Antinuke mayors

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Nobuto Hosaka (L), newly elected mayor of Setagaya Ward in Tokyo, and Katsunobu Sakurai, mayor of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, shake hands in Minamisoma on April 29, 2011. Hosaka was elected pledging to campaign for an end to reliance on nuclear power. Sakurai was picked by TIME magazine in its list of this year's 100 most influential people in the world after criticizing the Japanese government's response to the Fukushima nuclear crisis via the video-sharing site YouTube. (Kyodo)

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