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Typhoon Shanshan – Storm Leaves Damage In Kyushu 7

Typhoon Shanshan left damage across Kyushu as it made landfall near Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture Thursday morning, August 29. In Miyazaki City, gusty winds, apparently a tornado, caused damage to houses late Wednesday. More than 10 people were injured due to the winds, according to reports. This video shows downed power lines and debris scattered around a park in Tsunehisa, Miyazaki City, apparently caused by a tornado.

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Typhoon Shanshan – Storm Leaves Damage In Kyushu 4

Typhoon Shanshan left damage across Kyushu as it made landfall near Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture Thursday morning, August 29. In Miyazaki City, gusty winds, apparently a tornado, caused damage to houses late Wednesday. More than 10 people were injured due to the winds, according to reports. This video shows houses with damage and debris scattered in a park in Tsunehisa, Miyazaki City Thursday morning, apparently caused by a tornado.

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Typhoon Shanshan – Storm Leaves Damage In Kyushu 3

Typhoon Shanshan left damage across Kyushu as it made landfall near Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture Thursday morning, August 29. In Miyazaki City, gusty winds, apparently a tornado, caused damage to houses late Wednesday. More than 10 people were injured due to the winds, according to reports. This video shows damaged house roofs in Tsunehisa, Miyazaki City Thursday morning.

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Typhoon Shanshan – Storm Leaves Damage In Kyushu

Typhoon Shanshan left damage across Kyushu as it made landfall near Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture Thursday morning, August 29. In Miyazaki City, gusty winds, apparently a tornado, caused damage to houses late Wednesday. More than 10 people were injured due to the winds, according to reports. This video shows debris stuck in power lines in Tsunehisa, Miyazaki City Thursday morning.

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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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1,300 file criminal complaint against TEPCO execs, others

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - People head to the Fukushima District Public Prosecutors Office in Fukushima city on June 11, 2012. Around 1,300 people mainly from Fukushima Prefecture the same day filed a criminal complaint against Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata and 32 others, arguing they were responsible for causing the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant and the exposure of the plaintiffs to radiation.

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1,300 file criminal complaint against TEPCO execs, others

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - People head to the Fukushima District Public Prosecutors Office in Fukushima city on June 11, 2012. Around 1,300 people mainly from Fukushima Prefecture the same day filed a criminal complaint against Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata and 32 others, arguing they were responsible for causing the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant and the exposure of the plaintiffs to radiation.

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Panel seeks to reveal TEPCO's management problems

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks as he was invited to a meeting of a third-party panel tasked with overseeing TEPCO's cost-cutting efforts at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. The panel decided its focus would go beyond short-term issues such as the evaluation of idle assets and that it would seek to ''widely reveal'' the utility's management problems.

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TEPCO aims to achieve 'cold shutdown' for reactors in 6-9 months

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (front) bows in an apology at the end of a press conference in Tokyo on April 17, 2011. He said TEPCO aims to bring the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to a stable condition known as a ''cold shutdown'' in about six to nine months, while trying to achieve a ''steady reduction'' in levels of radiation leaks in about three months.

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Fishermen lodge protest over TEPCO pollution

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (L, front) bows in apology after receiving a statement of protest from Ikuhiro Hattori (R, front), head of the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives Associations, at the utility's headquarters in Tokyo on April 6, 2011. The federation said fishermen are angry over the company's release into the sea of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Tokyo Electric Chairman Katsumata

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 30, 2011, shows Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., during a press conference in Tokyo on a crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant it operates in tsunami-hit Fukushima Prefecture.

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Panel seeks changes to arms export ban

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) receives a report from Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. who heads a panel of experts reviewing Japan's defense policy, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 4. The report called for easing Japan's ban on weapons exports and a change in the interpretation of the Constitution to ensure Japan has the right to exercise collective self-defense.

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Tokyo Electric falls into red for 1st time in 28 years

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunehisa Katsumata, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 30. The utility said it fell into the red in fiscal 2007 for the first time in 28 years, with a group net loss of 150.11 billion yen.

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Shimizu to become next TEPCO president

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Masataka Shimizu (R), who is set to become the company's next president, shakes hands with current President Tsunehisa Katsumata in Tokyo on Jan. 22.

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Tokyo Electric to fall into red in FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunehisa Katsumata, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., briefs reporters on the company's full-year earnings estimate for fiscal 2007 in Tokyo on Oct. 31. Japan's biggest utility is expected to fall into the red in fiscal 2007 for the first time in 28 years, affected by the shutdown of its key nuclear power reactor and rising fuel costs.

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Nuke plant shutdown to dent TEPCO profits by 400 bil. yen in FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Tsunehisa Katsumata speaking at a news conference in Tokyo on July 31. Tokyo Electric says it has sharply lowered its group profit estimates for fiscal 2007 because the shutdown of a nuclear power plant after a huge earthquake earlier this month is expected to reduce profit by up to 400 billion yen.

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Kashiwazaki city orders suspension of operation at nuke plant

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Tsunehisa Katsumata (2nd from R), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., bows in apology to Hiroshi Aida (L), mayor of Kashiwazaki, at the Kashiwazaki city office on July 18.

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Rakuten to acquire 54% stake in TEPCO's phone subsidiary

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunehisa Kawamata (L), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), and Rakuten Inc. President Hiroshi Mikitani pose for a photo at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on June 19. Rakuten said it will tap into the telecommunications industry by acquiring a 54.27 percent stake in Fusion Communications Corp., TEPCO's Internet protocol phone subsidiary.

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coverups

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunehisa Katsumata (C), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks with reporters on April 20 after his company, along with three others, was ordered by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to conduct additional checks on its nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country.

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Local gov't gives nod to safety plan for nuclear processing plant

AOMORI, Japan - Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (L) receives a draft agreement from Rokkasho Village Mayor Kenji Fukukawa (right fore) on trial operations by the company of Japan's first spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the village as Aomori Prefecture Governor Shingo Mimura (R back) witnesses at the prefectural government office on March 28.

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TEPCO drops warning of serious power supply shortfall

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) President Tsunehisa Katsumata speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1. TEPCO has dropped its earlier warning of a possible shortfall in this summer's power supply.

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New TEPCO chief vows to do best to restore public trust

TOKYO - Tsunehisa Katsumata (R), new president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), gives a news conference along with his predecessor Naoya Minami (L) in Tokyo on Oct. 15. Katsumata pledged the utility would do its best to restore public trust following a series of cover-up scandals concerning defects at its nuclear power plants.

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Local gov't gives nod to safety plan for nuclear processing plan

AOMORI, Japan - Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (L) receives a draft agreement from Rokkasho Village Mayor Kenji Fukukawa (right fore) on trial operations by the company of Japan's first spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the village as Aomori Prefecture Governor Shingo Mimura (R back) witnesses at the prefectural government office on March 28. (Kyodo)

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coveru

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunehisa Katsumata (C), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks with reporters on April 20 after his company, along with three others, was ordered by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to conduct additional checks on its nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country. (Kyodo)

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Rakuten to acquire 54% stake in TEPCO's phone subsidiary

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunehisa Kawamata (L), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), and Rakuten Inc. President Hiroshi Mikitani pose for a photo at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on June 19. Rakuten said it will tap into the telecommunications industry by acquiring a 54.27 percent stake in Fusion Communications Corp., TEPCO's Internet protocol phone subsidiary. (Kyodo)

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Nuke plant shutdown to dent TEPCO profits by 400 bil. yen in FY

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Tsunehisa Katsumata speaking at a news conference in Tokyo on July 31. Tokyo Electric says it has sharply lowered its group profit estimates for fiscal 2007 because the shutdown of a nuclear power plant after a huge earthquake earlier this month is expected to reduce profit by up to 400 billion yen. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Electric to fall into red in FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunehisa Katsumata, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., briefs reporters on the company's full-year earnings estimate for fiscal 2007 in Tokyo on Oct. 31. Japan's biggest utility is expected to fall into the red in fiscal 2007 for the first time in 28 years, affected by the shutdown of its key nuclear power reactor and rising fuel costs. (Kyodo)

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Shimizu to become next TEPCO president

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Masataka Shimizu (R), who is set to become the company's next president, shakes hands with current President Tsunehisa Katsumata in Tokyo on Jan. 22. (Kyodo)

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(3)TEPCO chief, others to quit over nuke plant scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunehisa Katsumata (file photo), one of five executive vice presidents at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), is expected to succeed President Nobuya Minami, who will resign to take the blame for a cover-up of cracks in TEPCO nuclear power plants. (Kyodo)

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New TEPCO chief vows to do best to restore public trust

TOKYO - Tsunehisa Katsumata (R), new president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), gives a news conference along with his predecessor Naoya Minami (L) in Tokyo on Oct. 15. Katsumata pledged the utility would do its best to restore public trust following a series of cover-up scandals concerning defects at its nuclear power plants. (Kyodo)

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New TEPCO chief vows to do best to restore public trust

TOKYO - Tsunehisa Katsumata (R), new president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), gives a news conference along with his predecessor Naoya Minami (L) in Tokyo on Oct. 15. Katsumata pledged the utility would do its best to restore public trust following a series of cover-up scandals concerning defects at its nuclear power plants. (Kyodo)

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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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Tokyo TY Financial, ShinGinko Tokyo broadly agree to merge in 2016

Akihiro Kakizaki (R), president of Tokyo TY Financial Group Inc., and Hidenori Tsunehisa, president of ShinGinko Tokyo, a regional bank primarily owned by the Tokyo metropolitan government, hold a press conference in Tokyo on June 12, 2015, on their agreement to merge in April 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kashiwazaki city orders suspension of operation at nuke plant

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Tsunehisa Katsumata (2nd from R), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., bows in apology to Hiroshi Aida (L), mayor of Kashiwazaki, at the Kashiwazaki city office on July 18. (Kyodo)

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Panel seeks to reveal TEPCO's management problems

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks as he was invited to a meeting of a third-party panel tasked with overseeing TEPCO's cost-cutting efforts at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. The panel decided its focus would go beyond short-term issues such as the evaluation of idle assets and that it would seek to ''widely reveal'' the utility's management problems. (Kyodo)

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Fishermen lodge protest over TEPCO pollution

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (L, front) bows in apology after receiving a statement of protest from Ikuhiro Hattori (R, front), head of the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives Associations, at the utility's headquarters in Tokyo on April 6, 2011. The federation said fishermen are angry over the company's release into the sea of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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TEPCO aims to achieve 'cold shutdown' for reactors in 6-9 months

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (front) bows in an apology at the end of a press conference in Tokyo on April 17, 2011. He said TEPCO aims to bring the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to a stable condition known as a ''cold shutdown'' in about six to nine months, while trying to achieve a ''steady reduction'' in levels of radiation leaks in about three months. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Electric Chairman Katsumata

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 30, 2011, shows Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., during a press conference in Tokyo on a crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant it operates in tsunami-hit Fukushima Prefecture. (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

Tsunehisa Katsumata (C), a former chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., arrives at the Tokyo District Court on June 30, 2017. Katsumata and two former vice presidents responsible for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant pleaded not guilty in the first criminal trial over the 2011 disaster that caused multiple meltdowns and forced at least 150,000 residents from their homes amid radiation fears. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Tepco execs go on trial over Fukushima nuclear disaster

Tsunehisa Katsumata (L), a former chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., arrives at the Tokyo District Court on June 30, 2017. Katsumata and two former vice presidents responsible for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant pleaded not guilty in the first criminal trial over the 2011 disaster that caused multiple meltdowns and forced at least 150,000 residents from their homes amid radiation fears. (Kyodo) ==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

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TEPCO drops warning of serious power supply shortfall

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) President Tsunehisa Katsumata speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1. TEPCO has dropped its earlier warning of a possible shortfall in this summer's power supply. (Kyodo)