Business & Economics
Niigata Assembly Green-Lights Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Restart, TEPCO’s First Post-Fukushima Reactivation
On 22 Dec 2025 a confidence vote in Governor Hideyo Hanazumi removed the last local-consent barrier, allowing TEPCO to fire up Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit 6—idle since 2011—from 20 Jan 2026.