Yuhei Sato
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is the governor of Fukushima Prefecture
of Japan
. He was first elected in November 2006, after the previous governor, Eisaku Satō
, was forced to step down after 'politically motivated' bribery charges http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/warnings-of-nuclear-disaster-not-heeded-claims-former-governer-2273764.html
Fukushima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Fukushima.-History:Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Fukushima prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. He was first elected in November 2006, after the previous governor, Eisaku Satō
Eisaku Satō (governor)
was the governor of Fukushima Prefecture of Japan from 1988 and 2006.He was initially an enthusiastic supporter of nuclear power, swayed like his predecessors after the government and Tepco brought his prefecture jobs, subsidies and a chance to contribute to the national good. In 1998 he...
, was forced to step down after 'politically motivated' bribery charges http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/warnings-of-nuclear-disaster-not-heeded-claims-former-governer-2273764.html