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KASHIWAZAKI

JAPAN
Nov 21, 2013
NRA weighs safety of idled Niigata reactors
Nuclear regulators begin assessing the safety of two reactors at Tepco's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, nearly two months after the utility filed an application to restart them.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2013
Tepco counts on Niigata reactor restarts in July
Tokyo Electric Power Co. expects to be able to restart two reactors at its idled seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture next July and may mention the likelihood when updating its upcoming business turnaround plan, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2013
Tepco logs ¥616.20 billion group net profit for April-September
Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Thursday reported a group net profit of ¥616.20 billion for the April-September period, swinging into the black on a half-year basis for the first time since the nuclear disaster at its Fukushima No. 1 complex in 2011.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2013
Tepco asks to restart two Niigata reactors
Tepco files for safety assessments of two reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata, joining other utilities seeking a return to atomic power.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2013
Niigata governor gives Tepco green light on reactor inspections
Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida said Thursday that he basically approves of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s plan to request government safety tests for two idled reactors at the world's largest nuclear power plant, paving the way to restarting them.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2013
Niigata puts Tepco's reactor inspection request on hold
Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida said Wednesday that his decision on whether to let Tokyo Electric Power Co. request safety tests for two idled reactors in Niigata Prefecture won't be made for some time.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2013
Museum honoring Japan scholar Keene to open doors
A new museum built in honor of Donald Keene, a prominent U.S.-born scholar of Japanese literature, was opened to reporters Friday in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, prior to its public unveiling Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2013
Tepco gets partial local approval to apply for reactor checks
Tepco says it has won backing from two municipal governments to apply for a safety assessment of its idled nuclear reactors in Niigata Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2013
Tepco chief gets cool reception in Niigata
Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida declines to give his consent to Tepco's plan to restart two of the seven reactors at the world's largest nuclear power plant.
EDITORIALS
Jul 5, 2013
Irrational reactor restart plan
Tokyo Electric Power Co. appears to be using the threat of rate hikes to win public support for restarting two reactors at a nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture.
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2013
Tepco develops its own filtered venting system to hasten reactor restarts
Tokyo Electric plans to equip its idled nuclear reactors with filtered venting systems developed in-house to hasten efforts to restart them, it is learned.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2013
Prefectures dally over nuclear evacuation plans
If a disaster were to occur at one of Japan's 50 nuclear reactors, the most critically needed personnel in the minutes and hours immediately afterward might be bus drivers.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2013
Faults may void Tepco's Niigata plant
Some of the faults running under the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa atomic plant, the world's biggest nuclear power complex, could be considered active under the new regulator's safety standards.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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