Date: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 JST
Kyodo
SAPPORO — The mayor of Iwanai, Hokkaido, was
re-elected Sunday in a landslide victory over an antinuclear challenger
who opposed his plans to restart two local nuclear reactors.
Yuji Kamioka, 61, secured a third four-year term
after pledging stricter oversight of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s
Tomari nuclear plant, defeating former town assembly member Miyuki
Oishi, 63, who had called for a referendum on restarting the reactors.
Iwanai is 10 km from the nuclear power plant.
Voter turnout was 56.42 percent, with Kamioka drawing 5,167 votes and Oishi managing just 1,658.
The election came a week after one in Kaminoseki,
Yamaguchi Prefecture, in which the mayor was re-elected over an
antinuclear challenger who opposed Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s plan to
build a nuclear power plant there.
Editor's Note: Below is a map showing the Tomari Nuclear Power Plant mentioned above.
Editor's Note: Below is a map showing the Tomari Nuclear Power Plant mentioned above.
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