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Candidate supporting nuclear phaseout elected Shiga governor

OTSU, Japan - Former lawmaker Taizo Mikazuki (C) celebrates in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on July 13, 2014, after winning the Shiga gubernatorial election to succeed incumbent Gov. Yukiko Kada (L). Mikazuki, 43, a former Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker who supports phasing out nuclear power, won a three-way race, beating a candidate backed by the ruling parties by a narrow margin.

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Candidate supporting nuclear phaseout elected Shiga governor

OTSU, Japan - Former lawmaker Taizo Mikazuki (R) receives flowers from Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on July 13, 2014, after winning the Shiga gubernatorial election to succeed her. Mikazuki, 43, a former Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker who supports phasing out nuclear power, won a three-way race, beating a candidate backed by the ruling parties by a narrow margin.

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Dishes of Japan's World Cup opponents Served

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Dishes of Japan's World Cup opponents in Brazil are available to guests at Kyukamura Kishu Kada, a national park resort village of Japan in Wakayama City, on June 12, 2014.

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Shiga governor

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (R) and House of Representatives member Taizo Mikazuki are pictured during a festival in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, on May 4, 2014. Sources close to her said on May 7, 2014, that Kada has decided, apparently after meeting Mikazuki, a prospective gubernatorial candidate of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, not to run in an upcoming gubernatorial election.

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Shiga Gov. Kada quits as anti-nuclear party chief

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada ends a press conference after delivering her New Year's address to prefectural officials at the Shiga prefectural offices in Otsu on Jan. 4, 2013. In the address, Kada announced her withdrawal as chief of a splinter group of the antinuclear Tomorrow Party of Japan she had formed ahead of the general election in December.

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Shiga Gov. Kada quits as anti-nuclear party chief

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada holds a press conference at the Shiga prefectural offices in Otsu on Jan. 4, 2013. In her New Year's address to prefectural officials the same day, Kada announced her withdrawal as chief of a splinter group of the antinuclear Tomorrow Party of Japan she had formed ahead of the general election in December.

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Shiga Gov. Kada quits as anti-nuclear party chief

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada listens to a reporter's question at a press conference after delivering her New Year's address to prefectural officials at the Shiga prefectural offices in Otsu on Jan. 4, 2013. In the address, Kada announced her withdrawal as chief of a splinter group of the antinuclear Tomorrow Party of Japan she had formed ahead of the general election in December.

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Shiga Gov. Kada quits as anti-nuclear party chief

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada holds a press conference at the Shiga prefectural offices in Otsu on Jan. 4, 2013. In her New Year's address to prefectural officials the same day, Kada announced her withdrawal as chief of a splinter group of the antinuclear Tomorrow Party of Japan she had formed ahead of the general election in December.

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Shiga Gov. Kada

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada. Kada, who formed the antinuclear Tomorrow Party of Japan ahead of the general election in December 2012, has decided to quit as head of a splinter group from the party amid criticism that she has neglected her duties as governor, sources close to her said on Jan. 3, 2013.

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Shiga gov. announces split of antinuclear Tomorrow Party

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (L) announces at a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2012, a split of the antinuclear Tomorrow Party of Japan into two groups only a month after its inception. Powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa (R) sat next to her at the conference. Kada will leave the party with House of Representatives member Tomoko Abe to form a separate party, while party members supporting Ozawa will take the party, which is renamed "Seikatsu no To" (Party of People's Lives).

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Shiga gov. announces split of antinuclear Tomorrow Party

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (L) and powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa hold a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2012, to announce a split of the antinuclear Tomorrow Party of Japan into two groups only a month after its inception. Kada will leave the party with House of Representatives member Tomoko Abe to form a separate party, while party members supporting Ozawa will take the party, which is renamed "Seikatsu no To" (Party of People's Lives).

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Antinuclear Tomorrow Party decides to split by year-end

OSAKA, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada meets the press in Osaka on Dec. 27, 2012. The antinuclear Tomorrow Party of Japan, launched a month ago by Kada, decided the same day to split into two groups by the end of the year due to internal conflicts over personnel matters.

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Antinuclear Tomorrow Party to split by year-end

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada, leader of the Tomorrow Party of Japan, holds a press conference at the prefectural hall in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Dec. 26, 2012. Kada said she could split by the end of the year the antinuclear party launched prior to the Dec. 16 general election, in the face of internal conflicts over personnel matters.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada, head of the antinuclear Tomorrow Party of Japan, answers a question during a television interview in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2012. Kada's party was not expected to win many seats in the general election the same day, according to Kyodo News projections.

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Japan general election eve

TOKYO, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada, head of the Tomorrow Party of Japan, makes a stump speech in Tokyo's Ueno area on Dec. 15, 2012, on the eve of the general election.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows (top column, from R to L) Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, Yukiko Kada, head of the Tomorrow Party of Japan, Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of the New Komeito party, (center column, from R to L) former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, head of the Japan Restoration Party, Kazuo Shii, head of the Japanese Communist Party, Yoshimi Watanabe, head of Your Party, Mizuho Fukushima, head of the Social Democratic Party, (bottom column, from R to L) Kenko Matsuki, acting leader of the New Party Daichi, Shozaburo Jimi, head of the People's New Party, Yasuo Tanaka, head of the New Party Nippon, and Yoichi Masuzoe, head of the New Renaissance Party, while making stump speeches at various locations across the country on Dec. 4, 2012, as official campaigning kicked off the same day for the Dec. 16 general election.

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Japan general election

IITATE, Japan - Yukiko Kada, head of the Tomorrow Party of Japan, makes a stump speech in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2012, after official campaigning kicked off for the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Japan general election

IITATE, Japan - Yukiko Kada, head of the Tomorrow Party of Japan, makes a stump speech in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2012, after official campaigning kicked off for the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Japan general election

IITATE, Japan - Yukiko Kada, head of the Tomorrow Party of Japan, makes a stump speech in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2012, after official campaigning kicked off for the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Japan general election

IITATE, Japan - Yukiko Kada, head of the Tomorrow Party of Japan, makes a stump speech in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2012, after official campaigning kicked off for the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Tomorrow Party of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada announces the campaign platform for the upcoming general election of the Tomorrow Party of Japan, a new party she leads, at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2012. The party, bidding to become an umbrella force for antinuclear candidates in the Dec. 16 election, vowed in its campaign platform to phase out atomic power plants in 10 years.

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Tomorrow Party of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows (from L to R) Tetsunari Iida, acting chief of the Tomorrow Party of Japan, Tomoko Abe, deputy chief of the party, Yukiko Kada, party chief and governor of Shiga Prefecture, and Yuko Mori, deputy chief of the party, during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2012. The party, bidding to become an umbrella force for antinuclear candidates in the Dec. 16 general election, vowed in its campaign platform to phase out atomic power plants in 10 years.

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Tomorrow Party of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada announces the campaign platform for the upcoming general election of the Tomorrow Party of Japan, a new party she leads, at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2012. The party, bidding to become an umbrella force for antinuclear candidates in the Dec. 16 election, vowed in its campaign platform to phase out atomic power plants in 10 years.

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Ozawa, Kada hold open dialogue

TOKYO, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (R), leader of the Tomorrow Party of Japan, and Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the People's Life First party, shake hands after holding an open dialogue in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2012.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan's major political parties join hands before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. From L are Shozaburo Jimi of the People's New Party, Mizuho Fukushima of the Social Democratic Party, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the New Komeito party, Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Yukiko Kada of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), Shintaro Ishihara of the Japan Restoration Party, Yoshimi Watanabe of Your Party, Muneo Suzuki of the New Party Daichi and Yoichi Masuzoe of the New Renaissance Party.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of some of Japan's major political parties join hands before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. From L are Natsuo Yamaguchi of the New Komeito party, Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Yukiko Kada of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), Shintaro Ishihara of the Japan Restoration Party and Yoshimi Watanabe of Your Party.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Main opposition Liberal Democratic Party head Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister and Democratic Party of Japan President Yoshihiko Noda and Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada, leader of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), take part in a debate in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012, on the Nico Nico Douga webcast site ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Japan general election

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada answers reporters' questions at the prefectural hall in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 29, 2012. She formed a new party, Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), the previous day ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election, calling for phasing out Japan's reliance on nuclear power within 10 years.

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Antinuclear power party

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsunari Iida, acting leader of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2012, after submitting an application to formally register a group of Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada, which calls for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, as a political party, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Antinuclear power party

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada speaks with reporters in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012. The governor formally launched her new political party, Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), earlier in the day, which calls for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Antinuclear power party

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada speaks with reporters in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012. The governor formally launched her new political party, Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), earlier in the day, which calls for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Antinuclear power party

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada speaks with reporters in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012. The governor formally launched her new political party, Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), earlier in the day, which calls for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Anti-nuclear power party

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada is surrounded by reporters in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012. The governor announced the previous day her plan to form a new party, Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), calling for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Anti-nuclear power party

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada is surrounded by reporters in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012. The governor announced the previous day her plan to form a new party, Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), calling for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Anti-nuclear power party

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada is surrounded by reporters in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012. The governor announced the previous day her plan to form a new party, Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), calling for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada, unveils the name of a new party she will establish, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), during a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012. Kada has called for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power.

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Ozawa to join hands with Shiga governor

TOKYO, Japan - Influential politician Ichiro Ozawa tells reporters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on the night of Nov. 27, 2012, that the People's Life First party, led by Ozawa, will merge with a new party to be established by Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada. Both parties are against nuclear energy.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada, unveils the name of a new party she will establish, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), during a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012. Kada has called for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (R), announces at a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012, that she will establish a new party, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party). To the left is Tetsunari Iida, a well-known renewable energy proponent, who will assume the post of acting president of the party.

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Nagoya mayor to join hands with Shiga governor

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura holds a press conference in the central Japanese city on Nov. 27, 2012. A small party co-led by Kawamura and veteran lawmaker Shizuka Kamei decided the same day to merge with a new party to be established by Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada. Both parties are against nuclear energy.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (R), announces at a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012, that she will establish a new party, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party). To the left is Tetsunari Iida, a well-known renewable energy proponent, who will assume the post of acting president of the party.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (R), unveils the name of a new party she will establish, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), during a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012. To the left is Tetsunari Iida, a well-known renewable energy proponent, who will assume the post of acting president of the party.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada, announces at a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012, that she will establish a new party, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party). Kada has called for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power.

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Shiga governor arranging to establish new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (C back), meets the press at the prefectural government offices in Otsu on Nov. 26, 2012. Kada, who has called for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, said she is arranging to establish a new political party ahead of the Dec. 16 general election.

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Shiga governor arranging to establish new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (L), meets the press at the prefectural government offices in Otsu on Nov. 26, 2012. Kada, who has called for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, said she is arranging to establish a new political party ahead of the Dec. 16 general election.

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Shiga governor arranging to establish new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada, meets the press at the prefectural government offices in Otsu on Nov. 26, 2012. Kada, who has called for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, said she is arranging to establish a new political party ahead of the Dec. 16 general election.

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Shiga governor arranging to establish new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada, meets the press at the prefectural government offices in Otsu on Nov. 26, 2012. Kada, who has called for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, said she is arranging to establish a new political party ahead of the Dec. 16 general election.

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Japan eyes reactivating Oi reactors

OTSU, Japan - Senior vice industry minister Seishu Makino (L) and Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (front R) at the Shiga prefectural government office in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on April 23, 2012. The vice minister traveled to the prefecture in the Japanese government's bid to win support for reactivating two offline reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in neighboring Fukui Prefecture.

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Kyoto, Shiga governors

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada (L) and Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada hold a press conference in Kyoto on April 17, 2012. They unveiled a proposal to the central government on its nuclear policy, following discussions about the reactivation of two idled reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in neighboring Fukui Prefecture.

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Kyoto, Shiga governors visit Oi

OI, Japan - Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada (L) answers reporters' questions with Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (2nd from L) in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on April 12, 2012, after the governors inspected Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power complex in the town.