Hiroshi Hase ( 馳 浩 , Hase Hiroshi , born May 5, 1961) is a Japanese politician and semi-retired professional wrestler who is currently the governor of Ishikawa Prefecture . As a professional wrestler, Hase primarily worked for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and also for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Stampede Wrestling . During his affiliation with AJPW, he also served as the chairman for the Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF), which is the governing body for all championships in the promotion. Among his numerous title wins, Hase held the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship once , making him a one-time world champion .
42-679: From October 2015 until August 2016, Hase served as the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology under Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and his LDP party. Prior to his appointment in the Cabinet, he also served as a member of the House of Representatives of the National Diet , representing the 1st district of Ishikawa Prefecture. Hase graduated from Senshu University in March 1984. He then became
84-454: A culture in the country that encourages participation in cultural activities and the arts. Their goal is to achieve a "Nation Based on Culture and Art". These are the segments of the ministry with focus on the science and technology portions of organization. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's site regards the duties of the Science and Technology Policy Bureau as
126-846: A decision match. They would hold on to the belts until March 1, 1992, losing them to Big Van Vader and Bam Bam Bigelow . Hase and Muto won the Super Grade Tag League in November 1993, defeating The Jurassic Powers in the final. On March 16, 1994, Hase defeated Rick Rude to win the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship , and he re-lost the title to Rude on March 24, 1994. Hase and Muto won their second Super Grade Tag League in October 1994. On November 25, 1994, Hase and Muto defeated The Hellraisers to win their second IWGP Tag Team title. They would hold on to
168-535: A special one-night BATT reunion on Muto's Pro Wrestling Masters; defeating the Heisei Ishingun team of Akira , Akitoshi Saito , Shiro Koshinaka and Masashi Aoyagi . Since then, Hase has made two one-off appearances for Pro Wrestling NOAH, most recently on January 1, 2023, teaming up with Kazuyuki Fujita , Nosawa Rongai and Kendo Kashin in a winning effort against Masakatsu Funaki , Katsuhiko Nakajima , Manabu Soya and Hajime Ohara . Among his peers, Hase
210-470: A successful tag team with Kensuke Sasaki in March 1990, winning the IWGP Tag Team Championship twice. On November 1, 1990, Hase and Sasaki defeated Masahiro Chono and Keiji Muto to win the title and held on to the titles until December 26, 1990, losing them to Super Strong Machine and Hiro Saito . Their second reign came by regaining them from Machine and Saito on March 6, 1991, but lost
252-844: A teacher of classic Japanese literature in a high school in Ishikawa Prefecture, before pursuing a professional wrestling career in 1985. Hase also became an amateur wrestler, representing Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles . He placed ninth in the Greco-Roman wrestling tournament. Originally trained by Riki Choshu , Hase began his pro wrestling career in February 1986, training at Carlos Colón 's World Wrestling Council -affiliated training facility in Puerto Rico . Later that year, Hase went to Calgary , Alberta , Canada , where he
294-493: A whole. These functions include many administrative jobs such as auditing policies, community relations, and overall human resource management for domestic and international relations alike. The Director-General for International Affairs, according to Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's site, is the main point of contact between Japan's National Commission and United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The collective goal of
336-588: Is a defender of the Hague Convention and supports legislation intended to ensure visitation rights between children and their parents separated through divorce or other marital disputes in Japan. On October 7, 2015, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe announced Hase as part of his cabinet, naming him the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. He replaced Hakubun Shimomura , who stepped down from
378-481: Is highly regarded as one of the most unselfish wrestlers in the professional wrestling industry, always willing to put anyone over. Hase also had the honor of learning under both Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba , making him one of the few that learned under both men. In July 1995, Hase was elected into the Japanese House of Councillors , the upper house of the National Diet , as an independent candidate representing
420-485: Is in charge of enhancing the educational development of students progressing through preschool to upper secondary schools, or any equivalent. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology describes the Higher Education Bureau as a department that focuses on promoting the education of undergraduate and graduate schools. This includes overseeing permission of grants, teacher quality, as well as
462-480: Is led by the minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology . Under that position is two state ministers, two parliamentary vice-ministers, and administrative vice-minister, and two deputy ministers. Beyond that the organization is divided as follows. The Minister's Secretariat is the department that manages general policies that affect the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as
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#1732894895255504-480: Is one of the eleven ministries of Japan that compose part of the executive branch of the government of Japan . Its goal is to improve the development of Japan in relation with the international community. The ministry is responsible for funding research under its jurisdiction, some of which includes: children's health in relation to home environment, delta-sigma modulations utilizing graphs, gender equality in sciences, neutrino detection which contributes to
546-660: Is one of three ministries that run the JET Programme . It also offers the Monbukagakusho Scholarship , also known as the MEXT or Monbu-shō scholarship. The Ministry sets standards for the romanization of Japanese . In cooperation with the Japanese Student Services Organization (JASSO), the ministry further funds the prestigious JASSO scholarship for international students which has been described as
588-619: The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship twice. He defeated Kuniaki Kobayashi on December 27, 1987, and held it until May 27, 1988, losing the title to Owen Hart . His second reign began by defeating Shiro Koshinaka on March 16, 1989, and held it until May 25, 1989, losing it to Jushin Liger . In June 1989, Hase and Takayuki Iizuka went to the Soviet Union to be trained in sambo, where he learned one of his signature moves,
630-527: The IWGP Tag Team Championship . After winning the title, the Jurassic Powers would hold them for 5 months and make 3 successful title defenses against the Hellraisers, Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh , and The Nasty Boys , as well as non-title victories over The Japanese Jolly Jacks and Brutus Beefcake and Jake Roberts . The team also entered the 1993 Super Grade Tag League and would ultimately be
672-669: The Ishikawa Prefecture . This made him the second professional wrestler-turned-politician to be elected in a parliamentary seat, the first being Antonio Inoki . In 2000, he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives, representing Ishikawa Prefecture. From 2005 to 2006, he also served as the Senior Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. As a lawmaker, Hase has primarily focused on issues involving education, welfare, sports, and environment. He
714-502: The Voodoo Murderers . The match was originally supposed to have Kensuke Sasaki in it to team with Hase and Kojima, but he was replaced with Nakajima following an eye injury. Sasaki was still a presence in the match, working ringside to keep Voodoo Murders' heelish antics at bay and entering the ring at one point. Hase pinned Yasshi with a Northern Light Suplex for the victory, ending his in-ring career after 20 years. A week later, he
756-1199: The "Japanese Fulbright program". It offers financial support of up to ¥80,000 per month for the top 1% of students of any foreign country for studies at a Japanese university. MEXT provides the Children Living Abroad and Returnees Internet (CLARINET) which provides information to Japanese families living abroad. MEXT sends teachers around the world to serve in nihonjin gakkō , full-time Japanese international schools in foreign countries. The Japanese government also sends full-time teachers to hoshū jugyō kō supplementary schools that offer lessons that are similar to those of nihonjin gakkō or those which each have student bodies of 100 students or greater. In addition, MEXT subsidizes weekend schools which each have over 100 students. Japanese Government MEXT scholarship 2022 Japanese Government MEXT Scholarship 2021 Embassy Recommendation. The scholarship programs are for students who wish to study in Japan as Research Student (Masters/Ph.D./ Research), Undergraduate student, College of Technology student, or Specialized Training student. The Jurassic Powers The Jurassic Powers
798-609: The current organization. Nonetheless, each department of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology researches programs and institutions to fund. During this research, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology concluded there were many intertwined dependencies between family homes, their environment, and how it impacts a child's growth and maturity. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology have also been responsible in directly, although not fully, funding research into delta-sigma modulation , which in summary describes
840-1977: The daughter of writer Jun Takami . The championship was won in Tokyo, Japan as part of an interpromotional card between New Japan Pro-Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling . Aichi : Hideaki Ōmura Akita : Norihisa Satake Aomori : Sōichirō Miyashita Chiba : Toshihito Kumagai Ehime : Tokihiro Nakamura Fukui : Tatsuji Sugimoto Fukuoka : Seitaro Hattori Fukushima : Masao Uchibori Gifu : Hajime Furuta Gunma : Ichita Yamamoto Hiroshima : Hidehiko Yuzaki Hokkaidō : Naomichi Suzuki Hyōgo : Motohiko Saitō Ibaraki : Kazuhiko Ōigawa Ishikawa : Hiroshi Hase Iwate : Takuya Tasso Kagawa : Toyohito Ikeda Kagoshima : Kōichi Shiota Kanagawa : Yūji Kuroiwa Kōchi : Seiji Hamada Kumamoto : Takashi Kimura Kyoto : Takatoshi Nishiwaki Mie : Katsuyuki Ichimi Miyagi : Yoshihiro Murai Miyazaki : Shunji Kōno Nagano : Shuichi Abe Nagasaki : Kengo Oishi Nara : Makoto Yamashita Niigata : Hideyo Hanazumi Ōita : Kiichiro Satō Okayama : Ryuta Ibaragi Okinawa : Denny Tamaki Osaka : Hirofumi Yoshimura Saga : Yoshinori Yamaguchi Saitama : Motohiro Ōno Shiga : Taizō Mikazuki Shimane : Tatsuya Maruyama Shizuoka : Yasutomo Suzuki Tochigi : Tomikazu Fukuda Tokushima : Masazumi Gotoda Tokyo : Yuriko Koike Tottori : Shinji Hirai Toyama : Hachiro Nitta Wakayama : Shūhei Kishimoto Yamagata : Mieko Yoshimura Yamaguchi : Tsugumasa Muraoka Yamanashi : Kotaro Nagasaki Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ( 文部科学省 , Monbu-kagaku-shō , lit. 'Ministry of Letters and Science') , also known as MEXT ,
882-561: The department in charge of the promotion of science and technology in the country. The scope of the department includes students as well as established professionals. The Research Promotion Bureau is a department that focuses on development of scientific research, as well as research in fields including technology and physics. The Research and Development Bureau is slightly different from the Research Promotion Bureau as this department focuses on social problems including energy and
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#1732894895255924-440: The environment. Consequentially, this department would focus on exploration in space and deep sea. While the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology currently contains multiple agencies, primarily a congregation of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, it actually began as the Ministry of Education. Over the years, Japan separately created each of the agencies that would eventually combine to make
966-539: The following year, Hase was seen as having influenced them (if not Muto at least) in their decision. Antonio Inoki , who had once preceded Hase to the Japanese Diet, blasted Hase and suggested that he resign his position in the Diet, but nothing came out of this. Hase's final match for 11 years occurred on August 27, 2006. He tagged with Katsuhiko Nakajima and Satoshi Kojima to face Taru , Suwama and "brother" Yasshi of
1008-490: The government to support and support such young girls, which is out of reach of the government, and it also helps prevent sexual violence and sexual crime. Some of the supporting members of NPOs were women who were involved, so it is necessary for them to support the support activities that they can do. On March 13, 2022, Hase was elected as the Governor of Ishikawa Prefecture in a crowded race. In 1994, Hase married Kyoko Takami,
1050-579: The graphing of analog-digital information to aid in the conversion of the two means. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, were able to get their funding increased successfully through the years. They did so with the aid of one of their subgroups, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science . The additional funds were likely aided in approval due to their source coming from national bonds rather than taxes. The programs, funded by
1092-433: The increased budget, include projects in new materials, molecular-scale surface dynamics, next-generation process technology, computer science , synthesis -based chemical engineering science, micro-mechatronics ( micromachinery ), biotechnology , human genome research, cell signaling , bioinformatics , brain research , Structural biology , life sciences , developmental biology , and biomedical engineering . MEXT
1134-477: The multi-promotional Bad Ass Translate Trading stable with Keiji Muto , Taiyō Kea and Jinsei Shinzaki ; Hase and Muto reformed their team to battle Jun Akiyama and Yuji Nagata on October 8, the rising stars of their respective promotions (NOAH and NJPW), and were defeated in a ceremonial passing of the torch match that highlighted the advancement of professional wrestling in Japan. When Muto (along with Satoshi Kojima and Kendo Ka Shin ) jumped to All Japan
1176-412: The organization of sexual assault, but apologized for his behavior. [...] I am moving back and forth in a narrow space, such as unloading materials from the bus and setting up tents using that material. Whether or not I put my hand on her waist while saying, “Go for a bit,” is completely unconscious. However, if that is the case, [I am] very sorry and [I] sincerely apologize. [...] It is very difficult for
1218-667: The post after being accused of mishandling the main stadium project for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo . He also led a multiparty caucus intended to examine discrimination against the LGBT community in Japan , a move that was also intended to prepare the country for the Olympics. In April 2020, Hase was accused of "patronizing, sexist behavior and harassment" at the Tsubomi Cafe in Shibuya , Tokyo . In
1260-501: The report, it was outlined that, along with fellow constituents of the Liberal Democratic Party , Hase had been using aggressive behavior towards female staff members, many of which had been abused prior to employment with the cafe. The association aligned with the cafe, Colabo, stated that Hase "touched [a woman's] waist with both his hands when she was working to set up a tent". On his website, Hase denied an allegation made by
1302-530: The ring at a Pro Wrestling Masters event, produced by Keiji Muto . Wrestling his first match in 11 years, Hase teamed with Riki Choshu and Tatsumi Fujinami to defeat The Great Muta, The Great Kabuki and TNT in a six-man tag team match. On August 5, 2018, Hiroshi Hase was revealed as the special partner of Riki Choshu and Jun Akiyama on an All Japan show, victorious against Naoya Nomura , Yoshitatsu and Kazma Sakamoto . On August 21, as he teamed up with Taiyō Kea , Shinjiro Otani , and Jinsei Shinzaki for
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1344-613: The rival All Japan Pro Wrestling . His last singles bout as a NJPW wrestler was against Kensuke Sasaki on January 4, 1996. He wrestled one more match for NJPW on July 26, 1996, teaming with Sasaki, losing to Riki Choshu and Yuji Nagata . After a brief hiatus, he made his return to pro wrestling in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in January 1997. In All Japan, Hase did not contend for any top titles despite his name recognition, as he made politics his full-time job. In 2000, he founded
1386-490: The segments of the ministry with focus on the education portions of organization. The Education Policy Bureau as a department upholds the concept of lifelong learning, introduced in the Basic Act on Education. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology describes this department's duties as designing educational policy based on comprehensive and objective evidence. The Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau
1428-402: The selection and admission of both domestic and abroad students. These are the segments of the ministry with focus on the sports and culture portions of organization. The Japan Sports Agency is tasked with the promotion of physical education and health, as well as maintaining the country's ability to compete in international athletics. The Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs tries to create
1470-463: The study of supernovas around the world, and other general research for the future. The Meiji government created the first Ministry of Education in 1871. In January 2001, the former Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture and the former Science and Technology Agency [ ja ] ( 科学技術庁 , Kagaku-gijutsu-chō ) merged to become the present MEXT. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology currently
1512-616: The titles on March 21, 1991, to the Steiner Brothers . Hase was involved in a classic December 14, 1992, encounter with The Great Muta , in which the "Muta Scale" was created, due to the incredible amount of blood shed by Muta, which was payback for Muta bloodying Hase on September 14, 1990. Hase and Muto were also regular tag team partners; they won the IWGP Tag Team Championship twice. Their first reign began on November 5, 1991, defeating Rick Steiner and Scott Norton in
1554-759: The titles until May 1995, as they vacated the titles after Muto won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship . While still IWGP Tag Team Champion, Hase travelled to North Korea to participate in Collision in Korea in April 1995. At the two-night event, he defeated Chris Benoit on the first night then teamed up with his old tag team partner Sasaki against the Steiner Brothers on the second night. The following year he announced his retirement from New Japan, only to jump to
1596-503: The two organizations is to create mutual, sustainable development through education, science, and culture. The Department of Facilities Planning and Disaster Prevention is in charge of focusing on the ability of school facilities to reduce damage caused by disasters such as earthquakes. On top of this, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's site, also describes part of their duties as promoting universities' endeavors in educational and research activities. These are
1638-468: The uranage. He would also become one of the only wrestlers, Japanese or American, to successfully graduate from the junior heavyweight to heavyweight class. In the 1990s, Hase had many memorable encounters with famous Japanese talents first in New Japan, and later All Japan. In June 1990, Hase had a near-death experience in the ring, after being knocked out by a backdrop from Tatsutoshi Goto . Hase would form
1680-508: Was a professional wrestling tag team that competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling . The team consisted of Scott Norton and Hercules Hernandez . The Jurassic Powers first formed in March 1993 when Hercules joined New Japan. The two spent the first few months in the midcard as they took part in six- and eight-man tag team matches. Eventually they began to climb the rankings and they defeated The Hellraisers on August 5, 1993 to win
1722-638: Was elected into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame . On July 10, 2007, Hase took over the duty of the Pacific Wrestling Federation chairman, after Stan Hansen (who held the position since 2000) voluntarily resigned from the position. On March 17, 2013, Hase announced that he was stepping down as chairman for the PWF after nearly six years. His last day as PWF chairman was June 21, 2013. On July 26, 2017, Hase returned to
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1764-750: Was trained by Stu Hart and Katsuji Adachi . He would wrestle in Stampede Wrestling under a mask in a heel tag team known as the Viet Cong Express with Fumihiro Niikura, with whom he held the Stampede International Tag Team Championship . By 1987, he turned face and started to wrestle under his name and unmasked in Stampede Wrestling. By the end of 1987, Hase would return to Japan. When he returned to Japan, Hase wrestled for NJPW's junior heavyweight division, winning
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