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Minister apologizes for remark on Fukushima nuclear soil storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (L bowing) apologizes on June 23, 2014, to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (R front) as reporters look on at the Fukushima prefectural offices for a recent remark suggesting the issue of where to store contaminated soil from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is a matter of money.

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Minister apologizes for remark on Fukushima nuclear soil storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (bowing) apologizes on June 23, 2014, to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato as reporters look on at the Fukushima prefectural offices for a recent remark suggesting the issue of where to store contaminated soil from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is a matter of money.

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Minister apologizes for remark on Fukushima nuclear soil storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato receives an apology from Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara at the Fukushima prefectural offices on June 23, 2014, for a recent remark suggesting the issue of where to store contaminated soil from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is a matter of money.

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Gov't to buy land around damaged Fukushima plant for waste storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (L, standing) speaks at a meeting with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (3rd from R) and four other local town mayors in Fukushima on Dec. 14, 2013. Ishihara asked the local leaders to accept a government plan to acquire about 19 square kilometers of land around the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant and to build facilities for the long-term storage of radioactive and other waste there.

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Environment minister Hosono in press conference

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Goshi Hosono speaks to reporters in the city of Fukushima on Dec. 28, 2011, after meeting with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato and other local leaders over decontamination efforts near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In the meeting, Hosono formally asked that an interim storage facility for radioactively contaminated soil and other waste be built in Futaba county in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Fukushima Gov. Sato leaves office

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yuhei Sato, governor of the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, attends a press conference on Nov. 11, 2014, when he retired at the expiration of his term of office. During his eight-year tenure, Sato faced the 2011 triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor meltdowns.

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Fukushima Gov. Sato not to seek reelection

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato, now in his second term as head of the northeastern prefecture, tells a news conference at his office in Fukushima city on Sept. 4, 2014, that he will not run in a gubernatorial election on Oct. 26. Citing his recent decision to accept a central government plan to build facilities for storing contaminated soil near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, he said this will set the stage for his successor to carry on with his ideas.

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New reconstruction minister visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Newly appointed Reconstruction Minister Wataru Takeshita shakes hands with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the prefectural office in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Sept. 4, 2014. They exchanged views on how to promote rehabilitation from the March 2011 disasters and the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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Fukushima gov. tells ministers of acceptance of radioactive waste

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (C) along with Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto (L) meets with reporters in the northeastern Japanese city of Fukushima on Sept. 1, 2014, after meeting with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato on a plan to store radioactive waste from decontamination following the March 2011 nuclear disaster for up to 30 years in the prefecture.

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Fukushima gov. tells ministers of acceptance of radioactive waste

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (far L) meets with reporters in the northeastern Japanese city of Fukushima on Sept. 1, 2014, after telling two Cabinet ministers he will accept a central government plan to store radioactive waste from decontamination following the March 2011 nuclear disaster for up to 30 years in the prefecture.

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Fukushima Gov. indicates accepting radioactive waste storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yuhei Sato, governor of the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, attends a meeting on Aug. 29, 2014, at the prefectural office. Sato indicated his acceptance of a central government plan to store radioactive waste from radiation decontamination operations following the March 2011 nuclear disaster in the prefecture.

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Gov't offers 301 bil. yen for 30-yr nuclear soil storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato meets the press in Koriyama in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2014, after meeting with Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara. The government offered 301 billion yen in subsidies to the prefecture in exchange for storage of contaminated soil amassing from radiation cleanup work following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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Gov't offers 301 bil. yen for 30-yr nuclear soil storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (3rd from L) meets with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (3rd from R) on Aug. 8, 2014, in Koriyama in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima. The government offered 301 billion yen in subsidies to the prefecture in exchange for storage of contaminated soil amassing from radiation cleanup work following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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Heads of 5 prefectures mull ways of beating harmful rumors

MAEBASHI, Japan - Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato (standing) speaks at a meeting with his counterparts from four other prefectures in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on July 30, 2014, concerning the negative reputation caused by the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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PM Abe promotes safety of vegetables from Fukushima Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) tastes a cucumber from Fukushima Prefecture during a visit by Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato (extreme L) at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on July 24, 2014, in a show of the safety of vegetables form the prefecture hit by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Governor wants Tokyo Olympic Games torch relay in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yuhei Sato (R), governor of Fukushima Prefecture, shakes hands with Yoshiro Mori, a former prime minister who heads the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, on June 17, 2014. Sato said at a press conference after his meeting with Mori that he hopes to invite torch runners for the Tokyo Olympic Games to run through his prefecture to demonstrate its recovery from the 2011 earthquake and nuclear crisis.

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Fukushima Gov. Sato speaks to reporters in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 11, 2014, following his meeting with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. Sato asked Suga to extend the five-year "concentrated reconstruction period" designated through fiscal 2015 by the government in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Japan to host RockCorps global volunteer movement

TOKYO, Japan - TOKYO, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (L) and Stephen Greene (C), chief executive officer of the pro-social production company RockCorps, pose for photos in Tokyo on April 9, 2014. In RockCorps projects, volunteers who work for four hours to help communities will earn a ticket to a rock concert. In Japan, volunteers will serve for communities affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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New TEPCO chairman meets Fukushima governor

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fumio Sudo (R), new chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato meet at the Fukushima prefectural government's office in Fukushima on April 1, 2014.

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Japan gov't briefs plan for radioactive waste storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (standing), accompanied by Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto (fore L), explains a new plan for the interim storage of radioactive waste from crippled nuclear reactors in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (2nd from R) and others at the Fukushima prefectural government office on March 27, 2014.

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Nuclear waste disposal

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yukiei Matsumoto (R), mayor of the town of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, hands a letter of requests to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the prefectural government hall in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 27, 2014. The mayor told the governor that the town would not accept waste with high radiation levels in the interim storage facilities planned to be built in the town.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (R) inspects equipment to remove spent nuclear fuel from the spent nuclear fuel pool at the building housing the No. 4 reactor of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 15, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, princess visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R front) and Crown Princess Masako (R back) are seen off by Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at JR Koriyama Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 22, 2013. The royal couple took a day trip to Koriyama in the prefecture to visit people affected by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukushima governor, NRA chief

TOKYO, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (R) and Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, bow as they meet in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2013. The governor of the prefecture hosting the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant asked the NRA chief to improve the handling of the nuclear crisis at the power plant, as the NRA raised its assessment of the severity of a recent toxic water leak at the complex to level 3 on an eight-point international scale the same day.

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Tohoku Elec. to cancel new nuclear plant plan in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Makoto Kaiwa (R), president of Tohoku Electric Power Co., speaks to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the Fukushima prefectural government hall in the city of Fukushima on March 28, 2013, about canceling its plan to build a new nuclear power station, the Namie-Odaka nuclear power plant, in Fukushima Prefecture.

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IAEA, Fukushima to cooperate on decontamination

KORIYAMA, Japan - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano (L) and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato shake hands in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2012, after signing an agreement to work closely on decontamination and radiation monitoring work in the aftermath of the 2011 nuclear power plant crisis in Fukushima.

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IAEA, Fukushima to cooperate on decontamination

KORIYAMA, Japan - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano (2nd from L) and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (2nd from R) attend a ceremony in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2012, to sign an agreement to work closely on decontamination and radiation monitoring work in the aftermath of the 2011 nuclear power plant crisis in Fukushima.

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Flights resume to Shanghai from Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (C) speaks during a ceremony at Fukushima airport on Sept. 10, 2012, before a chartered plane departed there for Shanghai in the first international flight since Fukushima Prefecture was hit by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters in March 2011.

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Fukushima governor visits IAEA

VIENNA, Austria - International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano (R) and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato shake hands at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Aug. 31, 2012. The governor visited the U.N. nuclear watchdog following the nuclear crisis in the prefecture triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Fukushima gov. visits crisis-hit nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato, wearing protective gear against radiation, inspects the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in his prefecture on March 8, 2012, for the first time since the crisis started there about a year ago following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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U.S. envoy Roos in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (L) holds talks with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the Fukushima prefectural government office in the city of Fukushima on Jan. 17, 2012. (Pool photo)

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U.S. envoy Roos in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (L) receives locally grown strawberries from Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the Fukushima prefectural government office in the city of Fukushima on Jan. 17, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Noda in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (R) receives Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) at the Fukushima prefectural government office in the city of Fukushima on Jan. 8, 2011. Noda requested cooperation with the central government's plan to set up an interim facility in the prefecture to store radioactive contaminated soil and other waste in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Fukushima gov. requests compensation for all affected residents

TOKYO, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (L) submits a petition to Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2011. Sato urged the central government to extend eligibility for compensation in connection with the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power complex to all residents of the prefecture.

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Japan to reclassify Fukushima no-entry zones

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - (from L) Yukio Edano, minister of economy, trade and industry, Goshi Hosono, nuclear disaster minister, and Tatsuo Hirano, minister in charge of reconstruction in areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, meet Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato in the city of Fukushima on Dec. 18, 2011. The ministers notified the governor and representatives of 11 other municipal governments near the plant of a plan to reclassify no-entry zones, possibly on April 1, 2012, around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Fukushima Gov. Sato

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato speaks during a press conference in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 30, 2011. Sato said the Fukushima prefectural government will seek the decommissioning of all 10 nuclear reactors in the prefecture in its reconstruction plan to be compiled by the year-end.

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Fukushima holds tourism promotion event in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actress Yoshiko Mita (L) and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (C) raise their fists, together with landladies of hotels and inns in the prefecture, during a promotional event at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2011. The event was held by Fukushima Prefecture to revitalize its tourism sector that has suffered in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Fukushima holds tourism promotion event in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Goshi Hosono (L), minister tasked with handling Japan's nuclear crisis, and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (R) toast with Fukushima sake during a promotional event at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2011. The event was held by Fukushima Prefecture to revitalize its tourism sector that has suffered in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Environment minister Hosono in Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Goshi Hosono (C, facing) explains to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (front) at the prefectural government building in Fukushima on Oct. 29, 2011, the timetable of a government interim storage plan for soil and other waste contaminated with radioactive substances emitted from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Fukushima Pref. declares newly harvested rice safe for shipment

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato declares at the prefectural government building in Fukushima on Oct. 12, 2011, that newly harvested rice from nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima Prefecture is safe for shipment after tests showed all samples cleared the government-set allowable limit for radioactive cesium.

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IAEA experts in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Experts (R) from the International Atomic Energy Agency meet Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (L) at the Fukushima prefectural government hall in the city of Fukushima on Oct. 11, 2011. The experts are in Japan to assist in the decontamination of areas near the radiation-leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Bhutan PM Thinley visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Bhutan's Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley (L) receives pears as a gift from Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the Fukushima prefectural office on the afternoon of Sept. 27, 2011.

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Edano apologizes to Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japan's new industry minister Yukio Edano (right) bows to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (left) at the Fukushima prefectural government hall in the city of Fukushima on Sept. 13, 2011. Edano apologized for his predecessor's abrupt resignation over gaffes related to a nuclear crisis in the prefecture and vowed to exert efforts to contain the crisis soon.

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Noda visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L front) is welcomed by Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (R) before their meeting at the Fukushima prefectural government hall in the city of Fukushima on Sept. 8, 2011. Seen between them is Goshi Hosono, minister tasked with handling the country's nuclear crisis. Noda visited the prefecture for the first time since assuming office on Sept. 2.

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Fukushima radioactive decontamination unit to be set up

HIRONO, Japan - Japanese nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono speaks to reporters in Hirono, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2011. Hosono told Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the prefectural government office in the city of Fukushima the same day that the central government will set up a task force, probably the following week, to promote radioactive decontamination in areas surrounding the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Fukushima promotes specialties

TOKYO, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (C) tastes a peach along with two Miss Peach sales promoters at Ota Market in Tokyo, on Aug. 18, 2011. The governor was aiming to demonstrate the safety of farm products in Fukushima Prefecture, which have been suffering from negative consumer attitudes due to the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Minister Hosono meets Fukushima gov.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Goshi Hosono (R), minister in charge of nuclear accidents, speaks to reporters in Fukushima on July 9, 2011, after meeting with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato. Sato asked Hosono to report on present conditions in disaster-hit Fukushima to parliament.

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Ultraman donates to Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japanese television series hero Ultraman (C) and Shinichi Ooka (R), president of the series' producer Tsuburaya Productions Co., hands a 2 million yen donation to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato in the city of Fukushima on July 9, 2011. The company's founder, the late Eiji Tsuburaya, hailed from the prefecture, which was hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami and continues to be blighted by a nuclear crisis.

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New S. Korean envoy visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - New South Korean Ambassador to Japan Shin Kak Soo (L) eats a cherry given to him by Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (R) at the Fukushima prefectural government office in Fukushima on June 16, 2011. The ambassador began his duties as Seoul's top diplomat in Japan on June 10.

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Fukushima gov. meets PM Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (L) hands written requests for compensation for radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 1, 2011.