in the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima OKs delivery of radioactive soil to interim storage

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori announces in the city of Fukushima on Feb. 24, 2015, that the prefectural government has approved the delivery of radioactively contaminated soil and other waste, generated during cleanup work after the 2011 nuclear crisis, to interim storage facilities currently under construction in the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima, JR East unveil plan for special tourist train runs

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (C) shakes hands with senior officials of East Japan Railway Co. in Fukushima city on Feb. 2, 2015, after announcing a plan to run special sightseeing trains during a joint "Fukushima Destination Campaign" with the prefectural government from April 1 till June 30 to lure tourists to the northeastern Japan prefecture hit hard by the 2011 nuclear accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima governor meets with Japan PM Suga

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo after holding talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on April 22, 2021, on the government's decision to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.

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Fukushima governor meets with Japan PM Suga

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (C) meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo after holding talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on April 22, 2021, on the government's decision to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori speaks at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 25, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori speaks at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 25, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori speaks at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 25, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Seiko Hashimoto (C), president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, speaks at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 25, 2021, alongside Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (L) and Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori.

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Fukushima hands gov't petition on utility's drainage plan

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (R) hands to state industry minister Yousuke Takagi (C) at the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2015, a petition urging the central government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. not to dump groundwater containing radioactive substances into the ocean. On the left is TEPCO President Naomi Hirose. The petition also called on the two sides to ensure safety when implementing the utility's drainage plan aimed at curbing the amount of polluted water buildup at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Fukushima Gov. goes to office for 1st time

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - New Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori arrives at the governor's office for the first time in his capacity on Nov. 12, 2014. He was elected in the first gubernatorial election on Oct. 26 after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident in March 2011. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima governor-elect talks about prefecture's rebirth

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov.-elect Masao Uchibori speaks to reporters in Fukushima City on Oct. 27, 2014, the day after he won the prefecture's gubernatorial election. He said he will do his utmost for recovery from the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disasters and rebirth of the northeastern prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Olympic torch in Japan

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (2nd from L on back row) and others pose for a photo with the flame for this year's Tokyo Olympics exhibited in Fukushima on March 24, 2020. The flame is touring through northeastern Japan areas hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, ahead of the scheduled start of the torch relay from Fukushima Prefecture on March 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori speaks to foreign media on Feb. 18, 2020, in Tokyo, stressing that the eastern Japan prefecture is still on its way to recovery from the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster and the subsequent nuclear crisis after nearly nine years. The domestic leg of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics torch relay will start in the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fashion Week Tokyo

Japanese fashion designer Junko Koshino (R) and Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori meet the media in Tokyo on March 18, 2019, after attending Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo where Koshino showcased the latest collection of Fukushima Pride, her brand featuring traditional craft and materials related to the northeastern Japan prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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30th anniv. of Emperor Akihito's enthronement

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (2nd from L), whose northeastern Japan prefecture was hit hard by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, delivers a speech at the National Theatre of Japan in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2019, during a ceremony marking 30 years of Emperor Akihito's reign. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tepco President Tomoaki Kobayakawa

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa (R) meets with Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori at the prefectural government office in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on June 14, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima food exports to Malaysia rise as radiation stigma fades

Masao Uchibori (C), governor of Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, shakes hands with representatives of Malaysian trade companies at the end of a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 23, 2017. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New reconstruction minister visits tsunami-hit areas to mend ties

Japan's new disaster reconstruction minister Masayoshi Yoshino (R) and Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori hold talks on April 27, 2017, at the prefectural government office in the city of Fukushima. Yoshino visited the prefecture to restore confidence in the government among local people dismayed by his predecessor's gaffes about the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New reconstruction minister visits tsunami-hit areas to mend ties

Japan's new disaster reconstruction minister Masayoshi Yoshino (L) shakes hands with Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori on April 27, 2017, before their talks at the prefectural government office in the city of Fukushima. Yoshino visited the prefecture to restore confidence in the government among local people dismayed by his predecessor's gaffes about the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2020 Olympic organizers approve baseball-softball in Fukushima Pref.

Yoshiro Mori (C), president of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, talks with Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (L) in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2016, after the committee's executive board approved holding part of the baseball-softball competition in the prefecture, severely affected by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. At right is Toshiaki Endo, organizing committee director and former Olympic minister. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2020 Olympic organizers approve baseball-softball in Fukushima Pref.

Yoshiro Mori (R), president of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, shakes hands with Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2016, after the committee's executive board approved holding part of the baseball-softball competition in the prefecture, severely affected by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima gov. showcases post-2011 recovery efforts at U.N.

Masao Uchibori, the governor of Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, speaks in his presentation titled "Fukushima after 2049 days" during a seminar held at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 19, 2016. Uchibori stressed how his region, which was hit by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami and nuclear crisis, is rebounding better than before and sharing lessons learned with the world. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima gov. showcases post-2011 recovery efforts at U.N.

Masao Uchibori (C), the governor of Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, speaks in his presentation titled "Fukushima after 2049 days" during a seminar held at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 19, 2016. Uchibori stressed how his region, which was hit by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami and nuclear crisis, is rebounding better than before and sharing lessons learned with the world. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo