The governor of Niigata Prefecture, which is home to the world’s largest nuclear power plant, is set to give the approval this week for the plant’s restart. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/niigata-governor-to-approve-nuclear-plant-restart/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #niigata #kashiwazakikariwa #nuclearenergy #tepco

The governor of Niigata Prefecture will visit the site of the Fukushima disaster, a key trip before he decides on whether to approve the restart of a separate nuclear plant in his own region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/japan/niigata-governor-fukushima-trip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #niigata #localgovernment #tepco #kashiwazakikariwa #nuclearenergy

Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi inspected Tepco's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station on Friday, before making a decision on whether to approve the restart of a reactor at the plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/japan/kashiwazaki-kariwa-niigata-governor-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #niigata #kashiwazakikariwa #tepco #restarts #localgovernment #nuclearenergy

Niigata’s governor met on Wednesday with the mayors of Kashiwazaki and Kariwa, which host Tepco’s nuclear plant, as he plans to decide whether to approve the restart of the facility. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/niigata-governor-kashiwazaki-kariwa-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #niigata #nuclearenergy #kashiwazakikariwa #tepco #hideyohanazumi

Japan has made its first shipment of scallops to China in two years after Beijing relaxed its restrictions on Japanese fishery products. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/07/scallop-exports-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #china #chinajapanrelations #hokkaido #fukushima #311 #aomori #fish #tepco

A Fukushima town eased entry restrictions Tuesday in some areas within the so-called difficult-to-return zone, which was heavily contaminated due to the 2011 nuclear accident. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/04/japan/fukushima-futaba-restrictions-ease/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushima #tepco #311 #earthquakes

Some 890 tons of Tepco's spent nuclear fuel are stored at Japan Nuclear Fuel's reprocessing plant under construction in Aomori Prefecture — the first time a specific company's amount at the site has been confirmed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/japan/tepco-nuclear-fuel-aomori-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearenergy #nuclearweapons #nuclearwaste #japanatomicpower #tepco #aomori

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings began the fifth round of the fiscal 2025 release of treated water from its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture into the ocean. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/fukushima-water-discharge-fifth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushima #tepco #nuclearenergy #earthquakes

Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa told Tepco to pursue “coexistence” with the local community while safely dismantling the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/26/japan/meti-akazawa-fukushima-nuclear-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushimano1 #meti #tepco #nuclearenergy

Tepco President Tomoaki Kobayakawa said Thursday that the company will consider decommissioning the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/tepco-kashiwazaki-reactor-scrap-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #kashiwazakikariwa #nuclearenergy #niigata

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) is considering decommissioning one or more reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in central Japan, excluding the No. 6 and No. 7 units. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/tepco-kashiwazaki-kariwa-decommissioning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #kashiwazakikariwa #niigata #energy #nuclearenergy

Major Japanese power and city gas suppliers are set to raise rates in October following the end of the government's subsidy program in September. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/27/japan-gas-power-rates-raise/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #energy #gas #electricity #tepco

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings will bring forward a decision on the fate of the No. 1 to No. 5 reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/05/japan/tepco-earlier-decision-on-decommissioning-reactors-in-niigata/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #nuclearenergy #niigata #kashiwazakikariwa

The Taiwanese government says it has begun a 60-day public comment period on lifting import restrictions on Japanese food imposed after the 2011 triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/taiwan-lift-import-restrictions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #taiwan #food #311 #fukushima #tepco

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said Sunday that it has completed the second round of its fiscal 2025 release of treated water into the ocean from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/03/japan/tepco-2nd-round-treated-water-release/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater #nuclearenergy #fukushima

Trading volume in Japan’s power futures is set to climb as companies prepare for the upcoming expiration of a key agreement between the nation’s largest utilities, a shift expected to jolt the market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/10/companies/power-trading/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tepco#jera #energy

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings suggested Monday that it plans to transfer spent nuclear fuel from its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to an interim storage facility in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/japan/tepco-move-mutsu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #aomori #mutsu #fukushima #nuclearenergy

Niigata Prefecture has held the first public hearing on the advisability of restarting reactors at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/30/japan/niigata-hearing-nuclear-reactor-restart/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearenergy #tepco

The nation's 10 major electricity suppliers said Friday that power bills for standard households will fall by between ¥520 and ¥691 in July from the previous month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/japan/household-electricity-bills-drop-july/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #energy #lng #electricity #utilities #tepco#kepco

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings has changed the schedule for restarting reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, sources said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/japan/tepco-change-plan-niigata/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearenergy #tepco #restarts #niigata #kashiwazakikariwa