With anti nuclear vote split, pro nuclear candidate wins Tokyo election
Pro-nuclear candidate elected Tokyo governor Ruling party backed candidate Yoichi Masuzoe wins gubernatorial vote, raising concerns over PM Abe’s pro-nuclear agenda. Aljazeera, 09 Feb 2014 Yoichi Masuzoe, a former health minister backed by Japan’s ruling party, has been elected as the new governor of Tokyo, after defeating two candidates who had promised to end nuclear power nearly three years after the Fukushima disaster…….
The poll for chief executive of one of the world’s biggest cities had been seen as a referendum on atomic power in a country still scarred by the Fukushima disaster.
Masuzoe had not made energy policy a prime focus, although he said Japan should reduce its dependence on nuclear power in the medium to long term. After his victory was announced,
he reiterated that stance, adding he wanted to raise the share of renewable energy sources in Tokyo’s electricity supply……
The anti-nuclear camp, however, was divided between two candidates – former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa and human-rights lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya.
Nuclear safety Masuzoe garnered about 30 percent of the vote, according to NHK exit polls. Hosokawa and Utsunomiya got about 20 percent each, indicating that if the anti-nuclear vote had been united, a win by either might have been possible……http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/02/pro-nuclear-candidate-elected-tokyo-governor-201429141527114469.html
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