His Eminence the Most Reverend '''Metropolitan Vladimir (Nagosky)''' was the ruling [[hierarch ]] of the [[Church of Japan]] at the time the Japanese church was granted [[autonomy]] under the [[Church of Russia]] in 1970. At that time he was elevated as the ruling bishop with the title of Archbishop of Tokyo and Metropolitan of All Japan. He later became the diocesan bishop of San Francisco in the [[OCA|Metropolia]].