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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 8, 2015
Tepco and Chubu Electric to merge existing thermal power plants
Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Chubu Electric Power Co. will transfer operations of their existing thermal power plants to a new joint venture, creating a huge thermal power company with a dominating market share.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Feb 6, 2015
Shikoku taps drones to aid isolated islands
A drone built by a Nagoya-based company has completed a trial run to see if unmanned aircraft can be used to transport goods from Kagawa Prefecture to an island in the Seto Inland Sea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 5, 2015
Chubu Electric eyeing more business in Tokyo area
Chubu Electric Power Co. envisions engaging in electricity retailing and other business operations in the Tokyo area, expanding from the utility's traditional service area, company President Akihisa Mizuno has said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 18, 2014
Tepco likely to tie with Chubu Electric on thermal power plant project
Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to grant Chubu Electric Power Co. negotiating rights as it hunts for a partner to build and operate a new thermal power plant, sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 24, 2014
ANA to launch daily Haneda-Nagoya flights in October
All Nippon Airways Co. says it will launch daily round-trip flights between Tokyo's Haneda airport and Chubu Centrair International Airport starting Oct. 26 to better serve travelers going overseas from central Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 27, 2014
Restaurant chains to make splash at Italian expo
Three restaurant operators from the Chubu region will participate in Expo 2015 Milano in Italy next year to promote Japanese food culture to the rest of the world.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2014
Operator of Hamaoka nuclear plant says no active faults below site
The operator of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture said Wednesday its investigation found no active geological faults under or around the site, which was forced to shut down in 2011 after the plant's operation was deemed risky.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 21, 2014
Hamaoka holds Nankai Trough quake exercise
Chubu Electric Power Co. on Wednesday held a disaster drill, open to the media at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, in preparation for a magnitude-9.0 quake in central to western Japan.
EDITORIALS
May 11, 2014
A new look at spent nuclear fuel
Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu's plan to get the use of plutonium-uranium mixed-oxide fuel re-approved for Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear power plant highlight various contradictions in the central government's continuing pursuit of a nuclear fuel-cycle policy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 25, 2014
'Dream' rice expected to yield excellent sake
Aichi Prefecture has officially launched sales of Yume-ginga, a type of brewer's rice used to make high-quality sake.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 18, 2014
Nagoya appliance recycling drive reaps success
The city of Nagoya started collecting small household appliances for recycling in February and announced April 11 that it had received more than 31,000 kg of machinery in just two months — five times more than anticipated.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 4, 2014
Chubu airport retools to attract foreign tourists
Chubu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya has started various new services to cater to foreign visitors, including new bus services to the city, tourist information and announcements in Chinese and Korean.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 24, 2014
Ex-bureaucrat wins Yamaguchi race
Former bureaucrat Tsugumasa Muraoka on Sunday won the Yamaguchi gubernatorial election by defeating two candidates to succeed Gov. Shigetaro Yamamoto, who resigned due to illness.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2014
Chubu Electric applies to restart risk-laden Hamaoka nuclear plant
Chubu Electric Power Co. applies for a safety assessment for one of the three reactors at its Hamaoka nuclear plant in Shizuoka Prefecture despite the tsunami risk that forced its shutdown in 2011 at the request of Prime Minister Naoto Kan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Feb 14, 2014
Chinese students put Shiga residents online
Chinese exchange students at Shiga University have been interviewing local residents and posting the videos and articles in Chinese under a project called Interviewing 100 People in Hikone.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jan 10, 2014
Chubu won't stop at just 10 million tourists
The government achieved its target of seeing 10 million tourists in 2013, thanks largely to the easing of visa requirements for Southeast Asian travelers and the weakening of the yen to fight deflation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Dec 27, 2013
Centrair eager to use idle ¥3 billion bus lounge
Five years after completing its bus lounge, Chubu Centrair International Airport will finally make the bus service available to the public starting from the Golden Week holidays next spring.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Dec 13, 2013
Nagakute turns on rogue pond turtles
The rampant rise of red-eared terrapins is posing an ecological threat in a park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 15, 2013
Lamborghini sets up shop at NITech
Nagoya Institute of Technology in Aichi Prefecture has teamed up with Lamborghini SpA on finding a way to mass produce carbon fiber-reinforced plastic so the light yet durable material can be applied to products other than cars and planes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 8, 2013
Top aficionado plans contest to test the best spinners
Yoshihito Fujita, the man managing the Japan Spinning Top Museum from his own home in Nagoya, has standardized the names of different spinning styles, which vary depending on region, and has also established a ranking system.

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