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Iwane to assume presidency of Kansai Electric

Shigeki Iwane, who will assume the presidency of Kansai Electric Power Co., attends a press conference in Osaka on March 28, 2016. Iwane will replace Makoto Yagi, who will become chairman, following a general shareholders' meeting in June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric President Iwane

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Shigeki Iwane (R) bows in apology during a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2019, following revelations that he and other executives received payoffs totaling 180 million yen from a former deputy mayor of a central Japan town, where one of the company's nuclear power plants is sited. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric President Iwane

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Shigeki Iwane attends a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2019, following revelations that he and other executives received payoffs totaling 180 million yen from a former deputy mayor of a central Japan town, where one of the company's nuclear power plants is sited. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric President Iwane

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Shigeki Iwane attends a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2019, at which he admitted that 20 people at the company had "improperly" received a total of 320 million yen ($3 million) in money and goods from an individual with strong ties to the town hosting the Takahama complex, one of its nuclear power plants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric President Iwane

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Shigeki Iwane (R) attends a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2019, at which he admitted that 20 people at the company had "improperly" received a total of 320 million yen ($3 million) in money and goods from an individual with strong ties to the town hosting the Takahama complex, one of its nuclear power plants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric President Iwane

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Shigeki Iwane attends a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2019, at which he admitted that 20 people at the company had "improperly" received a total of 320 million yen ($3 million) in money and goods from an individual with strong ties to the town hosting the Takahama complex, one of its nuclear power plants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric President Iwane

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Shigeki Iwane bows after holding a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2019. He said that 20 people at the company had "improperly" received a total of 320 million yen ($3 million) in money and goods from an individual with strong ties to the town hosting the Takahama complex, one of its nuclear power plants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric President Iwane

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Shigeki Iwane attends a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2019, at which he admitted that 20 people at the company had "improperly" received a total of 320 million yen ($3 million) in money and goods from an individual with strong ties to the town hosting the Takahama complex, one of its nuclear power plants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric President Iwane

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Shigeki Iwane bows in apology during a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2019, following revelations that he and other executives received payoffs totaling 180 million yen from a former deputy mayor of a central Japan town, where one of the company's nuclear power plants is sited. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric President Iwane

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Shigeki Iwane attends a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2019, following revelations that he and other executives received payoffs totaling 180 million yen from a former deputy mayor of a central Japan town, where one of the company's nuclear power plants is sited. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric Power's gift scandal

Kansai Electric Power Co.'s new president Takashi Morimoto (2nd from L) and his predecessor Shigeki Iwane (L) bow in apology during a press conference in Osaka on March 14, 2020. Iwane stepped down to take responsibility for a gift scandal involving company executives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric Power's gift scandal

Kansai Electric Power Co.'s new president Takashi Morimoto (2nd from R) and his predecessor Shigeki Iwane (2nd from L) bow after a press conference in Osaka on March 14, 2020. Iwane stepped down to take responsibility for a gift scandal involving company executives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric Power's gift scandal

Kansai Electric Power Co.'s new president Takashi Morimoto (2nd from R) speaks during a press conference in Osaka on March 14, 2020. His predecessor Shigeki Iwane (2nd from L) stepped down to take responsibility for a gift scandal involving company executives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric Power's gift scandal

Kansai Electric Power Co.'s new president Takashi Morimoto (2nd from R) speaks during a press conference in Osaka on March 14, 2020. His predecessor Shigeki Iwane (2nd from L) stepped down to take responsibility for a gift scandal involving company executives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric decides to scrap 2 old Oi nuclear reactors

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Shigeki Iwane speaks to reporters in Fukui, Japan, on Dec. 22, 2017, after meeting with Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa. The company decided to scrap two old reactors at its Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric decides to scrap 2 old Oi nuclear reactors

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Shigeki Iwane speaks to reporters in Fukui, Japan, on Dec. 22, 2017, after meeting with Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa. The company decided to scrap two old reactors at its Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st hydroelectric power plant gets U.S. Milestones award

Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa (L) and Kansai Electric Power Co. President Shigeki Iwane (C) accept the Milestones award from the U.S.-based Institute of Electrical and Electronics in Kyoto on Sept. 12, 2016, for Japan's first commercial hydroelectric power plant, which contributed to local modernization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo