Japan Anti-Nuclear Candidate Loses Governor Race, Changes Debate
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Renewable energy advocate Tetsunari Iida lost the race for Yamaguchi governor yesterday though his office said he forced a change in the debate that made his opponent come out against building a nuclear plant in the area.
The new governor -- Shigetaro Yamamoto, a former bureaucrat at the land and transport ministry -- said he would suspend plans by Chugoku Electric Power Co. to build the Kaminoseki atomic plant. Iida ran on scrapping the plan.