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IAEA head Amano retained

VIENNA, Austria - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano speaks during a press conference at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on March 6, 2013. The IAEA Board of Governors appointed Amono the same day as its director general for a second four-year term starting in December 2013.

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Regional elections across Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto casts his ballot in the election on April 10, 2011, to choose members of the Osaka prefectural assembly at a polling station in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture. The first of two unified rounds of regional polls slated for April were held the same day to pick governors of 12 of Japan's 47 prefectures, mayors of four cities and assembly members of 41 prefectures and 15 of the country's major cities. (Pool photo)

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Ishihara presses N. Korea to resolve abductions

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (C), flanked by four other governors, issues a statement as chairman of a governors' group Jan. 13 demanding that North Korea promptly reinvestigate its past abductions of Japanese nationals and a separate letter to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama calling for his support in securing the return of the abductees.

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107 lawmakers from 4 parties join group on decentralization

TOKYO, Japan - Masayasu Kitagawa (2nd from R), a former governor of Mie Prefecture, who heads a group consisting of the governors of 13 prefectures, municipal chiefs and experts, speaks during a joint meeting with a multiparty group of 107 lawmakers from four parties, including both ruling and opposition parties, at a Tokyo hotel on March 3. The two groups aim to promote decentralization.

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Writer Inose assumes deputy governorship of Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara (L) and writer Naoki Inose shake hands at the Tokyo Metropolitan government on June 28 after Inose assumed the deputy governorship. Inose, 60, is one of the four deputy governors under Ishihara, 74, who was elected to his third four-year term in April's gubernatorial election.

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Female governors attend forum on food

SAPPORO, Japan - Four Japanese female prefectural governors -- (from L to R) Osaka Gov. Fusae Ota, Kumamoto Gov. Yoshiko Shiotani, Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi and Chiba Gov. Akiko Domoto -- join hands during a forum on food in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on July 23.

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Tokyo gov. proposes environment taxes for local gov'ts

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara attends a meeting in Yokohama on Nov. 8 of four governors and three mayors from the Tokyo metropolitan area. Ishihara proposed that Tokyo and other neighboring governments jointly introduce two new taxes aimed at protecting the environment.

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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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Kenya distributes food rations in drought stricken areas

STORY: Kenya distributes food rations in drought stricken areas DATELINE: Oct. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of food rations 2. various of government officials inspecting 3. various of military lorries with the dispatches STORYLINE: Kenya on Thursday distributed food rations to drought stricken areas of the country amid biting hunger as the situation worsens following failure of four consecutive rain seasons. Over 80 military trucks were released from the National Cereal and Produce Board depot to distribute the relief food as officials say the government is ready to deal with hunger issues. The Principal Secretary for Social Protection, Nelson Marwa called on the governors and county commissioners to give priority to schools while distributing the food. Marwa noted that the around 29 counties affected by hunger have already received food comprising of beans, rice and corned beef. Marwa said National Drought and Management Authority shall be releasin

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Tokyo gov. proposes environment taxes for local gov'ts

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara attends a meeting in Yokohama on Nov. 8 of four governors and three mayors from the Tokyo metropolitan area. Ishihara proposed that Tokyo and other neighboring governments jointly introduce two new taxes aimed at protecting the environment.

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Writer Inose assumes deputy governorship of Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara (L) and writer Naoki Inose shake hands at the Tokyo Metropolitan government on June 28 after Inose assumed the deputy governorship. Inose, 60, is one of the four deputy governors under Ishihara, 74, who was elected to his third four-year term in April's gubernatorial election. (Kyodo)

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107 lawmakers from 4 parties join group on decentralization

TOKYO, Japan - Masayasu Kitagawa (2nd from R), a former governor of Mie Prefecture, who heads a group consisting of the governors of 13 prefectures, municipal chiefs and experts, speaks during a joint meeting with a multiparty group of 107 lawmakers from four parties, including both ruling and opposition parties, at a Tokyo hotel on March 3. The two groups aim to promote decentralization. (Kyodo)

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Female governors attend forum on food

SAPPORO, Japan - Four Japanese female prefectural governors -- (from L to R) Osaka Gov. Fusae Ota, Kumamoto Gov. Yoshiko Shiotani, Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi and Chiba Gov. Akiko Domoto -- join hands during a forum on food in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on July 23. (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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Ishihara presses N. Korea to resolve abductions

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (C), flanked by four other governors, issues a statement as chairman of a governors' group Jan. 13 demanding that North Korea promptly reinvestigate its past abductions of Japanese nationals and a separate letter to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama calling for his support in securing the return of the abductees. (Kyodo)

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Regional elections across Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto casts his ballot in the election on April 10, 2011, to choose members of the Osaka prefectural assembly at a polling station in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture. The first of two unified rounds of regional polls slated for April were held the same day to pick governors of 12 of Japan's 47 prefectures, mayors of four cities and assembly members of 41 prefectures and 15 of the country's major cities. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Japan's Amano set to be re-elected IAEA chief

Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, attends the board of governors meeting in Vienna on March 6, 2017. Amano is expected to remain in the post for another four years from December. (Kyodo) ==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.