CORRECTED Industry minister says will sell off TEPCO shares when term ends

CORRECTED Industry minister says will sell off TEPCO shares when term ends

TOKYO, Japan - CORRECTING NAME OF POWER PLANT Industry minister Yoichi Miyazawa tells a session of the House of Councillors Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2014, that he intends to sell the Tokyo Electric Power Co. shares he owns when he ends his term and donate the proceeds to the revival of Fukushima, the prefecture hit hardest by the nuclear crisis at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Miyazawa, who took office the previous week, has come under fire following the revelation he holds 600 shares in TEPCO, raising questions about the independence of the minister in charge of overseeing the power sector.

CHINA-SHANDONG-PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY-PAINTING (CN)

CHINA-SHANDONG-PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY-PAINTING (CN)

(220808) -- JINAN, Aug. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Oil painter Wang Gang (1st R) shares his ideas with students on a public welfare program in Weihai, east China's Shandong province, Aug. 7, 2022. Wang Gang, who became disabled after a car accident, was one of the first batch of students attending the oil painting program. Now he is an instructor of the program. The public welfare program helping people with disability learn oil painting skills was implemented in Weihai in 2015. The organizers of the program also help sell the paintings via exhibitions, auctions and on-line sales. So far, the program has benefitted more than 600 trainees. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

Industry minister says will sell off TEPCO shares when term ends

Industry minister says will sell off TEPCO shares when term ends

TOKYO, Japan - Industry minister Yoichi Miyazawa tells a session of the House of Councillors Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2014, that he intends to sell the Tokyo Electric Power Co. shares he owns when he ends his term and donate the proceeds to the revival of Fukushima, the prefecture hit hardest by the nuclear crisis at TEPCO's Fukushima Dainichi nuclear power plant. Miyazawa, who took office the previous week, has come under fire following the revelation he holds 600 shares in TEPCO, raising questions about the independence of the minister in charge of overseeing the power sector. (Kyodo)