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[Breaking News]TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 25 Kyodo - Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. TEPCO plans to restart the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 20, the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. (Kyodo)

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TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. TEPCO plans to restart the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 20, the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

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TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. TEPCO plans to restart the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 20, the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

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Dong New Year at Zhaoxing Dong Village - Chin

A performance team parades during an event in celebration of Dong New Year at Zhaoxing Dong village of Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 20, 2025. Dong New Year, a traditional festival for harvest and gathering, was enlisted as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in 2011. Various activities were held in Liping County over the weekend. Photo by Tao Liang /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dong New Year at Zhaoxing Dong Village - Chin

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 20, 2025 shows tourists and people of Dong ethnic group celebrating the Dong New Year at Zhaoxing Dong village of Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Dong New Year, a traditional festival for harvest and gathering, was enlisted as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in 2011. Various activities were held in Liping County over the weekend. Photo by Tao Liang /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dong New Year at Zhaoxing Dong Village - Chin

A performance team parades during an event in celebration of Dong New Year at Zhaoxing Dong village of Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 20, 2025. Dong New Year, a traditional festival for harvest and gathering, was enlisted as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in 2011. Various activities were held in Liping County over the weekend. Photo by Tao Liang /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dong New Year at Zhaoxing Dong Village - Chin

A performance team parades during an event in celebration of Dong New Year at Zhaoxing Dong village of Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 20, 2025. Dong New Year, a traditional festival for harvest and gathering, was enlisted as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in 2011. Various activities were held in Liping County over the weekend. Photo by Tao Liang /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dong New Year at Zhaoxing Dong Village - Chin

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 20, 2025 shows a performance team parading during an event in celebration of Dong New Year at Zhaoxing Dong village of Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Dong New Year, a traditional festival for harvest and gathering, was enlisted as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in 2011. Various activities were held in Liping County over the weekend. Photo by Tao Liang /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dong New Year at Zhaoxing Dong Village - Chin

A performance team parades during an event in celebration of Dong New Year at Zhaoxing Dong village of Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 20, 2025. Dong New Year, a traditional festival for harvest and gathering, was enlisted as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in 2011. Various activities were held in Liping County over the weekend. Photo by Tao Liang /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dong New Year at Zhaoxing Dong Village - Chin

People sing the grand song of the Dong ethnic group at a drum tower during an event in celebration of Dong New Year at Zhaoxing Dong village of Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 20, 2025. Dong New Year, a traditional festival for harvest and gathering, was enlisted as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in 2011. Various activities were held in Liping County over the weekend. Photo by Tao Liang /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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NRA head inspects portable pumps at Sendai nuke plant

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (far L)) and others inspect a depot storing portable pumps at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2014. The plant is first to meet the NRA's toughened regulations after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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NRA head inspects Kyushu Electric's Sendai nuke plant

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (2nd from R) and others inspect waterproof facilities in a seawater pumping area at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2014. The plant is the first to meet the NRA's toughened regulations after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Evacuees from Fukushima disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 20, 2013, shows temporary housing in the city of Fukushima for evacuees from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. The government adopted new policies the same day to accelerate recovery from the disaster, featuring more financial aid for plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. and support for evacuees seeking to start new lives elsewhere.

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Evacuees from Fukushima disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 20, 2013, shows a lounge, part of a temporary housing complex in the city of Fukushima for evacuees from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. The government adopted new policies the same day to accelerate recovery from the disaster, featuring more financial aid for plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. and support for evacuees seeking to start new lives elsewhere.

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'Outsider' supporters help disaster-hit residents rebuild

SENDAI, Japan - A workshop for ''reconstruction supporters'' is held on Dec. 20, 2012, in Sendai to discuss the challenges and problems in helping victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Miss Japan 2012 Hara

LAS VEGAS, United States - Ayako Hara, who represented Japan at the Miss Universe 2012 pageant in Las Vegas, is interviewed by Kyodo News in the U.S. city on Dec. 20, 2012. Hara, 24, who is from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, failed to make it to the shortlist of 16 competitors in the pageant held the previous day, which was won by American Olivia Culpo, 20.

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BOJ to conclude review on inflation goal in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2011 shows the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo. The BOJ decided Dec. 20, 2012, to further ease its monetary policy and said it aims to conclude a review of its inflation goal at its next policy meeting in January 2013, as demanded by presumptive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has proposed setting an inflation target of 2 percent.

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Polish woman aims to be pro 'shogi' player

TOKYO, Japan - Karolina Styczynska, a 20-year-old Polish university student, plays ''shogi,'' a Japanese game similar to chess, with another student on Dec. 12, 2011, at her home in Warsaw. (Photo by Aleksander Dunin, Kyodo News contract cameraman)

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Diplomatic corps make condolence visit to Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Members of diplomatic corps pay a visit to Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang on Dec. 20, 2011, where the body of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il lies in state.

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Envoys sign condolence book for Kim Jong Il

NEW YORK, United States - A condolence book for North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is placed at the North Korean permanent mission to the United Nations in New York on Dec. 20, 2011. U.N. Deputy Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro and other diplomats have signed the book.

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Thai premier meets Suu Kyi

YANGON, Myanmar - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (R) and Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi meet at the Thai ambassador's residence in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, on Dec. 20, 2011. They discussed recent developments in Myanmar. (Pool photo)

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Film director Morita dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2006 shows Japanese film director Yoshimitsu Morita, who died of acute liver failure at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 20, 2011. He was 61.

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Lady Gaga arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - American pop singer Lady Gaga arrives at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Dec. 20, 2011.

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Envoys sign condolence book for Kim Jong Il

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Deputy Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro (C) visits the North Korean permanent mission to the United Nations in New York on Dec. 20, 2011. She signed a condolence book for the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Envoys sign condolence book for Kim Jong Il

NEW YORK, United States - China's Ambassador to the United Nations Li Baodong answers questions by reporters in front of the North Korean permanent mission to the United Nations in New York on Dec. 20, 2011. He signed a condolence book for the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Lady Gaga arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - American pop singer Lady Gaga arrives at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Dec. 20, 2011.

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Lady Gaga arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - American pop singer Lady Gaga arrives at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Dec. 20, 2011.

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N. Korean soldier at China border

DANDONG, China - A North Korean soldier, standing near the country's flag being flown at half-mast, is seen from an area in Dandong in Liaoning Province on the China-North Korea border on Dec. 20, 2011, a day after Pyongyang announced the death of the country's leader Kim Jong Il.

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Mourners at N. Korean diplomatic facility in Dandong

DANDONG, China - North Koreans living in Dandong in Liaoning Province, China, visit their country's diplomatic facility in the city on the border with North Korea on Dec. 20, 2011, to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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N. Korean soldiers at China border

DANDONG, China - Patrolling North Korean soldiers are seen from an area in Dandong in Liaoning Province on the China-North Korea border on Dec. 20, 2011, a day after Pyongyang announced the death of the country's leader Kim Jong Il.

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Mourners at N. Korean diplomatic facility in Dandong

DANDONG, China - North Koreans living in Dandong in Liaoning Province, China, visit their country's diplomatic facility in the city on the border with North Korea on Dec. 20, 2011, to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Kim Jong Il's body lies in state

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The body of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il lies in state at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang on Dec. 20, 2011.

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Mourners see Kim Jong Il's body

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Mourners cry in front of the body of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il lying in state at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang on Dec. 20, 2011.

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Mourners see Kim Jong Il's body

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Mourners cry after seeing the body of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il lying in state at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang on Dec. 20, 2011.

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Kim Jong Il's body lies in state

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The body of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il lies in state at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang on Dec. 20, 2011.

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Kim Jong Il's body lies in state

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The body of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il lies in state at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang on Dec. 20, 2011.

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Mourners see Kim Jong Il's body

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Mourners cry after seeing the body of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il lying in state at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang on Dec. 20, 2011.

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Renowned Japanese writers at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Award-winning Japanese novelists Jiro Asada, Arimasa Osawa, Mariko Hayashi and Keigo Higashino attend a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2011. A group of renowned writers and cartoonists, including the four novelists, filed a suit with the Tokyo District Court the same day seeking a court order to stop digital book scanning services, alleging copyright infringement. They argue that such book scanning services could lead to the mass proliferation of pirated works on the Internet and hinder the formation of a digital book market.

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Japanese Defense Minister Ichikawa

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2011.

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Bridge at Russia-N. Korea border

KHASAN, Russia - Photo taken Dec. 20, 2011, shows an area in Khasan in the Russian Far East near a railroad bridge connecting Russia (front) and North Korea (back) over the frozen Tumen River.

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Japanese Princess Akiko

KYOTO, Japan - Princess Akiko, a member of the Japanese Imperial Household, is interviewed by Kyodo News at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2011, ahead of her 30th birthday on Dec. 20. The princess, a researcher on Japanese art, has been working as a postdoctoral fellow at the university's Kinugasa Research Organization since October 2009. Her father is Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito.

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Japanese actor Taro Yamamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actor Taro Yamamoto holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2011. The 37-year-old actor, who has been calling for the elimination of nuclear power generation in Japan, lamented that the movement against nuclear power in the country, while showing some momentum in the wake of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, is not on a par with similar movements in other countries.

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Japanese Princess Akiko

KYOTO, Japan - Princess Akiko, a member of the Japanese Imperial Household, is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2011, ahead of her 30th birthday on Dec. 20. The princess, a researcher on Japanese art, has been working as a postdoctoral fellow at the university's Kinugasa Research Organization since October 2009. Her father is Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito.

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S. Korean soldiers in border area

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean soldiers are on guard near Imjin River along the military demarcation line with North Korea on Dec. 20, 2011, the day after North Korea announced the death of leader Kim Jong Il.

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Hitachi Pres. Nakanishi in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Hiroaki Nakanishi is interviewed at the company's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2011. He said that it is unlikely Hitachi will invest in Olympus Corp. or buy its medical equipment business as Hitachi foresees no synergistic benefits with its own medical business.

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Emperor Akihito, PM Noda at year-end luncheon

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) talk at an annual year-end luncheon hosted by the emperor for government officials at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2011. Farm minister Michihiko Kano is seated to the emperor's right. (Pool photo)

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S. Koreans react to Kim Jong Il's death

SEOUL, South Korea - Demonstrators rally before a government building in Seoul on Dec. 20, 2011, demanding the South Korean government not express condolences over the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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S. Koreans react to Kim Jong Il's death

SEOUL, South Korea - Demonstrators rally before a government building in Seoul on Dec. 20, 2011, demanding the South Korean government not express condolences over the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Tohoku Electric launches mega-solar power plant

AOMORI, Japan - Tohoku Electric Power Co. launches commercial operation of a mega-solar power plant in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Dec. 20, 2011. The utility's first commercial solar power plant with a capacity of 1,500 kilowatts can produce about 1.6 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually to cover 500 households. It consists of some 10,000 solar cell panels installed on a 50,000-square-meter site.

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Tohoku Electric launches mega-solar power plant

AOMORI, Japan - Tohoku Electric Power Co. launches commercial operation of a mega-solar power plant in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Dec. 20, 2011. The utility's first commercial solar power plant with a capacity of 1,500 kilowatts can produce about 1.6 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually to cover 500 households. It consists of some 10,000 solar cell panels installed on a 50,000-square-meter site.