Kagoshima governor asks Kyushu Electric to halt nuclear reactors

Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono speaks to reporters at the prefectural government building in Kagoshima on Aug. 26, 2016, after requesting that Kyushu Electric Power Co. immediately suspend operation of two reactors at its Sendai nuclear plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture, the first move of its kind by a prefectural governor in Japan since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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