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Chubu Electric President Hayashi

Chubu Electric President Hayashi

Chubu Electric Power Co. President Kingo Hayashi apologizes over the utility's seismic data manipulation scandal during the screening for restarting reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant, as he meets Shizuoka Governor Yasutomo Suzuki at the prefectural government headquarters in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Sept. 15, 2026. The Hamaoka nuclear complex is located in the prefecture.

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Chubu Electric President Hayashi

Chubu Electric President Hayashi

Chubu Electric Power Co. President Kingo Hayashi (L) apologizes over the utility's seismic data manipulation scandal during the screening for restarting reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant, as he meets Shizuoka Governor Yasutomo Suzuki at the prefectural government headquarters in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Sept. 15, 2026. The Hamaoka nuclear complex is located in the prefecture.

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Chubu Electric President Hayashi

Chubu Electric President Hayashi

Chubu Electric Power Co. President Kingo Hayashi apologizes over the utility's seismic data manipulation scandal during the screening for restarting reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant, as he meets Shizuoka Governor Yasutomo Suzuki at the prefectural government headquarters in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Sept. 15, 2026. The Hamaoka nuclear complex is located in the prefecture.

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Chubu Electric President Hayashi

Chubu Electric President Hayashi

Chubu Electric Power Co. President Kingo Hayashi (R) meets Shizuoka Governor Yasutomo Suzuki at the prefectural government headquarters in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Sept. 15, 2026, over the utility's seismic data manipulation scandal during the screening for restarting reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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Chubu Electric President Hayashi

Chubu Electric President Hayashi

Chubu Electric Power Co. President Kingo Hayashi meets Shizuoka Governor Yasutomo Suzuki at the prefectural government headquarters in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Sept. 15, 2026, over the utility's seismic data manipulation scandal during the screening for restarting reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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Asian Games: South Korean delegation

TOKONAME, Japan, Sept. 7 Kyodo - Members of the Jordanian delegation at the Asian Games pose for a photo after arriving at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 6, 2026, ahead of the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 games being held mainly in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Asian Games: South Korean delegation

Asian Games: South Korean delegation

Members of the South Korean delegation at the Asian Games pose for a photo after arriving at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 6, 2026, ahead of the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 games being held mainly in the prefecture.

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Asian Games: South Korean delegation

Asian Games: South Korean delegation

Members of the South Korean delegation at the Asian Games arrive at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 6, 2026, ahead of the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 games being held mainly in the prefecture.

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CORRECTED: Asian Games: Jordanian delegation

CORRECTED: Asian Games: Jordanian delegation

Members of the Jordanian delegation at the Asian Games pose for a photo after arriving at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 6, 2026, ahead of the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 games being held mainly in the prefecture.

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Asian Games: South Korean delegation

Asian Games: South Korean delegation

Members of the South Korean delegation at the Asian Games arrive at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 6, 2026, ahead of the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 games being held mainly in the prefecture.

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Asian Games: Jordanian delegation

Asian Games: Jordanian delegation

Members of the Jordanian delegation at the Asian Games arrive at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 6, 2026, ahead of the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 games being held mainly in the prefecture.

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Asian Games: Jordanian delegation

Asian Games: Jordanian delegation

Members of the Jordanian delegation at the Asian Games arrive at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 6, 2026, ahead of the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 games being held mainly in the prefecture.

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Japan: Sudden Downpour Hits Nagoya, Causing Power Outages 3

Sudden, heavy downpours struck Nagoya and the wider Tokai region on Tuesday afternoon, July 28, causing power outages that affected more than 4,300 homes in Aichi and 3,500 in Gifu.

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Japan: Sudden Downpour Hits Nagoya, Causing Power Outages 2

Sudden, heavy downpours struck Nagoya and the wider Tokai region on Tuesday afternoon, July 28, causing power outages that affected more than 4,300 homes in Aichi and 3,500 in Gifu.

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Japan: Sudden Downpour Hits Nagoya, Causing Power Outages

Sudden, heavy downpours struck Nagoya and the wider Tokai region on Tuesday afternoon, July 28, causing power outages that affected more than 4,300 homes in Aichi and 3,500 in Gifu.

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

OMAEZAKI, Japan, Jan. 9 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Hamaoka nuclear power plant operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 8, 2026. (Kyodo)

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Hamaoka nuclear power plant operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Hamaoka nuclear power plant operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Hamaoka nuclear power plant operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

The Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan's nuclear watchdog, meets in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2026, after revelations that Chubu Electric Power Co. may have misused earthquake data in regulatory screening to restart its nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka speaks during the Japanese nuclear watchdog's meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2026, after revelations that Chubu Electric Power Co. may have misused earthquake data in regulatory screening to restart its nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

The Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan's nuclear watchdog, meets in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2026, after revelations that Chubu Electric Power Co. may have misused earthquake data in regulatory screening to restart its nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka speaks during the Japanese nuclear watchdog's meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2026, after revelations that Chubu Electric Power Co. may have misused earthquake data in regulatory screening to restart its nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Preparations for 2026 Asian Games

Preparations for 2026 Asian Games

An officer checks a vending machine in a high-speed ferry with a security dog at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 26, 2025, as the police and the Japan Coast Guard jointly tighten security ahead of the 2026 Asian Games in the central Japan prefecture.

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Preparations for 2026 Asian Games

Preparations for 2026 Asian Games

An officer checks the interior of a high-speed ferry with a security dog at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 26, 2025, as the police and the Japan Coast Guard jointly tighten security ahead of the 2026 Asian Games in the central Japan prefecture.

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Preparations for 2026 Asian Games

Preparations for 2026 Asian Games

An officer checks the interior of a high-speed ferry with a security dog at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 26, 2025, as the police and the Japan Coast Guard jointly tighten security ahead of the 2026 Asian Games in the central Japan prefecture.

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Autonomous bus test ride

Autonomous bus test ride

A driver takes their hands off the steering wheel in an autonomous bus during a test ride mainly for journalists on Nov. 26, 2025, on an expressway near Chubu Centrair Airport in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Autonomous bus test ride

Autonomous bus test ride

A driver takes their hands off the steering wheel in an autonomous bus during a test ride mainly for journalists on Nov. 26, 2025, on an expressway near Chubu Centrair Airport in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Police sent to Cambodia to transport Japanese scam suspects

Police sent to Cambodia to transport Japanese scam suspects

Officers from Japan's Aichi prefectural police are pictured at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 19, 2025, before departure to Cambodia. About 80 officers are tasked with transporting to Japan 29 Japanese men and women detained in Phnom Penh for suspected involvement in a fraud scheme in Poipet, northwestern Cambodia. ==Kyodo

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[Breaking News]Drones to check electrical substation

A drone flies on a pre-programmed route taking photos and video of a Chubu Electric Power Grid Co. electrical substation in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 11, 2024. The company plans to start utilizing drones to check its facilities on a trial basis from the fall.(Kyodo)

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Drones to check electrical substation

Drones to check electrical substation

A drone flies on a pre-programmed route taking photos and video of a Chubu Electric Power Grid Co. electrical substation in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 11, 2024. The company plans to start utilizing drones to check its facilities on a trial basis from the fall.

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Drones to check electrical substation

Drones to check electrical substation

A drone flies on a pre-programmed route taking photos and video of a Chubu Electric Power Grid Co. electrical substation in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 11, 2024. The company plans to start utilizing drones to check its facilities on a trial basis from the fall.

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Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

The Japan Coast Guard and Aichi prefectural police conduct a joint anti-terrorism drill near Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 27, 2023, in preparation for a three-day meeting from June 16 of the Group of Seven transport ministers in the neighboring Mie Prefecture's Shima.

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Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

The Japan Coast Guard and Aichi prefectural police conduct a joint anti-terrorism drill near Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 27, 2023, in preparation for a three-day meeting from June 16 of the Group of Seven transport ministers in the neighboring Mie Prefecture's Shima.

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Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

The Japan Coast Guard and Aichi prefectural police conduct a joint anti-terrorism drill near Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 27, 2023, in preparation for a three-day meeting from June 16 of the Group of Seven transport ministers in the neighboring Mie Prefecture's Shima.

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Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

The Japan Coast Guard and Aichi prefectural police conduct a joint anti-terrorism drill near Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 27, 2023, in preparation for a three-day meeting from June 16 of the Group of Seven transport ministers in the neighboring Mie Prefecture's Shima.

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Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

The Japan Coast Guard and Aichi prefectural police conduct a joint anti-terrorism drill near Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 27, 2023, in preparation for a three-day meeting from June 16 of the Group of Seven transport ministers in the neighboring Mie Prefecture's Shima.

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Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

The Japan Coast Guard and Aichi prefectural police conduct a joint anti-terrorism drill near Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 27, 2023, in preparation for a three-day meeting from June 16 of the Group of Seven transport ministers in the neighboring Mie Prefecture's Shima.

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Chubu Electric Power headquarters

Chubu Electric Power headquarters

Photo taken March 30, 2023, shows the headquarters of Chubu Electric Power Co. in Nagoya, central Japan.

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Jetstar plane makes emergency landing in Japan after bomb threat

A domestic flight operated by budget carrier Jetstar Japan Co. made an emergency landing on Saturday morning at an international airport in central Japan following a bomb threat, according to the transport ministry and local police. Five passengers sustained minor injuries while evacuating via the airplane's inflatable slide following its arrival in Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi Prefecture at around 7:40 a.m. No one was hospitalized, according to the airline operator. The plane, bound for Fukuoka from Narita airport near Tokyo, had 136 passengers and six crew members. The runway was temporarily closed off. Some 60 flights scheduled to depart from or arrive at Chubu airport were canceled following the incident, which took place at the start of a three-day weekend in Japan. About 30 more flights were delayed for an hour or more. Police cars and ambulances could be seen on the closed-off runway, while in the airport,

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Passengers look exhausted at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 7, 2023, with many flights canceled after a Jetstar plane made an emergency landing following a bomb threat earlier in the day.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Passengers look exhausted at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 7, 2023, with many flights canceled after a Jetstar plane made an emergency landing following a bomb threat earlier in the day.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

A departure lobby at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is crowded with travelers on Jan. 7, 2023, with many flights cancelled after a Jetstar plane made an emergency landing following a bomb threat earlier in the day.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

A departure lobby at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is crowded with travelers on Jan. 7, 2023, with many flights cancelled after a Jetstar plane made an emergency landing following a bomb threat earlier in the day.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

A departure lobby at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is crowded with travelers on Jan. 7, 2023, with many flights cancelled after a Jetstar plane made an emergency landing following a bomb threat earlier in the day.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

A departure lobby at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is crowded with travelers on Jan. 7, 2023, with many flights cancelled after a Jetstar plane made an emergency landing following a bomb threat earlier in the day.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

An airline counter at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is crowded with travelers on Jan. 7, 2023, with many flights cancelled after a Jetstar plane made an emergency landing following a bomb threat earlier in the day.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

A departure lobby at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is crowded with travelers on Jan. 7, 2023, with many flights cancelled after a Jetstar plane made an emergency landing following a bomb threat earlier in the day.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 7, 2023, shows a Jetstar plane at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, after the budget carrier made an emergency landing following a bomb threat. The plane, bound for Fukuoka in southwestern Japan from Narita airport near Tokyo, had 136 passengers and six crew members, with some of them reportedly injured during escape from the aircraft.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 7, 2023, shows a Jetstar plane (bottom) at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, after the budget carrier made an emergency landing following a bomb threat. The plane, bound for Fukuoka in southwestern Japan from Narita airport near Tokyo, had 136 passengers and six crew members, with some of them reportedly injured during escape from the aircraft.

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