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Kyoto Gov. Yamada elected head of prefectural chiefs' group

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 26, 2011. Yamada won the election for the presidency of the group made up of the chiefs of Japan's 47 prefectures, succeeding Wataru Aso who has retired as Fukuoka governor.

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Kan meets head of governors' group

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso, president of the National Governors' Association, pose ahead of their meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 4, 2011. Kan told Aso he will instruct economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano to include local opinions at a meeting on tax and social security reform.

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Veteran governor to retire

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso meets reporters outside his official residence in Fukuoka City on Oct. 5, 2010. He said he will not run in the next election for a fifth four-year term. He has served since 1995.

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Veteran governor to retire

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso (R) meets reporters outside his official residence in Fukuoka City on Oct. 5, 2010. He said he will not run in the next election for a fifth four-year term. He has served since 1995.

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Tani receives 'Child-Rearing Gold Medalist' award from Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Ryoko Tani (R, front row), who won her seventh career title at the judo world championships in Rio de Janeiro in September, receives the ''Medal of Honor for Child-Rearing Gold Medalist'' from Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso in a ceremony at the Fukuoka prefectural government office on Nov. 12. Tani, 32, gave birth to a son in late 2005, and the Rio championships marked her first attempt to regain the world title she last won in 2003. Fukuoka Prefecture, which has already awarded the ''Fukuoka Prefecture Medal of Honor'' and the ''Fukuoka Prefecture Sports Medal of Honor'' to Tani, created the ''Child-Rearing Gold Medalist'' award in honor of its proud native.

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Aso assured of reelection as Fukuoka governor

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso throws arms in joy at his campaign office in Fukuoka after being reelected in the poll held on April 8.

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S. Korean actor Kwon donates money to Fukuoka quake victims

FUKUOKA, Japan - Popular South Korean actor Kwon Sang Woo (L) hands Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso a donation for the victims of a massive earthquake that shook northern Kyushu in March last year.

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Fukuoka Gov. Aso elected as new leader of governors' body

TOKYO, Japan - Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso (R) shakes hands with Iwate Gov. Hiroya Masuda (L) after defeating him to be elected as the new head of the National Governors Association in the first-ever balloting for its leadership on Feb. 17. Aso, 65, won 27 votes out of a total of 47 while Masuda, 53, the only other contender, racked up 19 votes. There was one invalid vote.

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(2)Softbank to bid for Fukuoka Daiei Hawks baseball club

FUKUOKA, Japan - Masayoshi Son (L), president of Internet services provider Softbank Corp., and Fukuoka Governor Wataru Aso bow to each other at the Fukuoka prefectural government in Fukuoka on Oct. 18. Son sought Aso's support for his company's plan to buy the Pacific League baseball club Fukuoka Daiei Hawks.

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Governors call for legislation favoring Ariake fisheries

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tsutomu Takebe (C) meets with four prefectural governors -- Kumamoto Gov. Yoshiko Shiotani (L), Saga Gov. Isamu Imoto (2nd from L), Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso (2nd from R) and Nagasaki Gov. Genjiro Kaneko -- at the farm ministry in Tokyo on May 18. The governors, whose prefectures are being affected by the poor ''nori'' seaweed harvest in the Ariake Sea, southwestern Japan, asked Takebe for legislation to conserve the area's ecology.

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(2)Softbank to bid for Fukuoka Daiei Hawks baseball club

FUKUOKA, Japan - Masayoshi Son (L), president of Internet services provider Softbank Corp., and Fukuoka Governor Wataru Aso bow to each other at the Fukuoka prefectural government in Fukuoka on Oct. 18. Son sought Aso's support for his company's plan to buy the Pacific League baseball club Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. (Kyodo)

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Fukuoka Gov. Aso elected as new leader of governors' body

TOKYO, Japan - Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso (R) shakes hands with Iwate Gov. Hiroya Masuda (L) after defeating him to be elected as the new head of the National Governors Association in the first-ever balloting for its leadership on Feb. 17. Aso, 65, won 27 votes out of a total of 47 while Masuda, 53, the only other contender, racked up 19 votes. There was one invalid vote. (Kyodo)

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Tani receives 'Child-Rearing Gold Medalist' award from Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Ryoko Tani (R, front row), who won her seventh career title at the judo world championships in Rio de Janeiro in September, receives the ''Medal of Honor for Child-Rearing Gold Medalist'' from Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso in a ceremony at the Fukuoka prefectural government office on Nov. 12. Tani, 32, gave birth to a son in late 2005, and the Rio championships marked her first attempt to regain the world title she last won in 2003. Fukuoka Prefecture, which has already awarded the ''Fukuoka Prefecture Medal of Honor'' and the ''Fukuoka Prefecture Sports Medal of Honor'' to Tani, created the ''Child-Rearing Gold Medalist'' award in honor of its proud native. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean actor Kwon donates money to Fukuoka quake victims

FUKUOKA, Japan - Popular South Korean actor Kwon Sang Woo (L) hands Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso a donation for the victims of a massive earthquake that shook northern Kyushu in March last year.

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Veteran governor to retire

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso meets reporters outside his official residence in Fukuoka City on Oct. 1, 2010. He said he will not run in the next election for a fifth four-year term. He has served since 1995. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto Gov. Yamada elected head of prefectural chiefs' group

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 26, 2011. Yamada won the election for the presidency of the group made up of the chiefs of Japan's 47 prefectures, succeeding Wataru Aso who has retired as Fukuoka governor. (Kyodo)

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Kan meets head of governors' group

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso, president of the National Governors' Association, pose ahead of their meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 4, 2011. Kan told Aso he will instruct economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano to include local opinions at a meeting on tax and social security reform. (Kyodo)

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Kan meets head of governors' group

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso, president of the National Governors' Association, pose ahead of their meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 4, 2011. Kan told Aso he will instruct economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano to include local opinions at a meeting on tax and social security reform. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Veteran governor to retire

FUKUOKA, Japan - CORRECTING DATE Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso (R) meets reporters outside his official residence in Fukuoka City on Oct. 5, 2010. He said he will not run in the next election for a fifth four-year term. He has served since 1995. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Veteran governor to retire

FUKUOKA, Japan - CORRECTING DATE Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso meets reporters outside his official residence in Fukuoka City on Oct. 5, 2010. He said he will not run in the next election for a fifth four-year term. He has served since 1995. (Kyodo)

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Veteran governor to retire

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso (R) meets reporters outside his official residence in Fukuoka City on Oct. 1, 2010. He said he will not run in the next election for a fifth four-year term. He has served since 1995. (Kyodo)

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Governors call for legislation favoring Ariake fisheries

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tsutomu Takebe (C) meets with four prefectural governors -- Kumamoto Gov. Yoshiko Shiotani (L), Saga Gov. Isamu Imoto (2nd from L), Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso (2nd from R) and Nagasaki Gov. Genjiro Kaneko -- at the farm ministry in Tokyo on May 18. The governors, whose prefectures are being affected by the poor ''nori'' seaweed harvest in the Ariake Sea, southwestern Japan, asked Takebe for legislation to conserve the area's ecology.