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Ex-JFE Holdings chief Sudo to become TEPCO chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Sudo, former president of steelmaker JFE Holdings Inc., answers reporters' questions after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014. Sudo will become chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. on April 1, replacing Kazuhiko Shimokobe.

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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 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 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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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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New TEPCO Chairman Shimokobe

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kazuhiko Shimokobe, a lawyer and head of a state-backed entity providing financial assistance to Tokyo Electric Power Co. The government said on April 19, 2012, that TEPCO's next chairman will be Shimokobe.

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Shimokobe to become next TEPCO chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe, a 64-year-old lawyer, is surrounded by reporters as he enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 19, 2012. Shimokobe, a key member of the state-backed entity providing financial aid to Tokyo Electric Power Co., will be the utility's next chairman, the government said the same day.

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Shimokobe to become next TEPCO chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe, a 64-year-old lawyer, answers a reporter's question at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 19, 2012, after accepting Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's request that he become the next chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. Shimokobe is currently a key member of the state-backed entity providing financial aid to the utility.

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Shimokobe comments on TEPCO post

ATAMI, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe, head of the decision-making board of the Japanese state-backed entity providing financial aid to Tokyo Electric Power Co., answers reporters' questions in front of his home in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on April 19, 2012. Shimokobe said he will consider whether to serve as the next chairman of the struggling utility if and when he is asked by the government.

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Bailout fund official Shimokobe

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kazuhiko Shimokobe, head of the decision-making board of the Japanese state-backed entity providing financial aid to Tokyo Electric Power Co. Sources said on April 18, 2012, that the government plans to tap Shimokobe as next chairman of the utility.

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1st meeting of panel to check TEPCO's assets

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe (L), a lawyer heading a panel of experts to check the financial status of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks at the first meeting of the panel at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 16, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) told the panel to compile a report by September. The panel was launched to streamline TEPCO's operations to lessen the burden on taxpayers from the utility's enormous compensation payments over the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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1st meeting of panel to check TEPCO's assets

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe (L), a lawyer heading a panel of experts to check the financial status of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks at the first meeting of the panel at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 16, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) told the panel to compile a report by September. The panel was launched to streamline TEPCO's operations to lessen the burden on taxpayers from the utility's enormous compensation payments over the Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Kyodo)

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New TEPCO Chairman Shimokobe

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kazuhiko Shimokobe, a lawyer and head of a state-backed entity providing financial assistance to Tokyo Electric Power Co. The government said on April 19, 2012, that TEPCO's next chairman will be Shimokobe. (Kyodo)

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Shimokobe to become next TEPCO chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe, a 64-year-old lawyer, is surrounded by reporters as he enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 19, 2012. Shimokobe, a key member of the state-backed entity providing financial aid to Tokyo Electric Power Co., will be the utility's next chairman, the government said the same day. (Kyodo)

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Shimokobe to become next TEPCO chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe, a 64-year-old lawyer, answers a reporter's question at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 19, 2012, after accepting Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's request that he become the next chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. Shimokobe is currently a key member of the state-backed entity providing financial aid to the utility. (Kyodo)

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Shimokobe comments on TEPCO post

ATAMI, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe, head of the decision-making board of the Japanese state-backed entity providing financial aid to Tokyo Electric Power Co., answers reporters' questions in front of his home in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on April 19, 2012. Shimokobe said he will consider whether to serve as the next chairman of the struggling utility if and when he is asked by the government. (Kyodo)

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Bailout fund official Shimokobe

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kazuhiko Shimokobe, head of the decision-making board of the Japanese state-backed entity providing financial aid to Tokyo Electric Power Co. Sources said on April 18, 2012, that the government plans to tap Shimokobe as next chairman of the utility. (Kyodo)