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Incoming Kagoshima governor to ask utility to suspend nuclear plant

Incoming Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono gives an interview to Kyodo News in the southwestern Japan city of Kagoshima on July 13, 2016. The former TV commentator said he plans to ask Kyushu Electric Power Co. to suspend operation of its Sendai nuclear power plant for safety checks, following powerful earthquakes that hit nearby Kumamoto and Oita prefectures in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Advocate of halting atomic reactors wins Kagoshima governor race

Satoshi Mitazono, a former TV Asahi Corp. commentator, speaks to supporters in the city of Kagoshima after winning the Kagoshima gubernatorial election on July 10, 2016. The 58-year-old Mitazono, who has pledged to halt nuclear reactors operating in the prefecture, beat incumbent Yuichiro Ito, who agreed to the restart of a nuclear plant in the southwestern prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Torrential rain in southwestern Japan

Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono (2nd from L) visits the site of a landslide caused by heavy rain on Yakushima Island, a world heritage site in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 20, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Torrential rain in southwestern Japan

Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono (2nd from L) visits the site of a landslide caused by heavy rain on Yakushima Island, a world heritage site in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 20, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe eats wagyu beef

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, alongside Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono, eats a piece of Kagoshima Prefecture wagyu beef at his office on Dec. 12, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sendai nuclear reactor resumes commercial operation

File photo taken in August 2016 shows the Nos. 1 (front) and 2 reactors of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima. The No. 1 reactor resumed commercial operation on Jan. 6, 2017, after Satoshi Mitazono, the prefectural governor who is opposed to nuclear power, effectively permitted the restart of the unit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kagoshima gov. hints at dropping request to halt reactors' operation

Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono (front) is seen at the prefectural government offices on Sept. 9, 2016, after receiving a written rejection from Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Michiaki Uriu (back) of his request to have the utility immediately suspend the operation of two reactors at its nuclear power plant in the southwestern prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Governor again requests reactor suspension

Satoshi Mitazono, governor of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, meets with reporters on Sept. 7, 2016, in the city of Fukuoka after issuing a second request to Kyushu Electric Power Co. to suspend operations of two reactors at its Sendai nuclear plant. The utility rejected the initial request issued on Aug. 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Governor again requests reactor suspension

Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Michiaki Uriu meets with reporters on Sept. 7, 2016, in the city of Fukuoka after receiving a request from Satoshi Mitazono, governor of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, to suspend operations of two reactors at its Sendai nuclear plant. Mitazono issued the initial request on Aug. 26, but the utility rejected it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Governor again requests reactor suspension

Satoshi Mitazono (R), governor of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, hands over a written request on Sept. 7, 2016, in the city of Fukuoka to Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Michiaki Uriu calling on the suspension of operations of two reactors at Sendai nuclear plant. Mitazono issued the initial request on Aug. 26, but the utility rejected it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyushu Electric rejects governor's call to suspend nuclear reactors

Michiaki Uriu (L), president of Kyushu Electric Power Co., hands a written reply to Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono at the prefectural government office on Sept. 5, 2016, rejecting a request by the governor to immediately suspend operations of two reactors at the company's Sendai nuclear plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kagoshima governor asks Kyushu Electric to halt nuclear reactors

Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the prefectural government office 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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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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Kagoshima governor asks Kyushu Electric to halt nuclear reactors

Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono (L) hands a written request to Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Michiaki Uriu at the prefectural government office on Aug. 26, 2016, urging the company to temporarily halt two reactors at its Sendai nuclear plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kagoshima governor to request halt of Sendai reactors

File photo taken Aug. 11, 2016, shows the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima. Satoshi Mitazono, the prefectural governor, will request the utility on Aug. 26 to halt the reactors and review its security measures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kagoshima governor to request halt of Sendai reactors

File photo taken Aug. 11, 2016, shows the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima. Satoshi Mitazono, the prefectural governor, will request the utility on Aug. 26 to halt the reactors and review its security measures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kagoshima gov't to review evacuation plans for Sendai plant accident

Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono (2nd from R) is briefed on roads for residents to use to evacuate in the event of an accident at the Sendai nuclear power plant, in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan on Aug. 19, 2016. Following his visit to areas around the nuclear power plant, Mitazono said the prefectural government will review evacuation plans. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Kagoshima governor attends office

New Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono attends his inaugural press conference at the prefectural office in the southwestern Japan city of Kagoshima on July 28, 2016. The former TV commentator said he will ask Kyushu Electric Power Co. in late August to suspend operation of the Sendai nuclear power plant in his prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Kagoshima governor attends office

New Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono shows his name plate on July 28, 2016, the first day at his office. The former TV commentator said during his inaugural press conference at the prefectural office in the southwestern Japan city of Kagoshima that he will ask Kyushu Electric Power Co. in late August to suspend operation of the Sendai nuclear power plant in his prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo