Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura said Tuesday he will run in the leadership race of Japan's second-largest opposition party ...

Hirofumi Yoshimura, co-leader of Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party), will run for party president to replace Nobuyuki Baba, who is stepping aside over the opposition party’s “crushing defeat” in ...

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura announced Tuesday that he will run for leader of Nippon Ishin no Kai, the Kansai-centered ...

Osaka Gov Hirofumi Yoshimura said Tuesday he will run in the leadership race of Japan's second-largest opposition party early next month, following its setback in the Oct 27 general election. With the ...

OSAKA--The Osaka prefectural government is considering imposing a levy on foreign tourists to finance measures against overtourism and related expenses, Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura said on March 6 ...

While Japan’s central government moved slowly to respond to COVID-19, prefectural governors sprung into action. That could have lasting consequences.

In March, a month before the elections, Osaka Governor Ichiro Matsui and Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura announced they would both step down. They sought re-election in each other's position in a ...

The Commissioner General for Italy, diplomat Mario Vattani, took part in the traditional ceremony along with Osaka Prefecture Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura, Expo Osaka Secretary General Hiroyuki ...

Councillor Philip Le Liu, Councillor Kevin Louey with Mr Hirofumi Yoshimura, Mayor of Osaka, and Mr Yoshitaka Tsuji, Vice President of Osaka City Council Source: SBS Mayor of Osaka City Mr ...

Tatsumi received a congratulatory letter from Osaka Prefecture Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura in September 2023 to celebrate her long life. Yoshimura posted on X following Tatsumi's death, acknowledging ...

Osaka mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura said the "comfort women" monument "destroyed the two sides' relationship of trust". The work depicts three young women - from Korea, China and the Philippines ...

“Our vision is to form a global centre for future medicine at Osaka with regenerative medicine at its core,” says Hirofumi Yoshimura, the governor of Osaka Prefecture. This vision is shared by ...