A state-backed bailout fund has agreed in principle on a new turnaround plan for Tokyo Electric Power Co. that features more financial support from the government as Tepco gropes to contain the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster, but the plan also assumes reactors will be restarted.
Lenders responded Thursday by extending the utility ¥500 billion.
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