KANAZAWA--Despite his previous denial, Ishikawa Governor Hiroshi Hase reversed course and admitted failing to report 8.19 million yen ($55,000) he received from the ruling Liberal Democratic ...

Hase won 196,432 votes, followed by Yamano with 188,450 and Yamada with 172,381. Voter turnout was 61.82 percent, a significant jump from 39.07 percent in the previous gubernatorial election.

"We need to see more detailed data," Japanese publisher Nikkei quoted Hiroshi Hase, governor of Ishikawa—one of the prefectures the extension would run through—as telling the press last week.

We will devote all our efforts to pave the way for reconstruction," Ishikawa Gov. Hiroshi Hase said at the ceremony. Residents gathered to watch the year's first sunrise early Wednesday on the ...

We will devote all our efforts to pave the way for reconstruction," Ishikawa Gov. Hiroshi Hase said at the ceremony. Residents gathered to watch the year's first sunrise early Wednesday on the coast ...