NHK: Japan’s governor re-elected, vital figure in nuclear restart
Japan – According to national broadcaster NHK, the governor of Japan’s Niigata prefecture handily beat his anti-nuclear opponent in an election today, a result that might empower members of the governing party who are seeking to restart the country‘s mainly idled nuclear power reactors. As indicated by exit surveys, Hideyo Hanazumi, who was endorsed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing Liberal …