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NUCLEAR ENERGY

Helle Kristoffersen, Asia president of French oil and gas conglomerate TotalEnergies, speaks at a session of the French Japanese Business Summit on Thursday in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2025
Japan’s energy import strategy compelling for landlocked European nations
Europe has grappled with energy security following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Kansai Electric Power will not make a decision on construction based on the results of the survey alone and will take into account profitability and the Nuclear Regulation Authority's regulatory policy, the company's President Nozomu Mori said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 3, 2025
Kansai Electric will soon begin survey for new nuclear reactor, sources say
The survey will mark the first concrete move toward nuclear reactor construction in Japan since the 2011 meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' Fukushima No. 1 plant.
The nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2025
Some 890 tons of Tepco nuclear fuel kept at Aomori reprocessing plant
The revelations were the first time a specific company's amount at the site has been confirmed.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings plans to discharge 7,800 tons of treated water after diluting it with large amounts of seawater in the ongoing operation, set to run until Nov. 17.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2025
Nuclear plant in Fukushima starts fifth round of treated water discharge
This is the 16th time that water containing small amounts of radioactive tritium has been released since the discharge began in August 2023.
The USS Annapolis nuclear-powered submarine is anchored at a naval base on Jeju Island, South Korea, in July 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 30, 2025
South Korea to build nuclear-powered subs in U.S., Trump says
Washington’s decision to share the closely held nuclear technology with Seoul could have implications for Tokyo’s own defense policies.
A storage pool for spent nuclear fuel at Japan Nuclear Fuel's reprocessing plant in the village of Rokkasho in Aomori Prefecture on May 30. Radiation was detected Friday inside the nasal cavity of one of three workers who had been sent to work in a controlled area of the plant.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 29, 2025
Three workers at nuclear fuel reprocessing plant possibly exposed to radiation
Radiation was detected inside the nasal cavity of a worker at a plant in Aomori Prefecture, prompting Japan Nuclear Fuel to check whether all three workers were internally exposed.
Industry minister Ryosei Akazawa visits the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Saturday.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2025
Akazawa implores Tepco to pursue 'coexistence' with Fukushima community
Tepco announced in July that the full-scale removal of nuclear fuel debris will not start before fiscal year 2037.
Chugoku Electric Power's Shimane nuclear power station in the city of Matsue. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to push for the accelerated revival of nuclear power as an energy source.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 23, 2025
Nuclear power at heart of new prime minister's energy policy
Imported fossil fuels cover 60% to 70% of Japan's electricity generation and are a source of inflation that has undermined support for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
An electronic board displaying currency exchange rates in Ferdowsi Square in Tehran on Sept. 28. The rial has shriveled to 1,115,000 per dollar from 920,000 in August, stoking inflation to at least 40% and gutting purchasing power.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2025
Iran risks severe economic downturn and unrest as renewed U.N. sanctions bite
Economic disparities between ordinary Iranians and a privileged clerical and security elite, economic mismanagement, inflation and state corruption have fanned discontent.
Tepco President Tomoaki Kobayakawa explains the firm's plan for its nuclear power reactors at a committee meeting of the Niigata prefectural assembly on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2025
Tepco to consider scrapping two Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors
A final decision on whether to decommission the reactors will be made about 18 months after the planned restart of the No. 6 reactor.
Kansai Electric Power plans to carry out geological and other surveys in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, home to its Mihama nuclear power plant, as groundwork for next-generation reactors.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 15, 2025
Kansai Electric to conduct surveys for new nuclear reactors
The government's renewed push for nuclear power comes amid a surge of new facilities with high electricity consumption, notably data centers and semiconductor plants.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings plans to decommission some reactors at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, excluding the No. 6 and No. 7 units.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2025
Tepco mulls decommissioning some Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors
It would mark the first reactor decommissioning at the plant, which straddles the city of Kashiwazaki and the village of Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture.
The Jingei, the third of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Taigei-class submarines, was commissioned in March last year. It is equipped with lithium-ion batteries, enabling it to have a longer diving time and cruising distance than older models with lead-acid batteries.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Oct 8, 2025
With nuclear sub proposal, Japan faces array of political and tech challenges
An expert panel has called for Japan’s next-generation subs to be able to operate longer and strike targets from farther way, a shift from current policy.
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2025
Japan’s new leader to make nuclear center of energy strategy
A pro-nuclear stance would continue the policies of previous administrations, which have pushed to build new units and restart reactors.
The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings hopes to restart the plant's No. 6 and No. 7 reactors which have already passed safety screenings by the Nuclear Regulation Authority.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2025
Japan must replace nuclear reactors for 2040 goals, group says
Several of the country's reactors will hit 60 years of operation from the 2040s, a document from the group said.
An Iranian woman walks in front of a billboard depicting slain Lebanese Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah (center), his successor Hashem Safieddine (right) and the late Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, in Tehran on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 29, 2025
Iran's clerical leaders face existential crisis amid nuclear deadlock
The United Nations reimposed sanctions on Iran on Saturday.
Kansai Electric Power is preparing to decommission the No.1 and No. 2 units at its oil-fired Gobo thermal power station in Wakayama Prefecture, according to informed sources.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2025
Kansai Electric to retire two units at Gobo oil-fired power station
The two units are expected to be decommissioned around next June, sources said.
Boring tests will be conducted in two areas near the No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power's Mihama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture to look into ground hardness, ahead of the planned construction of a new nuclear reactor.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2025
Kansai Electric to complete survey for new nuclear reactor in 2030
A final decision on whether to build the new reactor will be made after a detailed survey to examine the impact of earthquakes.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington on Sunday. Trump is scheduled to arrive in Britain on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2025
U.S.-U.K. nuclear pact to precede tech and whisky deals on Trump visit
Both countries will use each other’s safety assessments of reactor designs to fast-track their own checks under the new agreement.
Elliott Investment Management has acquired a stake in Japanese regional utility Kansai Electric Power, according to a person familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2025
Activist fund Elliott reported to take stake in Kansai Electric, eyeing assets
Activist hedge funds have been honing in on property held by Japanese companies valued at its original cost on their balance sheets as part of their investment strategy.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
ChatGPT nickname and Trump tariffs nominated for Japan’s buzzword of 2025
Women hold toys depicting Myaku-Myaku, the official character for the 2025 Osaka Expo, during a media day ahead of the event's public opening day in Osaka in April.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
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