Former Fukushima Vice Gov. Masao Uchibori was elected governor in a landslide Sunday in the prefecture's first gubernatorial campaign since the 2011 natural and nuclear disasters.
Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami as well as nuclear policy were the main issues in the election involving around 1.6 million voters, but there was a lack of in-depth discussion as both ruling and opposition parties threw their support behind the 50-year-old Uchibori.
Asked Monday morning about priorities once he takes office, Uchibori said: "I want to rebuild the worst-hit parts of the evacuation zone, and then rebuild all of Fukushima (Prefecture). I'm reminding myself anew of the heavy responsibility. We must do whatever it takes to reconstruct Fukushima."