Toyota, Sony, Panasonic heads

Toyota, Sony, Panasonic heads

(from L) Toyota Motor Corp. President Koji Sato, Sony Group Corp. CEO Hiroki Totoki and Panasonic Holdings Corp. President Masahiro Shinada attend an innovation forum at Tokyo's Waseda University -- their alma mater -- on Nov. 10, 2023.

Local gov't leaders approve resumption of TEPCO reactor

Local gov't leaders approve resumption of TEPCO reactor

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (R), Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa (C) and Hiroo Shinada (L), head of Kariwa village, hold talks at the Niigata prefectural office on May 7. They approved the resumption of operations at the No. 6 reactor in Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The reactor is one of 17 TEPCO nuclear reactors that were shut down following a defect cover-up scandal.

Niigata gov't leaders to urge TEPCO to scrap MOX plan

Niigata gov't leaders to urge TEPCO to scrap MOX plan

NIIGATA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada (L), mayor of the village of Kariwa, Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (C) and Masazumi Saikawa, mayor of the city of Kashiwazaki meet June 1 in Kashiwazaki to discuss a Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) plan to use recycled nuclear fuel at a local nuclear plant. They agreed to urge TEPCO to scrap the plan.

Hiranuma meets Kariwa Mayor Shinada on MOX fuel

Hiranuma meets Kariwa Mayor Shinada on MOX fuel

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (L) meets Hiroo Shinada, the mayor of Kariwa village in Niigata Prefecture, at the Diet building on May 29. The meeting was held after a majority of Kariwa residents rejected in a May 27 plebiscite a Tokyo Electric Power Co. plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at its nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

Kariwa village to postpone MOX fuel use at local plant

Kariwa village to postpone MOX fuel use at local plant

KARIWA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada, mayor of Kariwa village in Niigata Prefecture, speaks at a press conference in the village on May 28 about his decision not to approve the use of plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) at a local nuclear plant. In the previous day's plebiscite, local people rejected the plan to use the fuel. Shinada said the village will set up a consultation body to further discuss nuclear issues, but avoided reference to the possibility of the village renouncing introduction of the fuel.

Plebiscite on MOX fuel use at Niigata plant planned in May

Plebiscite on MOX fuel use at Niigata plant planned in May

NIIGATA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada, mayor of the village of Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, announced April 24 his village will hold a plebiscite May 27 on a plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. The announcement followed the Kariwa village assembly's passage of an ordinance to hold such a plebiscite.

Niigata gov't leaders to urge TEPCO to scrap MOX plan

Niigata gov't leaders to urge TEPCO to scrap MOX plan

NIIGATA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada (L), mayor of the village of Kariwa, Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (C) and Masazumi Saikawa, mayor of the city of Kashiwazaki meet June 1 in Kashiwazaki to discuss a Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) plan to use recycled nuclear fuel at a local nuclear plant. They agreed to urge TEPCO to scrap the plan.

Local gov't leaders approve resumption of TEPCO reactor

Local gov't leaders approve resumption of TEPCO reactor

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (R), Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa (C) and Hiroo Shinada (L), head of Kariwa village, hold talks at the Niigata prefectural office on May 7. They approved the resumption of operations at the No. 6 reactor in Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The reactor is one of 17 TEPCO nuclear reactors that were shut down following a defect cover-up scandal. (Kyodo)

Hiranuma meets Kariwa Mayor Shinada on MOX fuel

Hiranuma meets Kariwa Mayor Shinada on MOX fuel

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (L) meets Hiroo Shinada, the mayor of Kariwa village in Niigata Prefecture, at the Diet building on May 29. The meeting was held after a majority of Kariwa residents rejected in a May 27 plebiscite a Tokyo Electric Power Co. plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at its nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

Kariwa village to postpone MOX fuel use at local plant

Kariwa village to postpone MOX fuel use at local plant

KARIWA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada, mayor of Kariwa village in Niigata Prefecture, speaks at a press conference in the village on May 28 about his decision not to approve the use of plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) at a local nuclear plant. In the previous day's plebiscite, local people rejected the plan to use the fuel. Shinada said the village will set up a consultation body to further discuss nuclear issues, but avoided reference to the possibility of the village renouncing introduction of the fuel.

Plebiscite on MOX fuel use at Niigata plant planned in May

Plebiscite on MOX fuel use at Niigata plant planned in May

NIIGATA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada, mayor of the village of Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, announced April 24 his village will hold a plebiscite May 27 on a plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. The announcement followed the Kariwa village assembly's passage of an ordinance to hold such a plebiscite.