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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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Drone in crippled Fukushima nuclear plant

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings unveils to the media in Kashiwa in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Oct. 1, 2025, a drone to be used in the No. 3 reactor at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. TEPCO plans to investigate the No. 3 reactor containment vessel with the drone from November to gather information necessary to remove melted fuel debris.

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Court rejects Fukushima crisis damages order against ex-TEPCO execs

Plaintiffs and their lawyers gather in front of the Tokyo High Court in the Japanese capital on June 6, 2025, in protest over the court's decision earlier in the day to overturn a district court ruling ordering former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay the utility damages for failing to prevent the 2011 crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Protest over top court's decision over ex-TEPCO executives

People stage a protest rally in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on March 8, 2025, after Japan's top court recently rejected an appeal seeking criminal charges against three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. over their alleged failure to prevent the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Protest over top court's decision over ex-TEPCO executives

People stage a protest rally in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on March 8, 2025, after Japan's top court recently rejected an appeal seeking criminal charges against three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. over their alleged failure to prevent the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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TEPCO President Kobayakawa

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks during a meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 19, 2025.

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TEPCO spent nuclear fuel at interim storage facility

Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2024, shows a spent nuclear fuel container from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, being stored at Japan's first interim storage facility in Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Recyclable-Fuel Storage Co. showed the facility's interior to the media for the first time since receiving the container in September.

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TEPCO's spent nuclear fuel sent to interim storage facility

MUTSU, Japan, Sept. 26 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a vessel carrying spent nuclear fuel from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture arriving at a port near Japan's first interim storage facility in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Logo and signboard of TEPCO Power Grid (Yamanashi General Branch)

Logo and signboard of TEPCO Power Grid (Yamanashi General Branch)=September 2,2024,Yamanashi,Japan

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Logo and signboard of TEPCO Power Grid (Yamanashi General Branch)

Logo and signboard of TEPCO Power Grid (Yamanashi General Branch)=September 2,2024,Yamanashi,Japan

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Logo and signboard of TEPCO Power Grid (Yamanashi General Branch)

Logo and signboard of TEPCO Power Grid (Yamanashi General Branch)=September 2,2024,Yamanashi,Japan

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KMCT signage and logo

Logo and signboard of TEPCO Power Grid (Yamanashi General Branch)=September 13,2024,Tokyo,Japan

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Exterior view of Yamanashi Prefectural Office

Logo and signboard of TEPCO Power Grid (Yamanashi General Branch)=September 2,2024,Yamanashi,Japan

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TEPCO spent nuclear fuel sent to interim storage facility

A spent nuclear fuel container from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture is unloaded from a vessel on Sept. 26, 2024, at a port near Japan's first interim storage facility in Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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TEPCO spent nuclear fuel sent to interim storage facility

A spent nuclear fuel container from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture is unloaded from a vessel on Sept. 26, 2024, at a port near Japan's first interim storage facility in Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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TEPCO's spent nuclear fuel sent to interim storage facility

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a vessel carrying spent nuclear fuel from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture arriving at a port near Japan's first interim storage facility in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024.

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TEPCO spent nuclear fuel sent to interim storage facility

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 26, 2024, shows a spent nuclear fuel container from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture being unloaded from a vessel at a port near Japan's first interim storage facility in Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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TEPCO spent nuclear fuel sent to interim storage facility

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 26, 2024, shows a spent nuclear fuel container from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture being unloaded from a vessel at a port near Japan's first interim storage facility in Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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TEPCO spent nuclear fuel sent to interim storage facility

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 26, 2024, shows a spent nuclear fuel container from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture being unloaded from a vessel at a port near Japan's first interim storage facility in Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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TEPCO spent nuclear fuel sent to interim storage facility

A vessel carrying spent nuclear fuel from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture arrives at a port near Japan's first interim storage facility in Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024.

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TEPCO's spent nuclear fuel sent to interim storage facility

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a vessel carrying spent nuclear fuel from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture arriving at a port near Japan's first interim storage facility in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024.

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TEPCO spent nuclear fuel sent to interim storage facility

A spent nuclear fuel container from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture is unloaded from a vessel on Sept. 26, 2024, at a port near Japan's first interim storage facility in Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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TEPCO spent nuclear fuel sent to interim storage facility

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 26, 2024, shows a spent nuclear fuel container from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture being unloaded from a vessel at a port near Japan's first interim storage facility in Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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TEPCO spent nuclear fuel sent to interim storage facility

A vessel carrying spent nuclear fuel from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture arrives at a port near Japan's first interim storage facility in Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024.

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TEPCO spent nuclear fuel sent to interim storage facility

Anti-nuclear protesters stage a rally as a vessel carrying spent nuclear fuel from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture arrives at a port near Japan's first interim storage facility in Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024.

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TEPCO's spent nuclear fuel shipping

People hold a rally near Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 24, 2024, protesting the shipment of spent nuclear fuel from the plant to the country's first interim storage facility in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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TEPCO's spent nuclear fuel shipping

People hold a rally near Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 24, 2024, protesting the shipment of spent nuclear fuel from the plant to the country's first interim storage facility in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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TEPCO's spent nuclear fuel shipped

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 24, 2024, shows a vessel carrying spent nuclear fuel leaving Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, on its way to be delivered to the country's first interim storage facility in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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CORRECTED: TEPCO's spent nuclear fuel shipped

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 24, 2024, shows a vessel carrying spent nuclear fuel leaving Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, on its way to be delivered to the country's first interim storage facility in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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TEPCO officials over Fukushima melted nuke fuel removal

Screenshot shows officials of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. holding an online press conference from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant premises in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 5, 2024, over the recent error-caused halt in the first attempt to extract small amounts of melted fuel from its No. 2 reactor.

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TEPCO officials over Fukushima melted nuke fuel removal

Screenshot shows officials of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. holding an online press conference from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant premises in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 5, 2024, over the recent error-caused halt in the first attempt to extract small amounts of melted fuel from its No. 2 reactor.

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CORRECTED: TEPCO president Kobayakawa

Tomoaki Kobayakawa, president of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., which operates the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, meets Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ken Saito meets in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2024, to report on the cause of the suspension of efforts to extract small amounts of melted fuel from one of the reactors in August.

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TEPCO president Kobayakawa

Tomoaki Kobayakawa (L), president of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., which operates the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, meets Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ken Saito in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2024, to report on the cause of the suspension of efforts to extract small amounts of melted fuel from one of the reactors in August.

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Japanese citizens petition against ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear-tainted wastewater

STORY: Japanese citizens petition against ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear-tainted wastewater SHOOTING TIME: April 24, 2024 DATELINE: April 25, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:16 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of over 180,000 signatures from local citizens 2. various of the petitioning campaign 3. SOUNDBITE (Japanese): MASASHI TANI, Secretary general of Japan Congress against A- and H-Bombs STORYLINE: Representatives from Japanese civic groups on Wednesday submitted over 180,000 signatures from local citizens to the Japanese government, urging both the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to immediately halt the ocean discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Hajime Matsukubo, secretary general of the Citizens' Nuclear Information Center, a Japanese non-profit organization, presented 184,712 citizen signatures to the representative from the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry at the Second Members' Office

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JAPAN-TOKYO-NUCLEAR-CONTAMINATED WATER-PETITION

(240424) -- TOKYO, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 24, 2024 shows citizen signature documents at the Second Members' Office Building of the House of Representatives in Tokyo, Japan. Representatives from Japanese civic groups on Wednesday submitted over 180,000 signatures from local citizens to the Japanese government, urging both the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to immediately halt the ocean discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-NUCLEAR-CONTAMINATED WATER-PETITION

(240424) -- TOKYO, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hajime Matsukubo (R), secretary general of the Citizens' Nuclear Information Center, a Japanese non-profit organization, presents citizen signature documents at the Second Members' Office Building of the House of Representatives in Tokyo, Japan, April 24, 2024. Representatives from Japanese civic groups on Wednesday submitted over 180,000 signatures from local citizens to the Japanese government, urging both the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to immediately halt the ocean discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Japan starts releasing Fukushima nuke wastewater into ocean amid protest, opposition

STORY: Japan starts releasing Fukushima nuke wastewater into ocean amid protest, opposition DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHANG YIYI, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): TAEKO FUJIMURA, Official with Japan's National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Association 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): SACHIKO UNO, Protester STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHANG YIYI, Xinhua correspondent "I'm in front of the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The Japanese government has decided to authorize the release of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the plant into the ocean on Thursday. Hundreds of protesters from all over the country are gathering here today, demanding the Japanese government and TEPCO to withdraw the irresponsible decision of ocean discharge." SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): TAEKO FUJIMURA, Official with Japan's National Federation

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JAPAN-TOKYO-NUCLEAR WASTEWATER-DISCHARGE-PROTEST

(230824) -- TOKYO, Aug. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People gather to protest the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) decision on releasing nuclear-contaminated wastewater in front of the headquarters of the TEPCO in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 24, 2023. Despite public concerns and raging opposition from both home and abroad, Japan started releasing nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. (Xinhua/Yang Guang)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-NUCLEAR WASTEWATER-DISCHARGE-PROTEST

(230824) -- TOKYO, Aug. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People gather to protest the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) decision on releasing nuclear-contaminated wastewater in front of the headquarters of the TEPCO in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 24, 2023. Despite public concerns and raging opposition from both home and abroad, Japan started releasing nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. (Xinhua/Yang Guang)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-NUCLEAR WASTEWATER-DISCHARGE-PROTEST

(230824) -- TOKYO, Aug. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A citizen protests against the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) decision on releasing nuclear-contaminated wastewater in front of the headquarters of the TEPCO in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 24, 2023. Despite public concerns and raging opposition from both home and abroad, Japan started releasing nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. (Xinhua/Yang Guang)