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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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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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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), 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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Yamamoto wins Yamaguchi gubernatorial race

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Shigetaro Yamamoto raises flowers received after his victory in the Yamaguchi gubernatorial election, in the city of Yamaguchi on the night of July 29, 2012. During campaigning, Yamamoto said he would suspend a plan to build a nuclear plant in the western Japan prefecture, while his main rival Tetsunari Iida called for the plan to be scrapped in the wake of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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Yamamoto wins Yamaguchi gubernatorial race

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Shigetaro Yamamoto (C) and his supporters shout "banzai" after his victory in the Yamaguchi gubernatorial election, in the city of Yamaguchi on the night of July 29, 2012. During campaigning, Yamamoto said he would suspend a plan to build a nuclear plant in the western Japan prefecture, while his main rival Tetsunari Iida called for the plan to be scrapped in the wake of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.