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Kansai Electric to seek reactivation of idled reactors

OSAKA, June 25 Kyodo - Monitor image shows Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi addressing the company's general shareholders' meeting in Osaka on June 25, 2015. Yagi said the utility will make its utmost effort to reactive idled reactors to turn around the business.

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Kansai Electric applies for fresh utilities rate hike

TOKYO, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi meets with reporters at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2014, after the company applied for a fresh electricity rate hike, seeking to increase bills for households by 10.23 percent on average from April amid higher fossil fuel costs after its nuclear reactors were idled.

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Kansai Electric Power seeks hikes in home charges

TOKYO, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi (R) presents a formal application to Takayuki Ueda, commissioner of the Natural Resources and Energy Agency, for an additional increase in electricity bills for households on Dec. 24, 2014.

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Utility to seek operation of 2 old reactors beyond 40 yrs

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi attends a press conference at the utility's headquarters in Osaka, Japan, on Nov. 26, 2014. The utility said it will seek to operate its two reactors at the Takahama nuclear plant beyond the operational limit of 40 years, despite public concerns over the safety of aging nuclear facilities.

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Fate of aged nuke reactors up to utilities

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Yagi, head of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan, says at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2014, that member utilities will make their own decisions on whether to decommission aged nuclear power reactors.

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Kansai Electric likely to be in red in FY 2014

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi attends a press conference in Osaka, Japan, on Oct. 29, 2014. He said the utility may post its fourth straight group net loss in fiscal 2014 unless its idled nuclear reactors come back online, amid surging costs for fossil fuels in the absence of nuclear power following the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns.

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Kansai Electric Power head meets press on April-June results

OSAKA, Japan - Makoto Yagi, president of Kansai Electric Power Co., speaks about the firm's business results in the April-June first quarter of the current business year at a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on July 30, 2014.

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MSDF, 3 western Japan utilities sign alliance

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi (L) and Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Shinsuke Miki, chief of the MSDF Kure District Headquarters, pose for photos in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 9, 2014, after signing an agreement to cooperate in dealing with disasters.

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Kansai Electric Power president meets press

OSAKA, Japan - Makoto Yagi, president of Kansai Electric Power Co., meets the press in Osaka on June 26, 2014, following the utility's general shareholders meeting.

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Kansai Electric logs 1st-half profit

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi holds a press conference on the company's business performance in Osaka on Oct. 30, 2013. The company said it returned to the black with a group net profit of 15.08 billion yen in the April-September first half, but Yagi warned of a potentially severe deterioration in the company's full-year results.

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Kansai Electric seeks 11% household electricity rate hike

TOKYO, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi (R) hands Natural Resources and Energy Agency chief Ichiro Takahara a document at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2012, seeking approval for a household electricity rate hike by an average 11.88 percent from April 1.

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Kansai Electric mulling electricity rate hikes

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi is pictured during a press conference at the utility's head office in the city of Osaka on Oct. 29, 2012. Yagi said Kansai Electric is considering hiking electricity charges for all of its customers, increasing the likelihood it will become the first utility after Tokyo Electric Power Co. to resort to such action to address business conditions following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis.

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Kansai Electric mulling electricity rate hikes

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi is pictured during a press conference at the utility's head office in the city of Osaka on Oct. 29, 2012. Yagi said Kansai Electric is considering hiking electricity charges for all of its customers, increasing the likelihood it will become the first utility after Tokyo Electric Power Co. to resort to such action to address business conditions following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis.

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Kansai Electric to incur record April-Sept. net loss

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi speaks during a press conference at the utility's head office in Osaka on Sept. 20, 2012. Yagi announced the utility may incur a record group net loss of 125 billion yen for the April-September half year as most of its nuclear reactors remained idle.

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Timetable presented for reactor reactivation

TOKYO, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi answers reporters' questions at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on April 9, 2012, after presenting to industry minister Yukio Edano a timetable for the implementation of safety measures as a step to restart the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.

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Power saving request extended to western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Officials of Kansai Electric Power Co., including president Makoto Yagi (2nd from L), hold a press conference at the utility's head office in Osaka on July 20, 2011. The central government on the same day expanded the scope of its request for power-saving efforts to western areas in addition to eastern Japan, in the wake of problems that recently halted operations at a nuclear reactor and a coal-fired power plant.

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Kansai Electric shareholders meeting

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi speaks at a shareholders meeting in Osaka on June 29, 2011. Yagi apologized for the utility's request for people to cut power consumption by around 15 percent due to an expected electricity shortage this summer.

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Kansai Electric seeks 15% power cut

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi speaks during a press conference in Osaka on June 10, 2011. He said the utility firm will ask households and firms in its service area in western Japan to voluntarily cut power consumption by around 15 percent from July 1 to Sept. 22 due to an expected electricity shortage this summer.

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Kansai Electric chief Yagi

TOKYO, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 15, 2011. Yagi was elected the same day as new chairman of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan, succeeding Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Masataka Shimizu, who resigned from the federation post to devote himself to solve the crisis at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crippled by the March 11 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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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 restarts reactor under post-Fukushima rules

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi attends a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 26, 2016, following the reactivation of the No. 4 reactor at the utility's Takahama plant. Yagi vowed to "give top priority to safe plant operations." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric restarts reactor under post-Fukushima rules

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi attends a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 26, 2016, following the reactivation of the No. 4 reactor at the utility's Takahama plant. Yagi vowed to "give top priority to safe plant operations." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shiga Pref., Takahama nuclear plant operator sign safety accord

(From L) Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi, Shiga Gov. Taizo Mikazuki and Takashima Mayor Masaaki Fukui shake hands in Otsu, Japan, on Jan. 25, 2016, after the Shiga prefectural government signed an agreement with Kansai Electric on safety issues concerning its Takahama nuclear power plant, ahead of its planned restart later in the week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric begins loading fuel to restart nuclear reactor

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi attends a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 25, 2015. Hailing a court decision to lift an injunction banning the utility from restarting two reactors at its Takahama nuclear power plant on the Sea of Japan coast, Yagi said, "We will put top priority on the safety of the work" for the restart. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't OKs Kansai Electric's latest electricity bill hike

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi (R) receives in Tokyo a certificate from Takayuki Ueda, chief of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, for the company's plan to raise household electricity bills on May 18, 2015. "We will do our utmost to reactivate nuclear plants that have been confirmed safe as soon as possible to lower electricity bills," Yagi told reporters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric to raise household electricity rate by 8.36%

Makoto Yagi, president of Kansai Electric Power Co., speaks at a press conference in the western Japanese city of Osaka on May 12, 2015, after the government's announcement that the company will raise its electricity bills for households by an average of 8.36 percent from June 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric seeks to keep 2 aging reactors beyond 40 years

Makoto Yagi, president of Kansai Electric Power Co., holds a press conference in Osaka on April 30, 2015, on the utility's earnings results for the year ended March 31. Kansai Electric reported a group net loss of 148.38 billion yen in the business year for the fourth straight year of red ink, weighed on by increased fuel costs for thermal power generation that has made up for the absence of nuclear energy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Elec., Thailand's EGAT seal info exchange deal

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi (R) shakes hands with Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand Governor Soonchai Kumnoonsate at a signing ceremony for information exchanges on the Southeast Asia region held in Osaka on March 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto Pref., Kansai Electric sign nuclear safety accord

(From L) Makoto Yagi, president of Kansai Electric Power Co., Keiji Yamada, governor of Kyoto Prefecture, and Ryozo Tatami, mayor of Maizuru in Kyoto Prefecture, pose for a photo after signing a trilateral nuclear safety accord at the Kyoto prefectural government offices on Feb. 27, 2015. The accord gives the two local governments more say over the utility's operation of nuclear reactors in nearby Fukui Prefecture and greater access to related information. The city of Maizuru is located less than 5 kilometers away from the Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric Power seeks 20-year extension of aging reactor

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi speaks at a news conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 26, 2015, after applying to the Nuclear Regulation Authority for permission to extend by two decades the operation of one of the nuclear reactors at its Mihama plant in Fukui Prefecture beyond the government-mandated 40-year service life. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Power saving request extended to western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Officials of Kansai Electric Power Co., including president Makoto Yagi (2nd from L), hold a press conference at the utility's head office in Osaka on July 20, 2011. The central government on the same day expanded the scope of its request for power-saving efforts to western areas in addition to eastern Japan, in the wake of problems that recently halted operations at a nuclear reactor and a coal-fired power plant. (Kyodo)

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Kansai Electric shareholders meeting

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi speaks at a shareholders meeting in Osaka on June 29, 2011. Yagi apologized for the utility's request for people to cut power consumption by around 15 percent due to an expected electricity shortage this summer. (Kyodo)

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Kansai Electric seeks 15% power cut

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi speaks during a press conference in Osaka on June 10, 2011. He said the utility firm will ask households and firms in its service area in western Japan to voluntarily cut power consumption by around 15 percent from July 1 to Sept. 22 due to an expected electricity shortage this summer. (Kyodo)

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Timetable presented for reactor reactivation

TOKYO, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi answers reporters' questions at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on April 9, 2012, after presenting to industry minister Yukio Edano a timetable for the implementation of safety measures as a step to restart the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Kansai Electric chief Yagi

TOKYO, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 15, 2011. Yagi was elected the same day as new chairman of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan, succeeding Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Masataka Shimizu, who resigned from the federation post to devote himself to solve the crisis at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crippled by the March 11 earthquake-tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

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Kansai Electric likely to be in red in FY 2014

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi attends a press conference in Osaka, Japan, on Oct. 29, 2014. He said the utility may post its fourth straight group net loss in fiscal 2014 unless its idled nuclear reactors come back online, amid surging costs for fossil fuels in the absence of nuclear power following the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns. (Kyodo)

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Kansai Electric Power head meets press on April-June results

OSAKA, Japan - Makoto Yagi, president of Kansai Electric Power Co., speaks about the firm's business results in the April-June first quarter of the current business year at a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on July 30, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Kansai Electric Power president meets press

OSAKA, Japan - Makoto Yagi, president of Kansai Electric Power Co., meets the press in Osaka on June 26, 2014, following the utility's general shareholders meeting. (Kyodo)

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Kansai Electric Chairman Yagi

Makoto Yagi, chairman of Kansai Electric Power Co., addresses the press outside his home in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, 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 Chairman Yagi

Makoto Yagi, chairman of Kansai Electric Power Co., addresses the press outside his home in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, 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 Chairman Yagi

Makoto Yagi, chairman of Kansai Electric Power Co., addresses the press outside his home in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, 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