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Aging Takahama nuclear reactor restarted after 12-year halt

People gather near the No. 1 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in the Fukui Prefecture town of Takahama on July 28, 2023, to protest against the restart the same day of the 48-year-old reactor, Japan's oldest, after a 12-year halt in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Aging Takahama nuclear reactor restarted after 12-year halt

People gather near the No. 1 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in the Fukui Prefecture town of Takahama on July 28, 2023, to protest against the restart the same day of the 48-year-old reactor, Japan's oldest, after a 12-year halt in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Aging Takahama nuclear reactor restarted after 12-year halt

Photo taken on July 28, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 1 reactor (R) at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in the Fukui Prefecture town of Takahama. The reactor was restarted the same day after a 12-year halt in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, making it the oldest operating reactor in Japan as it started commercial operation 48 years ago.

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Aging Takahama nuclear reactor restarted after 12-year halt

People gather near the No. 1 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in the Fukui Prefecture town of Takahama on July 28, 2023, to protest against the restart the same day of the 48-year-old reactor, Japan's oldest, after a 12-year halt in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Aging Takahama nuclear reactor restarted after 12-year halt

Photo taken on July 28, 2023, shows the No. 1 reactor (C) at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in the Fukui Prefecture town of Takahama. The reactor was restarted the same day after a 12-year halt in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, making it the oldest operating reactor in Japan as it started commercial operation 48 years ago.

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CORRECTED: Aging Takahama nuclear reactor restarted after 12-year halt

Photo taken on July 28, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 1 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in the Fukui Prefecture town of Takahama. The reactor was restarted the same day after a 12-year halt in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, making it the oldest operating reactor in Japan as it started commercial operation 48 years ago.

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Aging Takahama nuclear reactor restarted after 12-year halt

People gather near the No. 1 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in the Fukui Prefecture town of Takahama on July 28, 2023, to protest against the restart the same day of the 48-year-old reactor, Japan's oldest, after a 12-year halt in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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JAPAN-TOKYO-PROTEST-NUCLEAR-CONTAMINATED WASTEWATER

(230312) -- TOKYO, March 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A sign that reads "do not dump contaminated wastewater into the sea" is pictured during a protest near the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) in Tokyo, Japan, March 11, 2023. Saturday marks the 12th year after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit northeast Japan, which is also known in the country as the Great East Japan Earthquake. On March 11, 2011, an ensuing tsunami also led to core meltdowns at the Fukushima power plant operated by TEPCO, resulting in a level-7 nuclear accident. The Japanese government said in January that starting in this spring or summer, over 1 million tons of radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant will be released into the Pacific. In front of the TEPCO headquarters in Tokyo, a large number of people gathered early Saturday to express their strong opposition to the discharge plan by holding various banners and signs, or handing out leaflets. TO GO WITH "Feature: 12 years after Fukushima quake, Ja

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Restoration of 'miracle pine'

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A part of the trunk of the "miracle pine" that initially withstood the massive March 2011 tsunami is suspended from a crane to be planted into the ground in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2013, as restoration of the tree reached the final stage. The remnants of the tree were dissected in September 2012 into several parts for anti-decay treatment.

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NRA chief inspects Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka (R, front), chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, walks by radioactive water tanks during his inspection at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Okuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 12, 2014. (Pool photo)

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High school student reports on recovery event in Paris

TOKYO, Japan - Haruna Shiraiwa, a third-year student at Fukushima Prefectural Taira Commercial High School, reports in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2014, on "The Rebirth of Tohoku - WA," an event in Paris conducted by high school students from the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku to describe its recovery from the March 2011 disaster and promote the region's attractions.

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New Fukushima Gov. goes to office for 1st time

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - New Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori arrives at the governor's office for the first time in his capacity on Nov. 12, 2014. He was elected in the first gubernatorial election on Oct. 26 after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident in March 2011.

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Kesennuma city before and after 2011 disaster

SENDAI, Japan - An aerial view of Kesennuma (above), Miyagi Prefecture, photographed from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 12, 2011, the day after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan, marks a sharp contrast with another photo of the same place (below) taken on Sept. 1, 2014, following the readjustment of tsunami-erased land lots in the area.

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Fukushima nuclear plant chief feared catastrophe for eastern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Pool photo taken Nov. 12, 2011, shows Masao Yoshida, chief of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaking to reporters at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture. According to government documents obtained by Kyodo News on Aug. 30, 2014, Yoshida said in testimony before his death that he had feared catastrophic damage to eastern Japan while he was struggling to contain the crisis in March 2011. The government will release his 400-page testimony in September.

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Asteroid named after disaster-hit town in Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Koichi Miyamoto (C), mayor of Tomioka Town in Fukushima Prefecture, points to a photograph of the asteroid named "Tomiokamachi" in the prefectural city of Koriyama on Aug. 12, 2014. The asteroid was discovered by an astronomer of Dynic Astropark, a commercial observatory in Taga Town, Shiga Prefecture, in 1992 and was registered with the International Astronomical Union in July this year under the name in the hope of the town's rapid recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. On the right of Miyamoto is Susumu Takahashi, head of the observatory.

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Child sets up candle on quake anniversary in Nagano village

NAGANO, Japan - A child sets up a candle on a snow-made mount in Sakae village, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on March 12, 2014, in hopes of recovery from an earthquake that hit three years ago. The temblor rocked the region a day after the powerful 3/11 quake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan in 2011.

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South Koreans also pray for 3/11 disaster victims

SEOUL, South Korea - Buddhist monks and believers gather at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul, South Korea, on March 12, 2014, to commemorate victims of the 3/11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku in 2011.

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Leica gives girl of quake-hit area camera

TOKYO, Japan - Airi Sato, an 18-year-old high school student from Miyagi Prefecture, holds a monochrome camera given to her by Andreas Kaufmann (R), a senior executive of Leica Camera AG, at the German camera maker's shop in Tokyo's Ginza area on March 12, 2014. The girl who was chief of the camera club at Shiroishi Technical High School in an area hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake said she will keep photographing the images of the stricken northeastern Japan areas.

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Leica gives girl of quake-hit area camera

TOKYO, Japan - Airi Sato, an 18-year-old high school student from Miyagi Prefecture, holds a monochrome camera given to her by Andreas Kaufmann (R), a senior executive of Leica Camera AG, at the German camera maker's shop in Tokyo's Ginza area on March 12, 2014. The girl who was chief of the camera club at Shiroishi Technical High School in an area hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake said she will keep photographing the images of the stricken northeastern Japan areas.

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Kansai Electric Power briefs on Oi nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - An official of Kansai Electric Power Co. explains the situation at its Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, at a session of the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Tokyo on March 12, 2014. The plant remains idle in the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Guardian deity carved out of tsunami-hit cherry trees

SENDAI, Japan - A 60-centimeter-tall Jizo, a guardian deity of children, made of wood from two cherry trees that temporarily survived the March 2011 massive tsunami in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, is pictured on March 12, 2014. A consecration ceremony was held in the town the same day.

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Guardian deity carved out of tsunami-hit cherry trees

SENDAI, Japan - A consecration ceremony is held on March 12, 2014, in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, for a 60-centimeter-tall Jizo, a guardian deity of children, carved out of wood from two cherry trees that temporarily survived the March 2011 massive tsunami in the town.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show the Yuriage area of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), a day after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2014 (R).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Shizugawa area of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), a day after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2014 (bottom).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show the Arahama area of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), a day after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2014 (bottom).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show an area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), a day after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 28, 2014 (bottom).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Yoshida area of Watari town, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), a day after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R), complete with a greenhouse complex to grow strawberries.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Arahama area of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), the day of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (bottom).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Shishiori area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R). Work began Sept. 9, 2013, to dismantle the fishing vessel Kyotoku Maru No. 18 (front in both) that was washed ashore by the tsunami and has remained stranded.

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Undersea debris

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken with a fisheye lens on July 12, 2013 at about 25 meters deep in the Pacific Ocean off Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, shows a tower-like aggregation of debris from the March 2011 tsunami, including ropes from fish farming facilities and crushed fishing gears.

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Undersea debris

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken with a fisheye lens on July 12, 2013 at about 25 meters deep in the Pacific Ocean off Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, shows a tower-like aggregation of debris from the March 2011 tsunami, including ropes from fish farming facilities and crushed fishing gears.

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JETRO official supports Japan firms in Yangon

YANGON, Myanmar - Toshihiro Mizutani, an official at the Japan External Trade Organization's Yangon office, speaks on March 12, 2013, at the office about his job. Since 2011, Mizutani has provided information and support to Japanese companies considering advancing into Myanmar.

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2 years after quake

NAMIE, Japan - Photos show a road jammed with evacuating cars in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan that triggered a nuclear disaster in the prefecture, and the same location on Feb. 28, 2013, where a checkpoint for a no-entry zone has been set up.

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2 years after quake

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show a baseball field in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same field on March 3, 2013.

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2 years after quake

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show the Haramachi thermal power plant in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same plant on March 5, 2013.

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2 years after quake

NAMIE, Japan - Photos show a road jammed with evacuating cars in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan that triggered a nuclear disaster in the prefecture, and the same location on March 1, 2013. It is empty as the area has been designated a no-entry zone.

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2 years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Photos show an elementary school in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same school on Feb. 27, 2013. The building is expected to be demolished and the school merged with another nearby.

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2 years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show an area in the town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same area on March 3, 2013.

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2 years after quake

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photos show a gym at a junior high school in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same gym on March 3, 2013, being used by basketball club members.

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2 years after quake

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same location on March 4, 2013, with the fishing boat Kyotoku Maru No. 18, which was washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami, still aground.

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2 years after quake

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photos show an area near Rikuzenyahagi Station on the JR Ofunato Line in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same location on March 3, 2013. Train services on some sections of the line, including the station, have been suspended since the disaster.

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2 years after quake

MIYAKO, Japan - Photos show a road in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same road on March 1, 2013.

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Seeds of Fukushima cherry blossom tree donated to Britain

LONDON, Britain - Mizuki Murakami (L) and Kaito Tauchi (R), both 12 years old, of Nakasato elementary school in the town of Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, hold seeds collected from a famed cherry blossom tree in the prefecture at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew in London on Nov. 15, 2012. They delivered the seeds on their classmates' behalf to Kew Gardens to express their gratitude for Britain's support for those affected by the March 2011 disaster.

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Seeds of Fukushima cherry blossom tree donated to Britain

LONDON, Britain - Mizuki Murakami (R), along with Kaito Tauchi (C), hands a panel expressing thoughts on the Anglo-Japanese friendship to a staff member of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew in London on Nov. 15, 2012. The two, both 12 years old, of Nakasato elementary school in the town of Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, delivered on their classmates' behalf seeds collected from a famed cherry blossom tree in the prefecture to Kew Gardens to express their gratitude for Britain's support for those affected by the March 2011 disaster.

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Fukushima peaches sold abroad for 1st time since crisis

BANGKOK, Thailand - Peaches grown in Fukushima Prefecture are displayed for sale at a department store in Bangkok on Sept. 12, 2012, which is the first time for Fukushima grown fruits to have been exported abroad since the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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"Miracle pine" cut down for preservation

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo shows the so-called "miracle pine" tree, all the braches of which have been cut off, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 12, 2012. The city conducted the project to move the tree for preservation, after the roots of the plant that survived the March 2011 tsunami were found to be dying from exposure to seawater.

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"Miracle pine" cut down for preservation

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo sequence shows the so-called "miracle pine" tree in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, being cut down on Sept. 12, 2012. The city conducted the project to move the tree for preservation, after the roots of the plant that survived the March 2011 tsunami were found to be dying from exposure to seawater.

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"Miracle pine" cut down for preservation

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo shows the so-called "miracle pine" tree after being cut off from its roots in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 12, 2012. The city conducted the project to move the tree for preservation, after the roots of the plant that survived the March 2011 tsunami were found to be dying from exposure to seawater.

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"Miracle pine" cut down for preservation

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo shows the so-called "miracle pine" tree falling in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 12, 2012, after being cut off from its roots. The city conducted the project to move the tree for preservation, after the roots of the plant that survived the March 2011 tsunami were found to be dying from exposure to seawater.

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Google, Twitter to analyze Net data to help disaster victims

TOKYO, Japan - Tomoe Makino, partnership director of the Japanese unit of social media Twitter, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2012. The Japanese units of U.S. Internet giant Google Inc. and Twitter said the same day they will analyze data circulated on the Internet after the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan to explore ways to support disaster victims more effectively.