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Ex-TEPCO execs merit indictment over nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. -- former chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (L) as well as two former vice presidents Sakae Muto (C) and Ichiro Takekuro. An independent judicial panel of citizens has decided that the three merit indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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TEPCO posts VP at Kashiwazaki to oversee nuclear plant repair

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Ichiro Takekuro addresses employees during the morning assembly at TEPCO's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture on July 30. The assignment reflects the priority at TEPCO as the utility works to get the quake-stricken nuclear plant back to operation. A fire erupted at the plant and radioactive water leaked from the facility following the magnitude-6.8 earthquake which struck the region on July 16.

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Tokyo Electric plays down safety concerns on quake-hit plant

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Takekuro, an executive vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on July 25, playing down mounting safety concerns both inside and outside of Japan over its quake-hit waterfront nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture, saying the radioactive leaks into the sea and air after the quake were ''extremely small.''

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3 ex-TEPCO execs indicted

Photo shows former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. who were indicted on Feb. 29, 2016, for failure to take measures to prevent the tsunami-triggered crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. The three are (from L) Tsunehisa Katsumata, TEPCO chairman at the time, and two former vice presidents -- Ichiro Takekuro and Sakae Muto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-TEPCO execs to face mandatory indictment given panel decision

Photo shows (from L) Tsunehisa Katsumata, 75, who was chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. at the time of the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, and former TEPCO vice presidents Sakae Muto, 65, and Ichiro Takekuro, 69. An independent judicial panel of citizens said July 31, 2015, it has decided that the three former executives merit indictment over the disaster, setting the stage for them to face mandatory prosecution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TEPCO posts VP at Kashiwazaki to oversee nuclear plant repair

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Ichiro Takekuro addresses employees during the morning assembly at TEPCO's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture on July 30. The assignment reflects the priority at TEPCO as the utility works to get the quake-stricken nuclear plant back to operation. A fire erupted at the plant and radioactive water leaked from the facility following the magnitude-6.8 earthquake which struck the region on July 16. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Electric plays down safety concerns on quake-hit plant

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Takekuro, an executive vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on July 25, playing down mounting safety concerns both inside and outside of Japan over its quake-hit waterfront nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture, saying the radioactive leaks into the sea and air after the quake were ''extremely small.'' (Kyodo)

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Ex-TEPCO execs merit indictment over nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. -- former chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (L) as well as two former vice presidents Sakae Muto (C) and Ichiro Takekuro. An independent judicial panel of citizens has decided that the three merit indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Tepco execs go on trial over Fukushima nuclear disaster

Combined photo shows (from L) former Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata and Ichiro Takekuro and Sakae Muto, former vice presidents of the power supplier, arriving at the Tokyo District Court on June 30, 2017, for the first criminal trial over the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster. The three pleaded not guilty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo