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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

NIIGATA, Japan, Nov. 21 Kyodo - Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi holds an unscheduled press conference in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, saying he will approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Kyodo)

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Members of a citizens group rally in front of the Niigata prefectural government office in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, in protest over Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi's decision the same day to approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Members of a citizens group rally in front of the Niigata prefectural government office in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, in protest over Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi's decision the same day to approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Members of a citizens group rally in front of the Niigata prefectural government office in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, in protest over Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi's decision the same day to approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi holds an unscheduled press conference in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, saying he will approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi holds an unscheduled press conference in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, saying he will approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi holds an unscheduled press conference in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, saying he will approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi holds an unscheduled press conference in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, saying he will approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2025, shows the No. 6 reactor (C) at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi agreed on Nov. 21 to the restart of the reactor, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2025, shows the No. 6 reactor (C) at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi agreed on Nov. 21 to the restart of the reactor, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2025, shows the No. 6 reactor (C) at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi agreed on Nov. 21 to the restart of the reactor, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Libya deports over 600 illegal Egyptian migrants

STORY: Libya deports over 600 illegal Egyptian migrants SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 6, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:55 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of the illegal migrants 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMED BRED'A, Security Affairs official of the Libyan Illegal Migration Control Department 3. various of the illegal migrants STORYLINE: The Libyan Illegal Migration Control Department on Monday deported more than 600 illegal Egyptian migrants to their country. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMED BRED'A, Security Affairs official of the Libyan Illegal Migration Control Department "Today, we are deporting more than 600 migrants of Egyptian nationalities who entered Libya without any legal procedures." The migrants were deported overland in coordination with the Egyptian Embassy to Libya, Bred'a said. Because of the insecurity and chaos in the country since the fall of late leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, many migrants, mostly Africans, chose to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe

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Iwakuma to play for Mariners

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2011, shows free agent right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma before leaving for the United States. The Seattle Mariners said Jan. 5, 2012, that they have signed a one-year contract with the 30-year-old Japanese pitcher.

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Salmon likely released in 2011 return to Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - People watch salmon, likely released in 2011 after northeastern Japan was devastated by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, swimming up the Kido River in the town of Naraha near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Nov. 6, 2014.

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Salmon likely released in 2011 return to Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Salmon, likely released in 2011 after northeastern Japan was devastated by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, swim up the Kido River in the town of Naraha near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Nov. 6, 2014.

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Salmon likely released in 2011 return to Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - A salmon, likely released in 2011 after northeastern Japan was devastated by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, swimming up the Kido River in the town of Naraha near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Nov. 6, 2014.

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Mariners' Iwakuma heads amateur ball club for post-quake recovery

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners Japanese hurler Hisashi Iwakuma assumes the post of general manager of an amateur baseball team launched in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, to help the northeastern Japan region recover from the 2011 disaster through "the power of baseball" at a ceremony held in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014.

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Mariners' Iwakuma aids amateur ball team in north Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners Japanese pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma (far L), general manager of an amateur baseball team launched in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, speaks about the club designed to help the northeastern Japan region recover from the 2011 disaster through "the power of baseball" at a ceremony held in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - A September 2013 file photo shows the No. 5 (L) and No. 6 reactor units of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to permanently shut down the two reactors that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 accident, company sources said on Nov. 20, 2013.

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Emperor to resume official duties

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken July 16, 2011, in Tokyo shows Japanese Emperor Akihito. The Imperial Household Agency said on Nov. 28 that the emperor, who was discharged from hospital Nov. 24, will resume his official duties Nov. 29. The 77-year-old emperor was admitted to the University of Tokyo Hospital on Nov. 6 to receive treatment for bronchial pneumonia.

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A-bomb surviving bonsai from Hiroshima

KYOTO, Japan - A man marvels at a bonsai tree which survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, at an exhibition in Kyoto on Nov. 25, 2011. It was the public debut of the black pine tree, estimated to be 300-400 years old, which was placed at about 2.5 kilometers from the hypocenter of the atomic blast on Aug. 6, 1945.

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Emperor discharged from hospital

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito waves from a car as he arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo after being released from the University of Tokyo Hospital on Nov. 24, 2011. The 77-year-old emperor was admitted to the hospital for bronchial pneumonia on Nov. 6.

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Ground support vehicles stand by at 6:40 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, for a Soyuz spacecraft to land, which was carrying three astronauts -- American Mike Fossum, Sergei Volkov of Russia and Japan's Satoshi Furukawa. The spacecraft landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - A ground support vehicle stands by at 6:40 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, for a Soyuz spacecraft to land, which was carrying three astronauts -- American Mike Fossum, Sergei Volkov of Russia and Japan's Satoshi Furukawa. The spacecraft landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Astronauts return to Earth

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken June 6, 2011, shows Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronauts -- American Mike Fossum, Sergei Volkov of Russia and Furukawa -- returned to Earth on Nov. 22, 2011, landing on a plain in Kazakhstan after the three completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Dragons even Japan Series at 3-3

FUKUOKA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons outfielder Kazuhiro Wada has a two-run triple in the first inning of Game 6 against the Softbank Hawks at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 19, 2011. The Dragons won 2-1, tying the best-of-seven series at 3-3.

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Dragons even Japan Series at 3-3

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada starts in Game 6 of the Japan Series against the Chunichi Dragons at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 19, 2011. The Dragons won 2-1, tying the best-of-seven series at 3-3.

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Dragons even Japan Series at 3-3

FUKUOKA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons pitcher Kazuki Yoshimi starts in Game 6 of the Japan Series against the Softbank Hawks at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 19, 2011. The Dragons won 2-1, tying the best-of-seven series at 3-3.

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Anti-TPP rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Participants at a rally against Japan joining talks on a U.S.-led free trade pact, called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, raise their fists and chant a slogan in unison at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan hall on Nov. 8, 2011. About 6,000 people took part in the rally organized by farming and fishing groups and consumers' organizations.

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Liberian President Sirleaf

MONROVIA, Liberia - Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf (C), a winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, attends a meeting of the ruling party in Monrovia, capital of the West African country, on Nov. 6, 2011. Opposition presidential candidate Winston Tubman, a former justice minister, has announced his withdrawal from the presidential runoff slated for Nov. 8, 2011.

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Presidential election in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - Supporters of incumbent Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf, a winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, cheer during a meeting of the ruling party in Monrovia, capital of the West African nation, on Nov. 6, 2011. Opposition presidential candidate Winston Tubman, a former justice minister, has announced his withdrawal from the runoff slated for Nov. 8, 2011.

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Liberian President Sirleaf

MONROVIA, Liberia - Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf (C), a winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, attends a meeting of the ruling party in Monrovia, capital of the West African nation, on Nov. 6, 2011, while former warlord and rival candidate Prince Johnson (R) showed his support for Sirleaf. Opposition presidential candidate Winston Tubman, former justice minister, has announced his withdrawl from the presidential runoff slated for Nov. 8, 2011.

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Japan's Soejima wins NYC Marathon wheelchair div.

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Masazumi Soejima holds a Japanese national flag in New York on Nov. 6, 2011, after winning the men's wheelchair division of the New York City Marathon in a time of 1 hour, 31 minutes, 41 seconds. Children from areas in northeastern Japan devastated by the March disasters gave him the flag after writing encouraging messages on it.

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Flooding in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - A car drives through floodwater at the Bangchan Industrial Estate in eastern Bangkok on Nov. 6, 2011.

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Flooding in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo shows a flooded street running through the Bangchan Industrial Estate in eastern Bangkok on Nov. 6, 2011.

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Miss Ecuador wins Miss International 2011

CHENGDU, China - Miss Ecuador Maria Fernanda Cornejo (C) reacts as she is selected as the winner of the 2011 Miss International Beauty Pageant in Chengdu, Sichuan Province in China, on Nov. 6, 2011.

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Miss Ecuador wins Miss International 2011

CHENGDU, China - Miss Ecuador Maria Fernanda Cornejo (front) celebrates after winning the 2011 Miss International Beauty Pageant in Chengdu, Sichuan Province in China, on Nov. 6, 2011.

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Emperor showing symptoms of bronchitis, hospitalized

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L), together with Empress Michiko (R), arrives at the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2011. The emperor, 77, was admitted to the hospital as a precaution because of the deterioration due to fever of symptoms of a light form of bronchitis that he has occasionally exhibited, according to the Imperial Household Agency.

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Egg-dropping contest in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A high school student drops an egg fitted with a paper protector in a contest at Ritsumeikan University in the city of Kyoto on Nov. 6, 2011. Numerous teams of students in the Kansai area took part in the egg-dropping event and were scored on the accuracy of the egg's landing, the weight of its paper protector and whether the egg was cracked or not.

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Dragons advance to 2nd straight Japan Series

NAGOYA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons outgoing manager Hiromitsu Ochiai responds to fans at Nagoya Dome in Aichi Prefecture on Nov. 6, 2011, after a 2-1 victory against the Yakult Swallows in the Central League's Climax Series, booking a spot in the Japan Series for the second consecutive year.

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Dragons advance to 2nd straight Japan Series

NAGOYA, Japan - Players of the Chunichi Dragons celebrate their 2-1 victory over the Yakult Swallows at Nagoya Dome in Aichi Prefecture on Nov. 6, 2011, in the Central League's Climax Series. The Dragons clinched a spot in the Japan Series for the second consecutive year.

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Cherry tree-planting project to remember tsunami

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Members of a citizens' group begin planting cherry trees in a line connecting the furthest inland points reached by the March 11 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2011. In an effort to commemorate the disaster, volunteers began planting trees in a line that will eventually stretch 173 kilometers with 17,300 cherry trees in total planted at 10-meter intervals.

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Cherry tree-planting project to remember tsunami

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Members of a citizens' group begin planting cherry trees in a line connecting the furthest inland points reached by the March 11 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2011. In an effort to commemorate the disaster, volunteers began planting trees in a line that will eventually stretch 173 kilometers with 17,300 cherry trees in total planted at 10-meter intervals.

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Yokozuna Hakuho in sumo ceremony

SASAGURI, Japan - Grand sumo champion Hakuho performs a dedicatory ring entering ceremony in front of a huge bronze statue of a reclining Buddha, 41 meters in length, 11 meters in height and weighing 300 tons, in the town of Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2011.

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Japan emperor hospitalized

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko leave the Imperial Palace and head for the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 6, 2011. The emperor, 77, was admitted to the hospital as a precaution due to a deterioration of symptoms of a light form of bronchitis that he has occasionally exhibited, according to the Imperial Household Agency.

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Ao defends WBC title

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese champion Takahiro Ao (L) lands a punch on the body of Italian challenger Devis Boschiero in the sixth round of a WBC super featherweight title match in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2011. Ao defended his title in a 2-1 decision.

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Yokozuna Hakuho in sumo ceremony

SASAGURI, Japan - Grand sumo champion Hakuho (3rd from R) poses after performing a dedicatory ring entering ceremony in front of a huge bronze statue of a reclining Buddha, 41 meters in length, 11 meters in height and weighing 300 tons, in the town of Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2011.

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People moving into three-story temporary housing complex

ONAGAWA, Japan - People affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami start moving into a newly built three-story temporary housing complex in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2011.

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Iwakuma hoping to play in MLB

NARITA, Japan - Rakuten Eagles right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma talks to reporters at Narita international airport in Chiba Prefecture on Nov. 6, 2011, before flying to the United States for training. Iwakuma expressed his intention to become a free agent in the hope of playing in the major leagues.

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Ueda wins Mizuno Classic

SHIMA, Japan - Japanese golfer Momoko Ueda holds the victor's trophy at Kashikojima Country Club in Mie Prefecture on Nov. 6, 2011, after winning the Mizuno Classic title. The 2007 Mizuno champion edged China's Feng Shanshan in a playoff.