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TEPCO Holdings: Approval of Special Business Plan Revision

TEPCO Holdings Announces Approval of Revised Special Business Plan. The photo shows President Tomoaki Kobayakawa and Vice President Daisuke Sakai, from left.=January 26,2026,Tokyo

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TEPCO Holdings: Approval of Special Business Plan Revision

TEPCO Holdings: Approval of Special Business Plan Revision. The photo shows President Tomoaki Kobayakawa.=January 26,2026,Tokyo

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TEPCO Holdings: Approval of Special Business Plan Revision

TEPCO Holdings Announces Approval of Revised Special Business Plan. The photo shows From left, Executive Vice President Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, President Tomoaki Kobayakawa, Executive Vice President Daisuke Sakai.=January 26,2026,Tokyo

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TEPCO Holdings: Approval of Special Business Plan Revision

TEPCO Holdings Announces Approval of Revised Special Business Plan. The photo shows From left, Executive Vice President Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, President Tomoaki Kobayakawa, Executive Vice President Daisuke Sakai.=January 26,2026,Tokyo

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TEPCO Holdings: Approval of Special Business Plan Revision

TEPCO Holdings Announces Approval of Revised Special Business Plan. The photo shows From left, Executive Vice President Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, President Tomoaki Kobayakawa, Executive Vice President Daisuke Sakai.=January 26,2026,Tokyo

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[Breaking News]TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 25 Kyodo - Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. TEPCO plans to restart the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 20, the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. (Kyodo)

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TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. TEPCO plans to restart the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 20, the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

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TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. TEPCO plans to restart the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 20, the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

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IAEA Director General Grossi in Fukushima

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi (2nd from R) meets Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa (2nd from L) at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 19, 2025.

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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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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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(SP)JAPAN-SAITAMA-FOOTBALL-AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-FINAL-URAWA REDS VS AL HILAL

(230506) -- SAITAMA, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Iwao Ken, Ogiwara Takuya and Okubo Tomoaki (from L to R) of Urawa Reds celebrate after the final 2nd leg of 2022 AFC Champions League against Al Hilal at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan on May 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(SP)JAPAN-SAITAMA-FOOTBALL-AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-FINAL-URAWA REDS VS AL HILAL

(230506) -- SAITAMA, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hamad Al-Yami (L) of Al Hilal competes against Okubo Tomoaki of Urawa Reds during the final 2nd leg of 2022 AFC Champions League at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan on May 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Football: Asian Champions League

Shinzo Koroki (R) of J-League side Urawa Reds celebrates with teammate Tomoaki Okubo after scoring the equalizer in the second half of the opening leg of the Asian Champions League football final against Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on April 29, 2023.

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Japan begins releasing Fukushima treated radioactive water into sea

Keywords: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc, Press Conference, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, discharging treated radioactive water, Tomoaki Kobayakawa, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co.

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TEPCO President Kobayakawa

Tomoaki Kobayakawa (far L), president of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., which operates the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, meets the press in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 23, 2023, during his visit to the northeastern Japan prefecture to meet with local municipal government heads about the planned discharge of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea the following day.

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TEPCO President Kobayakawa

Tomoaki Kobayakawa, president of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., which operates the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, meets the press in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 23, 2023, during his visit to the northeastern Japan prefecture to meet with local municipal government heads about the planned discharge of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea the following day.

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), signing agreements to cooperate with Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) on information exchange to raise marine life, as TEPCO President Tomoaki Kobayakawa signs his copy while they were visiting a lab at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Okuma on July 5, 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), watches fish tanks after signing agreements to cooperate with Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) on information exchange to raise marine life, as TEPCO President Tomoaki Kobayakawa signs his copy while they were visiting a lab at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Okuma on July 5, 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), watches fish tanks after signing agreements to cooperate with Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) on information exchange to raise marine life, as TEPCO President Tomoaki Kobayakawa signs his copy while they were visiting a lab at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Okuma on July 5, 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), signing agreements to cooperate with Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) on information exchange to raise marine life, as TEPCO President Tomoaki Kobayakawa signs his copy while they were visiting a lab at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Okuma on July 5, 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), watches fish tanks after signing agreements to cooperate with Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) on information exchange to raise marine life, as TEPCO President Tomoaki Kobayakawa signs his copy while they were visiting a lab at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Okuma on July 5, 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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CORRECTED: IAEA chief in Japan

(From L) Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi and Japan's senior vice economy, trade and industry minister Fusae Ota stand on the observation deck of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 5, 2023.

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CORRECTED: IAEA chief in Japan

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi (L, front) is escorted by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa (R, front) as he inspects facilities at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 5, 2023, ahead of the release of treated radioactive water into the sea.

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CORRECTED: IAEA chief in Japan

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi (C) is escorted by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa (L) as he inspects facilities at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 5, 2023, ahead of the release of treated radioactive water into the sea.

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(SP)JAPAN-SAITAMA-FOOTBALL-AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-FINAL-URAWA REDS VS AL HILAL

(230506) -- SAITAMA, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Iwao Ken, Ogiwara Takuya and Okubo Tomoaki (from L to R) of Urawa Reds celebrate after the final 2nd leg of 2022 AFC Champions League against Al Hilal at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan on May 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(SP)JAPAN-SAITAMA-FOOTBALL-AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-FINAL-URAWA REDS VS AL HILAL

(230506) -- SAITAMA, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hamad Al-Yami (L) of Al Hilal competes against Okubo Tomoaki of Urawa Reds during the final 2nd leg of 2022 AFC Champions League at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan on May 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Football: Asian Champions League

Shinzo Koroki (R) of J-League side Urawa Reds celebrates with teammate Tomoaki Okubo after scoring the equalizer in the second half of the opening leg of the Asian Champions League football final against Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on April 29, 2023.

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Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Former Japan defender Tomoaki Makino receives a bouquet at a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, following his earlier announcement that the 35-year-old, now at the Vissel Kobe J-League football team, will retire at the end of the current season. Makino represented Japan at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

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Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Former Japan defender Tomoaki Makino attends a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, following his earlier announcement that the 35-year-old, now at the Vissel Kobe J-League football team, will retire at the end of the current season. Makino represented Japan at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

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Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Former Japan defender Tomoaki Makino attends a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, following his earlier announcement that the 35-year-old, now at the Vissel Kobe J-League football team, will retire at the end of the current season. Makino represented Japan at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

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Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Former Japan defender Tomoaki Makino attends a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, following his earlier announcement that the 35-year-old, now at the Vissel Kobe J-League football team, will retire at the end of the current season. Makino represented Japan at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

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Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Former Japan defender Tomoaki Makino attends a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, following his earlier announcement that the 35-year-old, now at the Vissel Kobe J-League football team, will retire at the end of the current season. Makino represented Japan at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

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Soccer: Makino double helps Reds rally to beat Tokyo

SAITAMA, Japan, June 22 Kyodo - Tomoaki Makino scores the equalizer in Urawa Reds' 3-2 come-from-behind victory at home to FC Tokyo in a rescheduled J-League first-division game on June 22, 2016.

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Japan, Kenya architects promote 'sewerage-free' homes

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese and Kenyan architects Izumi Sakata (R) and Dick O'Lango talk on the roof of a dwelling unit under construction requiring no sewage disposal facilities on Oct. 7, 2014, in the Katani district of Nairobi. The two are promoting a "Rainbow Project" to build homes turning sewage into compost and using rainwater for drinking in areas without sufficient infrastructure. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Kenyan woman cooks fried bread in slum

TOKYO, Japan - Mary Adhiambo (2nd from R) makes fried bread and coffee every evening for sale to residents in a slum section of the Katani district in Nairobi, as seen in this file photo taken on Sept. 30, 2014. Japanese and Kenyan architects are promoting a project to build homes turning sewage into compost and using rainwater for drinking in areas without sufficient infrastructure. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

DOLO TOWN, Liberia - Liberian soldiers go on patrol on Sept. 4, 2014, in Dolo Town near the capital city of Monrovia, Liberia, in West Africa. At the time, Dolo Town was quarantined by the government to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - Liberian Red Cross staff carry the body of a patient who died after being infected with the Ebola virus onto a truck on Sept. 4, 2014, in Monrovia, the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - A young man (R) in West Point, the largest slum in Monrovia, the capital city of the West African country of Liberia, takes his clothes off on Sept. 5, 2014, saying there is no Ebola virus in the area. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - A young couple (C) in West Point, the largest slum in Monrovia, the capital city of the West African country of Liberia, embrace each other, saying, "We are not scared of the Ebola virus" on Sept. 5, 2014. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - A doctor (back) is sprayed with disinfectant solution after finishing treatment for Ebola-infected patients on Sept. 4, 2014, at an isolation ward of a hospital in Liberia, West Africa. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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M'bishi Heavy to boost parts output for B787 in Shimonoseki

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Toru Kitamura (L), head of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and Shimonoseki Mayor Tomoaki Nakao (R) shake hands on Aug. 18, 2014, in the western Japanese city after the Japanese heavy machinery makers and the city signed an agreement related to a plan to increase the production of wing boxes for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the plant.

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Eyewear maker Oakley opens flagship store in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Former professional baseball player Tomoaki Kanemoto (R) and snowboarder Yuki Kadono (far L) join an opening ceremony in Osaka, western Japan, on July 28, 2014, for a flagship store of Oakley Japan K.K., a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. sports eyewear giant Oakley Inc.

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Makino scores as Urawa thrash Grampus in Nabisco Cup

SAITAMA, Japan - Tomoaki Makino of Urawa Reds celebrates with Genki Haraguchi (L) after scoring in the second half of a Nabisco Cup game against Nagoya Grampus on June 1, 2014, leading Urawa, who had already clinched a quarterfinal spot, to a 5-2 win at Saitama Stadium 2002.

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Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 26, 2014, shows a Muslim shop, which has been vandalized by Christians, in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014, shows French soldiers on patrol in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014, shows people living under an airplane in a camp for internally displaced people at the international airport in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014, shows Christian militia members, including children, marching near the international airport in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 26, 2014, shows members of Anti-balaka, a Christian militia, which has set up a checkpoint near a refugee camp for internally displaced people in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)