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TEPCO, Fukushima ink safety pact on reactor decommissioning

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose (front L) talks with Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (2nd from R) and the mayors of two towns hosting TEPCO's nuclear power plant on Jan. 7, 2015, in Fukushima city, northeastern Japan, after concluding a new safety agreement incorporating provisions on plant decommissioning.

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TEPCO logs April-Sept. group net profit of 290 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., announces the utility's earnings for the April-September half at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2014. The operator of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant reported a group net profit of 290.15 billion yen for the period, citing its cost-cutting efforts.

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Village head asks TEPCO to resume nuke plant construction

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuo Echizen (L), mayor of Higashidori, Aomori Prefecture, presents Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), with a written request at TEPCO's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2014, for the utility to resume the suspended construction of a nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan village.

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TEPCO to tie up with Chubu Electric on thermal power generation

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Hirose (front), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and Akihisa Mizuno, president of Chubu Electric Power Co., hold a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 7, 2014. The utilities reached a basic agreement the same day on a tie-up to strengthen thermal power generation.

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TEPCO to tie up with Chubu Electric on thermal power generation

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Hirose (R), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and Akihisa Mizuno, president of Chubu Electric Power Co., shake hands after a joint press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 7, 2014. The utilities reached a basic agreement the same day on a tie-up to strengthen thermal power generation.

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TEPCO head confident of shielding toxic water in trenches

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose tells the Fukushima Prefectural Assembly's special session on Aug. 20, 2014, that the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is determined to complete a plan to freeze all walls shielding highly toxic water in underground trenches in the compounds of the No. 2 reactor facing the sea.

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TEPCO logs 1st pretax profit in 4 yrs for April-June qtr.

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose announces the company's earnings report for the April-June quarter on July 31, 2014, in Tokyo, Japan. TEPCO turned to the black on a group pretax basis in the reporting period for the first time in the four years since the 2011 nuclear crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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TEPCO president speaks at shareholders meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks during the utility's general shareholders meeting in Tokyo on June 26, 2014, as seen in this photo taken from a monitor screen.

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Ceremony for new recruits

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Hirose (standing), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks at a welcome ceremony for new recruits at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on April 1, 2014.

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3 years after Japan quake-tsunami

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose (L) observes a moment of silence at the utility's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2014, the third anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear crisis at the plant. (Pool photo)

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Niigata governor

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida speaks with reporters after a meeting with Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., at the prefectural government offices on Jan. 16, 2014.

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TEPCO president

NIIGATA, Japan - Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., meets the press after holding talks with Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida at the prefectural government offices on Jan. 16, 2014.

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Gov't OKs new business turnaround plan for TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) meets with Naomi Hirose (L), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and other TEPCO executives at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2014. Motegi gave them government approval for a new business turnaround plan for the utility, saddled with a huge financial burden following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Gov't OKs new business turnaround plan for TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., saddled with a huge financial burden following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, speaks at a news conference at TEPCO's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2014, after the government approved the company's new business turnaround plan.

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State-backed fund agrees on new business rehabilitation plan for TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe (2nd from L), chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. speaks at a meeting of the top decision-making committee of the Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund, in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2013, with TEPCO President Naomi Hirose seated next to him. The panel agreed in principle on a new business turnaround plan for TEPCO.

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TEPCO logs group net profit

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose gives a press conference on the utility's earnings in the first half of fiscal 2013 at the company's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013. TEPCO reported a group net profit of 616.20 billion yen for the April-September period, swinging into the black on a half-year basis for the first time since the nuclear disaster at its Fukushima Daiichi complex in 2011.

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Nuclear regulator, TEPCO president meet

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose (L) bows during a meeting with Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (2nd from R) in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2013.

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TEPCO president

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2013.

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Diet hearing on TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose attends a House of Representatives panel session in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2013. The panel held a hearing on the leaking of radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Diet hearing on TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose attends a House of Representatives panel session in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2013. The panel held a hearing on the leaking of radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Diet hearing on TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose attends a House of Representatives panel session in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2013. The panel held a hearing on the leaking of radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Diet hearing on TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose attends a House of Representatives panel session in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2013. The panel held a hearing on the leaking of radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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TEPCO president, Niigata governor

NIIGATA, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose bows to Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida at the Niigata prefectural government hall in the city of Niigata on Sept. 25, 2013. TEPCO said it will install additional safety equipment at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in the prefecture in an apparent effort to secure local approval for its application for a state safety assessment of the plant's two idled reactors.

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Fishermen protest TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kishi (R), head of Japan's national fisheries cooperatives federation known as Zengyoren, hands a letter of protest to Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose (L) in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2013. The fishermen protested the leak of radioactive water at the utility's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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TEPCO vows to concentrate resources on managing radioactive water

NARAHA, Japan - Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., attends a press conference at the company's Fukushima head office in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 26, 2013. Hirose said TEPCO will concentrate its resources on managing the massive amount of radioactive water stored at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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TEPCO restructuring plan

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Kazuhiko Shimokobe (L) and President Naomi Hirose attend a meeting of the decision-making board of the Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013, where they reported on the state of the company's 10-year restructuring plan.

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TEPCO logs group net profit

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose announces the utility's quarterly earnings at the company head office in Tokyo on July 31, 2013. TEPCO reported a group net profit of 437.93 billion yen for the April to June quarter, but fuel costs for thermal power generation to make up for the loss of nuclear power generation following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi complex disaster continued to weigh heavily on the utility.

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TEPCO logs group net profit

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose announces the utility's quarterly earnings at the company head office in Tokyo on July 31, 2013. TEPCO reported a group net profit of 437.93 billion yen for the April to June quarter, but fuel costs for thermal power generation to make up for the loss of nuclear power generation following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi complex disaster continued to weigh heavily on the utility.

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Panel on TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose (R) speaks during a press conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on July 26, 2013. At left is Dale Klein, a former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and head of a panel tasked with monitoring the utility's efforts to reform its nuclear division.

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Fishermen's group lodges protest with TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives (R side) of the National Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations hand Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., a protest letter over the leakage of contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on July 25, 2013. The fishermen's group also urged TEPCO to take drastic measures to prevent further leakage and enhance monitoring of the ocean off the nuclear complex.

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TEPCO to give 100,000 yen to each management-level employee

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose tells a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2013, that he has decided to give 100,000 yen to each management-level employee to keep them from leaving the company that is struggling due to the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex disaster.

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TEPCO seeks to restart idled nuclear reactors

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., tells a press conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on July 2, 2013, that TEPCO will swiftly apply for a state safety assessment of two of its reactors in Niigata Prefecture to restart their operation, even as the utility continues to grapple with the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Leak in Fukushima plant tank

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose holds a press conference at the J-Village outpost in Fukushima Prefecture on May 16, 2013. The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex said that around 20 liters of radioactive water escaped from the first of three underground water tanks found to have leaked at the plant, much smaller than the earlier estimate of 120 tons.

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TEPCO logs 685 bil. yen group net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose speaks during a press conference at TEPCO's head office in Tokyo on April 30, 2013. The utility reported a group net loss of 685.29 billion yen for the business year ended March 2013 amid increased fuel costs for thermal power generation following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex disaster, remaining in the red for the third consecutive year.

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3rd party panel concludes on TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Hirose (R), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on March 13, 2013, after receiving a report from a third-party panel set up by the company. The panel concluded that TEPCO did not intentionally provide erroneous information to a Diet-appointed committee tasked to investigate the 2011 accident at the utility's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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TEPCO in Fukushima

NARAHA, Japan - (From R) Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose, Vice President Yoshiyuki Ishizaki and Chairman Kazuhiko Shimokobe attend a press conference after their meeting at the utility's new office in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2013. Ishizaki, head of the new Fukushima office of TEPCO, pledged to work fast on implementing measures aimed at helping residents affected by the 2011 nuclear disaster, such as compensation and cleaning up radioactive contamination.

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TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters starts operations

NARAHA, Japan - (From L to R) Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Yoshiyuki Ishizaki, President Naomi Hirose and Chairman Kazuhiko Shimokobe attend a ceremony to launch TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters in Naraha, some 20 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Jan. 4, 2013. The utility set up the headquarters to better deal with issues stemming from the nation's worst-ever nuclear accident at the plant.

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Abe inspects Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) is briefed by Naomi Hirose (R), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., on situations at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant while viewing the plant's No. 1 reactor building and No. 2 reactor building from a bus in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 29, 2012. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO chief Hirose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2012.

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TEPCO logs 299 bil. yen group net loss for 2nd qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose speaks about the outlook for fiscal 2012 ending March 31 at the company's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2012. The utility known as TEPCO reported a group net loss of 299.48 billion yen for the April to September half, pressured by higher fossil fuel costs to make up for the halt in nuclear power generation following the disaster at its Fukushima Daiichi complex in 2011.

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TEPCO logs 288.39 bil. yen group net loss for April-June

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose (C) bows with others at the company's head office in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2012, after announcing the company's earnings results for the April-June quarter. The utility known as TEPCO reported a group net loss of 288.39 billion yen for the quarter, reflecting its soaring bill for fossil fuels to make up for a loss of nuclear power generation after the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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TEPCO logs 288.39 bil. yen group net loss for April-June

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose speaks about the company's earnings results for the April-June quarter at its head office in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2012. The utility known as TEPCO reported a consolidated net loss of 288.39 billion yen for the quarter, reflecting its soaring bill for fossil fuels to make up for a loss of nuclear power generation after the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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TEPCO to raise household electricity rates 8.46% from Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose (front) speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on July 25, 2012. TEPCO won government approval the same day to raise household electricity rates by an average 8.46 percent from Sept. 1, lower than the initially planned 10.28 percent. The utility said the rate hike is needed to keep it solvent despite paying massive compensation for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster.

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TEPCO chairman, president survey Fukushima plant

TOMIOKA, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe (R), chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and TEPCO President Naomi Hirose (C) visit the utility's Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 4, 2012. They visited the plant as well as the utility's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex for the first time since assuming their posts in late June. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO apologizes to Fukushima evacuees

KAZO, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe (2nd from L in back row), new chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and new President Naomi Hirose (3rd from L in back row) apologizes to Fukushima nuclear crisis evacuees in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on June 29, 2012. Many residents of the town of Futaba hosting TEPCO's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station have evacuated to Kazo.

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New TEPCO chairman says restarting reactors essential for turnaround

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe (L), new chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and new President Naomi Hirose (R) hold a press conference in Tokyo on June 28, 2012. Shimokobe called for reactivation of the utility's idled nuclear reactors in Niigata Prefecture from April 2013 as a "building block" in the company's turnaround plan compiled following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster.

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TEPCO press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa (L) gives a press conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on May 14, 2012. To the right is Naomi Hirose, managing director of TEPCO, who has been appointed as the utility's next president.

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Hirose named TEPCO president

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Hirose, managing director of Tokyo Electric Power Co., gives a press conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on May 8, 2012, as TEPCO decided the same day to promote Hirose to the utility's next president.

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New TEPCO President Hirose

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Naomi Hirose, managing director of Tokyo Electric Power Co. TEPCO and a state-backed bailout fund plan to promote Hirose as the next president of the company, government sources said May 7, 2012.

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TEPCO head banned use of "meltdown" in describing Fukushima crisis

Naomi Hirose (3rd from R), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 16, 2016, after a report revealed earlier in the day that then-TEPCO President Masataka Shimizu instructed staff not to use the term "core meltdown" in describing the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in the early days of the 2011 crisis. Hirose said in a statement, "We accept the content fully and solemnly." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo