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Tokyo stocks tumble

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average down over 1,800 points to close at 51,515.49, a roughly two-and-a-half month low, on March 23, 2026, as crude oil futures surged after U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran's power plants will be attacked if Tehran does not lift the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Tokyo stocks tumble

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average down over 1,800 points to close at 51,515.49, a roughly two-and-a-half month low, on March 23, 2026, as crude oil futures surged after U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran's power plants will be attacked if Tehran does not lift the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Tokyo stocks tumble

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average down over 1,800 points to close at 51,515.49, a roughly two-and-a-half month low, on March 23, 2026, as crude oil futures surged after U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran's power plants will be attacked if Tehran does not lift the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Lebanese cabinet approves 116 mln USD in funds for ailing electric grid

STORY: Lebanese cabinet approves 116 mln USD in funds for ailing electric grid DATELINE: Jan. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cabinet meeting 2. various of Lebanese PM Najib Mikati speaking 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): NAJIB MIKATI, Lebanese PM 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): NAJIB MIKATI, Lebanese PM 5. various of cabinet meeting STORYLINE: The Lebanese cabinet on Wednesday approved funds to pay for two diesel ships needed to operate two power plants and cover their maintenance cost, hoping to provide a temporary solution for the power outage in the country. A statement by the Council of Ministers quoted Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati saying that the cabinet approved 62 million U.S. dollars to pay for two ships carrying 66,000 tons of diesel to operate Deir Ammar and Zahrani power plants and 54 million U.S. dollars to cover their maintenance cost. Mikati said that the decision to release 116 million U.S. dollars is the beginning of a solution to

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2 workers die at Fukushima Daiichi, Daini nuclear plants

NARAHA, Japan - Senior officials of Tokyo Electric Power Co., including Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant chief Akira Ono (C), bow during a press conference on Jan. 20, 2015, in the northeastern Japanese city of Naraha, as two workers died in separate accidents at the Daiichi plant and the nearby Daini complex, despite TEPCO's pledge to improve working conditions at the site of the 2011 nuclear disaster.

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Fukushima assembly calls for decommissioning local reactors

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The Fukushima prefectural assembly adopts on Oct. 20, 2011, a petition calling for decommissioning all 10 reactors at the prefecture's two nuclear power plants in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at one of them following the March earthquake and tsunami.

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Kan meets senior Vietnamese official

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) shakes hands with Truong Tan Sang, a permanent member of the secretariat of the Vietnamese Communist Party's Central Committee, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 2, 2011. Kan told Sang, who is expected to replace President Nguyen Minh Triet, that Japan would cooperate with Vietnam on safety improvements of atomic power generation as Hanoi will place an order with Japanese firms to construct two nuclear power plants.

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Anti-nuclear demonstrations in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken May 7, 2011, shows two protesters wearing vegetable suits -- eggplant (L) and Japanese daikon radish (R) -- during a demonstration against nuclear power plants in Shibuya, one of Tokyo's busiest shopping districts.

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Hitachi, GE to sign strategic tie-up on nuclear business

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Kazuo Furukawa (L) and Rudolph Villa, president of GE Energy's Nuclear Energy-Asia, shake hands at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 13. They said that the two companies will set up joint ventures in Japan and the United States to construct nuclear power plants under a strategic tie-up to promote nuclear business operations based on boiling water reactors.

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Niigata gov. scraps TEPCO pluthermal project plan

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (R) is in talks with two local mayors at his office in Niigata on Sept. 12. Hirayama said later he has scrapped a plan for a Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) pluthermal power-generation project in the prefecture over a scandal in which the company covered up damage at its nuclear plants.

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TEPCO resumed operations at 2 reactors after problems reported

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 1998 shows the shroud at the No. 3 reactor of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) in Fukushima Prefecture. TEPCO resumed operations of reactors at its two nuclear power plants without conducting inspections, even after the company received reports of possible problems.

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Fukushima pref. panel OKs raise in nuclear fuel tax

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The Fukushima prefectural assembly's committee on general affairs approves a proposal to raise the local tax on nuclear fuel July 4, paving the way for increasing the tax rate to 13.5% from the current 7%. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) opposes the tax hike as it is the sole payer of the local tax. TEPCO runs 10 nuclear reactors at its two power plants in the prefecture.

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Libyan gov't says 210 mln USD spent to maintain power plants

STORY: Libyan gov't says 210 mln USD spent to maintain power plants DATELINE: July 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. various of correspondents reporting the conference STORYLINE: The Government of National Unity in Libya on Monday said it has allocated 1 billion Libyan dinars (about 210 million U.S. dollars) over the past two years to maintain the country's power plants. "All the power plants in the country need maintenance. Some plants were not maintained for over 15 years," Mohamed Hamuda, the government spokesman, told a press conference in the capital Tripoli after a cabinet meeting. Some new power plants have not been used yet for "security and technical reasons," he said. Libyans tend to suffer a 14-hour power cut on a daily basis, especially during the summer, amid years of armed conflict and instability in the North African country. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tripoli. (XHTV)

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Hitachi, GE to sign strategic tie-up on nuclear business

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Kazuo Furukawa (L) and Rudolph Villa, president of GE Energy's Nuclear Energy-Asia, shake hands at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 13. They said that the two companies will set up joint ventures in Japan and the United States to construct nuclear power plants under a strategic tie-up to promote nuclear business operations based on boiling water reactors. (Kyodo)

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TEPCO resumed operations at 2 reactors after problems reported

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 1998 shows the shroud at the No. 3 reactor of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) in Fukushima Prefecture. TEPCO resumed operations of reactors at its two nuclear power plants without conducting inspections, even after the company received reports of possible problems. (Kyodo)

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3 reactors to become 1st in Japan to operate beyond 40-year limit

Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto meets the press at the prefectural government headquarters in Fukui on April 28, 2021, saying he had consented to a plan to restart three aging reactors at two local nuclear power plants. The reactors will be the first in Japan to operate beyond the 40-year limit.

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Gov't to keep nuclear resumption policy

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a press conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2015, after a court issued an injunction ordering Kansai Electric Power Co. not to restart two reactors at its Takahama nuclear power plant. Suga said the court decision does not affect the government's stance of resuming operations at nuclear plants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima assembly calls for decommissioning local reactors

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The Fukushima prefectural assembly adopts on Oct. 20, 2011, a petition calling for decommissioning all 10 reactors at the prefecture's two nuclear power plants in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at one of them following the March earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Nuclear disaster drill amid coronavirus pandemic

Two men, (front, L) each playing the role of someone suspected of coronavirus infection, ride a bus during an emergency evacuation drill in the Fukui Prefecture town of Oi in central Japan on Aug. 27, 2020, under a scenario of simultaneous accidents having occurred at Oi and Takahama nuclear power plants in the prefecture amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Kan meets senior Vietnamese official

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) shakes hands with Truong Tan Sang, a permanent member of the secretariat of the Vietnamese Communist Party's Central Committee, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 2, 2011. Kan told Sang, who is expected to replace President Nguyen Minh Triet, that Japan would cooperate with Vietnam on safety improvements of atomic power generation as Hanoi will place an order with Japanese firms to construct two nuclear power plants. (Kyodo)

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Anti-nuclear demonstrations in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken May 7, 2011, shows two protesters wearing vegetable suits -- eggplant (L) and Japanese daikon radish (R) -- during a demonstration against nuclear power plants in Shibuya, one of Tokyo's busiest shopping districts. (Kyodo)

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3 reactors to become 1st in Japan to operate beyond 40-year limit

Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto meets the press at the prefectural government headquarters in Fukui on April 28, 2021, saying he had consented to a plan to restart three aging reactors at two local nuclear power plants. The reactors will be the first in Japan to operate beyond the 40-year limit.

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3 reactors to become 1st in Japan to operate beyond 40-year limit

Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto meets the press at the prefectural government headquarters in Fukui on April 28, 2021, saying he had consented to a plan to restart three aging reactors at two local nuclear power plants. The reactors will be the first in Japan to operate beyond the 40-year limit.

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3 reactors to become 1st in Japan to operate beyond 40-yr limit

People rally in front of the Fukui prefectural government headquarters on April 28, 2021, protesting against Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto's approval earlier in the day of a plan to restart three aging reactors at two local nuclear power plants. The reactors will be the first in Japan to operate beyond the 40-year limit.

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Mihama nuclear power plant in Japan

File photo taken April 24, 2021, shows Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto (L) visiting the No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama nuclear power plant in Mihama in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan. Sugimoto consented on April 28 to a plan to restart three aging reactors, including the one in the picture, at two local nuclear power plants. The reactors will be the first in Japan to operate beyond the 40-year limit.

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Drill for multiple nuclear accidents in Japan

Officials hold a meeting at the Fukui prefectural government office on Aug. 25, 2018, during a two-day evacuation drill for multiple nuclear accidents in the central Japan prefecture. The drill is aimed at simultaneously testing established evacuation plans for residents around the Oi and Takahama nuclear power plants under the scenario that both facilities lose power to cool reactors due to a powerful quake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drill for multiple nuclear accidents in Japan

Local residents take part in a two-day evacuation drill for multiple nuclear accidents in Oi, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 25, 2018. The drill is aimed at simultaneously testing established evacuation plans for residents around the Oi and Takahama nuclear power plants under the scenario that both facilities lose power to cool reactors due to a powerful quake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drill for multiple nuclear accidents in Japan

Government officials hold a briefing session in Tokyo during a two-day evacuation drill for multiple nuclear accidents in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui on Aug. 25, 2018. The drill is aimed at simultaneously testing established evacuation plans for residents around the Oi and Takahama nuclear power plants under the scenario that both facilities lose power to cool reactors due to a powerful quake.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Niigata gov. scraps TEPCO pluthermal project plan

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (R) is in talks with two local mayors at his office in Niigata on Sept. 12. Hirayama said later he has scrapped a plan for a Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) pluthermal power-generation project in the prefecture over a scandal in which the company covered up damage at its nuclear plants. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima pref. panel OKs raise in nuclear fuel tax

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The Fukushima prefectural assembly's committee on general affairs approves a proposal to raise the local tax on nuclear fuel July 4, paving the way for increasing the tax rate to 13.5% from the current 7%. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) opposes the tax hike as it is the sole payer of the local tax. TEPCO runs 10 nuclear reactors at its two power plants in the prefecture.