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Volcanic risks may be reviewed at nuke power plant: official

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki, outgoing commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, says in an interview in August 2014 that the NRA may review its assessment of volcanic eruption risks surrounding Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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NRA commissioner's seabed inspection

AOMORI, Japan - Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki (L) heads to board a fishing boat in Higashidori, Aomori Prefecture on May 13, 2014, for a seabed inspection.

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NRA's Shimazaki inspects Shimokita Peninsula

AOMORI, Japan - Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki (L) is briefed about an observation ship's recording device for underground structure assessment in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on May 12, 2014, during his inspection of sites for underground structure investigation on Shimokita Peninsula conducted by the secretariat of the authority.

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NRA's Shimazaki inspects Shimokita Peninsula

AOMORI, Japan - Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki (R) aboard an observation ship is briefed about equipment for underground structure assessment in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on May 12, 2014, during his inspection of sites for underground structure investigation on Shimokita Peninsula conducted by the secretariat of the authority.

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Faults at Higashidori nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki, a commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. A panel of experts led by Shimazaki agreed the same day that geologic faults under Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Higashidori atomic power plant in Aomori Prefecture are likely to be active, rejecting earlier arguments by the utility.

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Regulator suggests active faults beneath Higashidori plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - A research team of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority examines a fault in a trench on the premises of the Higashidori nuclear power plant site in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2012. NRA Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki said the same day that faults beneath the plant site could be active and dangerous. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Regulator suggests active faults beneath Higashidori plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - A research team of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority examines a fault in a trench on the premises of the Higashidori nuclear power plant site in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2012. NRA Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki said the same day that faults beneath the plant site could be active and dangerous. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Regulator suggests active faults beneath Higashidori plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - A research team of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority examines a fault in a trench on the premises of the Higashidori nuclear power plant site in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2012. NRA Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki said the same day that faults beneath the plant site could be active and dangerous. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Restart of Tsuruga plant appears difficult

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear expert Kunihiko Shimazaki holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2012. A team of experts, led by Shimazaki, under Japan's nuclear regulatory authority agreed the same day that a fault running underneath a nuclear reactor at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant is likely to be active, an assessment that makes the plant's resumption difficult.

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Investigation at Tsuruga plant over active faults

TSURUGA, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki (far L), commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, and other experts from the nuclear regulatory body check samples from boring at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2012, as they started a field survey to check whether active faults are running directly underneath reactors at the plant.

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Investigation at Tsuruga plant over active faults

TSURUGA, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki, commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, checks samples from boring at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2012, as the team from the nuclear regulatory body started a field survey to check whether active faults are running directly underneath reactors at the plant.

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Investigation at Tsuruga plant over active faults

TSURUGA, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki (R facing), commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2012, as a field survey began to check whether active faults are running directly underneath reactors at the plant.

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Study on fault at Oi nuclear plant

OI, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki (2nd from L, back), commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, and other experts of its investigation team are briefed at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power station in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2012, on a fault running underneath the station. The NRA conducted an investigation to check whether the disputed fault should be viewed as active.

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Study on fault at Oi nuclear plant

OI, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki, commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, puts a question to Kansai Electric Power Co. at its Oi nuclear power station in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2012. The NRA conducted an investigation to check whether a disputed fault running underneath the plant should be viewed as active.

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New nuclear regulatory body

TOKYO, Japan - The members of the Nuclear Regulation Authority -- (from L) Kenzo Oshima, Toyoshi Fuketa, Shunichi Tanaka, chairman, Kunihiko Shimazaki and Kayoko Nakamura -- attend an inaugural ceremony for the organization in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012.

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Mitsui bribes Mongolian official to win aid contract

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the head office of major trading house Mitsui & Co. in Tokyo, which bribed a ranking Mongolian government official in 2001 to secure orders for a Japanese government-financed power project. Sources close to the case said Aug. 28 employees of Mitsui, including Yusuke Shimazaki, 39, offered more than 1 million yen to a director general-level official in charge of power and energy management at Mongolia's Infrastructure Ministry.

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1,400 letters sent by Japanese authors to famed Chinese author's kin

Saneatsu Mushanokoji (L) and Toson Shimazaki, seen in these undated photos, are among Japanese literary greats who sent some 1,400 letters to Chinese writer Zhou Zuoren, the young brother of famed novelist Lu Xun. The letters, discovered at the home of Zhou's grandson Zhou Jiyi in Beijing, were shown to Kyodo News on March 25, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-nuclear regulator Shimazaki warns of underestimated quake hazards

Seismologist Kunihiko Shimazaki, a former nuclear regulator, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 13, 2016. Shimazaki, who was one of the five commissioners of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, said that earthquake hazards may have been underestimated in the safety screening process of the country's reactors, especially those in western Japan, based on the latest scientific knowledge. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-nuclear regulator Shimazaki warns of underestimated quake hazards

Seismologist Kunihiko Shimazaki, a former nuclear regulator, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 13, 2016. Shimazaki, who was one of the five commissioners of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, said that earthquake hazards may have been underestimated in the safety screening process of the country's reactors, especially those in western Japan, based on the latest scientific knowledge. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Actress and singer Wakako Shimazaki waves during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in Kochi, western Japan, on April 19, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Actress and singer Wakako Shimazaki (L) holds the Olympic torch in front of a statue of 19th century historical figure Ryoma Sakamoto in Kochi, western Japan, on April 19, 2021, kicking off the day's Tokyo Olympic torch relay.

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Kristina Kopackova, Japanese Order of Rising Sun, Kaoru Shimazaki

Former chairwoman of Czech-Japanese Society Kristina Kopackova received the Japanese Order of Rising Sun for promoting cultural exchange between Japan and Czech Republic and for contributing to the development of friendly relations between the two countries at the Japanese information and Cultural Centre in Prague, Czech Republic, July 11, 2019. At right is Japanese ambassador in Czech Republic Kaoru Shimazaki. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Kristina Kopackova, Japanese Order of Rising Sun, Kaoru Shimazaki

Former chairwoman of Czech-Japanese Society Kristina Kopackova received the Japanese Order of Rising Sun for promoting cultural exchange between Japan and Czech Republic and for contributing to the development of friendly relations between the two countries at the Japanese information and Cultural Centre in Prague, Czech Republic, July 11, 2019. At right is Japanese ambassador in Czech Republic Kaoru Shimazaki. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Mitsui bribes Mongolian official to win aid contract

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the head office of major trading house Mitsui & Co. in Tokyo, which bribed a ranking Mongolian government official in 2001 to secure orders for a Japanese government-financed power project. Sources close to the case said Aug. 28 employees of Mitsui, including Yusuke Shimazaki, 39, offered more than 1 million yen to a director general-level official in charge of power and energy management at Mongolia's Infrastructure Ministry. (Kyodo)