Izumi Izumida, Governor of Niigata Prefecture, speaks at a press conference
on the issue of resuming operations at the Kashiwazaki Nuclear Power Plant
October 15, 2014, Tokyo, Japan - Gov. Hirohiko Izumida of Niigata Prefecture makes his points during a news conference at Tokyo's Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on Thursday, October 15, 2014. Niigata is home to the seven-reactor Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant, the biggest in the world in terms of output. Izumida is critical to the plan by the government and nuclear regulators to give the green light for idling reactors to restart once they meet the new safety standards. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-