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Hokuriku Shinkansen Line to stretch through Fukui Pref. in mid-March

Passengers selected via lottery board a shinkansen bullet train at JR Tsuruga Station in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 3, 2024, ahead of the March 16 start of a commercial service between Tsuruga and Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, currently linking Tokyo with Kanazawa.

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Hokuriku Shinkansen Line to stretch through Fukui Pref. in mid-March

A shinkansen bullet train is pictured at JR Tsuruga Station in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 3, 2024, before passengers selected via lottery take a ride ahead of the March 16 start of a commercial service between Tsuruga and Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, currently linking Tokyo with Kanazawa.

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Hokuriku Shinkansen Line to stretch through Fukui Pref. in mid-March

A shinkansen bullet train arrives at JR Tsuruga Station in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 1, 2024, as journalists are set to take a ride ahead of the March 16 start of a commercial service between Tsuruga and Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, currently linking Tokyo with Kanazawa.

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Hokuriku Shinkansen Line to stretch through Fukui Pref. in mid-March

A shinkansen bullet train arrives at JR Tsuruga Station in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 1, 2024, as journalists are set to take a ride ahead of the March 16 start of a commercial service between Tsuruga and Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, currently linking Tokyo with Kanazawa.

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Reexamination of fault situation at Tsuruga plant

TSURUGA, Japan - A team of experts from the Nuclear Regulation Authority examines layers of earth around the No. 2 reactor of Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Jan. 20, 2014, the first day of a two-day reexamination after the NRA found in May the previous year that the reactor is sitting above an active fault.

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Reexamination of fault situation at Tsuruga plant

TSURUGA, Japan - A team of experts from the Nuclear Regulation Authority examines layers of earth around the No. 2 reactor of Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Jan. 20, 2014, the first day of a two-day reexamination after the NRA found in May the previous year that the reactor is sitting above an active fault. (Pool photo)

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Fault investigation at reactor site

TSURUGA, Japan - Photo shows the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on July 17, 2013, the day a team of experts appointed by the Nuclear Regulation Authority started a two-day investigation into the activity of some geologic faults running beneath the reactor.

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Nuclear disaster drill held near Tsuruga plant

TSURUGA, Japan - A meeting is held at the offsite center near Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga nuclear plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on March 18, for a nuclear disaster drill, which was held the same day simulating severe damage to its No. 2 reactor caused by a total loss of power in a big earthquake.

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Oi nuclear plant's spent fuel pit

TSURUGA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 7, 2011, shows the spent fuel pit of the No. 4 reactor at the Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. Kansai Electric Power Co. showed facilities of the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors, temporarily halted due to regular checkups, to the media on the same day.

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Whale shark in Tsuruga Bay

TSURUGA, Japan - A whale shark strays into Tsuruga Bay in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2011.

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Fallen device at Monju reactor disclosed to media

TSURUGA, Japan - The Japan Atomic Energy Agency disclosed a recently retrieved fuel exchange device which had accidentally fallen into the vessel of the prototype fast-breeder reactor Monju to the media in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on July 13, 2011, after disassembling and inspecting the device.

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Containing device fallen in Monju reactor

TSURUGA, Japan - Workers prepare to install a large container to be used to hold a cylindrical device that fell in August 2010 inside the vessel of prototype fast-breeder reactor Monju in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on June 22, 2011.

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Monju nuclear reactor restarts after 14-yr hiatus

TSURUGA, Japan - A Japan Coast Guard boat patrols near the Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast on May 6, 2010. The reactor resumed operations the same day after 14 years and five months of suspension due to a series of accidents and glitches including a sodium coolant leak.

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Monju nuclear reactor restarts after 14-yr hiatus

TSURUGA, Japan - Workers check the control system of the Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on May 6, 2010. The reactor resumed operations the same day after more than 14 years of suspension. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Monju nuclear reactor restarts after 14-yr hiatus

TSURUGA, Japan - Workers check the control system of the Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on May 6, 2010. The reactor resumed operations the same day after more than 14 years of suspension. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Monju nuclear reactor restarts after 14-yr hiatus

TSURUGA, Japan - This photo shows the Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast on May 6, 2010. The reactor resumed operations the same day after 14 years and five months of suspension due to a series of accidents and glitches including a sodium coolant leak.

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Monju nuclear reactor restarts after 14-yr hiatus

TSURUGA, Japan - Workers check the control system of the Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on May 6, 2010. The reactor resumed operations the same day after more than 14 years of suspension. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Monju nuclear reactor restarts after 14-yr hiatus

TSURUGA, Japan - A police boat patrols near the Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast on May 6, 2010. The reactor resumed operations the same day after 14 years and five months of suspension due to a series of accidents and glitches including a sodium coolant leak.

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Monju nuclear reactor restarts after 14-yr hiatus

TSURUGA, Japan - This photo shows the Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast on May 6, 2010. The reactor resumed operations the same day after 14 years and five months of suspension due to a series of accidents and glitches including a sodium coolant leak.

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Japan's oldest nuclear reactor set to pass 40-year mark

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo, taken in July, 2006, shows the No. 1 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, operated by Japan Atomic Power Co. Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa and Tsuruga Mayor Kazuharu Kawase on Feb. 21, 2001, approved the company's plan to continue operating the nation's oldest commercial nuclear reactor, which started commercial operations in 1970.

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(2)Top court says gov't 1983 approval to build Monju reactor was valid

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on August 31, 2004 shows the Monju experimental fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. The Supreme Court ruled May 30 that the government's 1983 approval to build the nuclear reactor was valid, overturning a 2003 high court ruling that invalidated the approval.

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(1)Top court says gov't 1983 approval to build Monju reactor was valid

TOKYO, Japan - Five Supreme Court First Petty Bench justices are seated on May 30 to rule on a lower court decision on the government's 1983 approval to build the Monju experimental fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. The top court ruled that the government approval was valid.

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Memorial service held for 4 victims of Mihama reactor accident

TSURUGA, Japan - A joint memorial service is held at a funeral hall in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Aug. 14 for four workers killed in Japan's deadliest nuclear plant accident at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture on Aug. 9.

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Explosion heard, smoke seen at nuke plant

FUKUI, Japan - File photo shows an overview of the Fugen converter-type reactor of the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, where an explosion was heard and smoke detected July 4 at a nuclear reactor waste disposal facility in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. No one was injured in the incident and there was no radiation leak, authorities said.

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(1)Nuclear reactor shut down at Fukui plant after fire

TSURUGA, Japan - File photo taken in 1999 shows No. 2 nuclear reactor of Japan Atomic Power Co. in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, where fire from a turbine cover forced the company to shut down the reactor late Dec. 12. Officials said there was no radiation leakage.