Chugoku

Chugoku Electric, after three decades of struggle to clear political and legal hurdles, finally appeared close to breaking ground for the plant before the Fukushima Daiichi accident.

Nuclear Power Drives Japan Village Election James Simms 2011

Because of the planned reactors, nuclear-related funding sources provide almost one-fourth of the village's nearly $60 million budget now, and Chugoku Electric has donated $32 million to village coffers since 2007.

Nuclear Power Drives Japan Village Election James Simms 2011

KASHIMA, Japan -- When the Shimane nuclear plant was first proposed here more than 40 years ago, this rural port town put up such fierce resistance that the plant's would-be operator, Chugoku Electric, almost scrapped the project.

In Japan, A Culture That Promotes Nuclear Dependency The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

But Chugoku Electric says it plans to go forward with construction, a resolve the utility's president repeated at a news conference just last Friday.

Nuclear Power Drives Japan Village Election James Simms 2011

KASHIMA, Japan -- When the Shimane nuclear plant was first proposed here more than 40 years ago, this rural port town put up such fierce resistance that the plant's would-be operator, Chugoku Electric, almost scrapped the project.

In Japan, A Culture That Promotes Nuclear Dependency The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

Chugoku Electric Power Co. and Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, each said they had asked employees to attend events but did not ask them to express any specific opinion or claim to represent the general public.

Japan Agency in New Storm Kosaku Narioka 2011

On Monday Chugoku Electric Power Co. in nearby Shimane prefecture closed a thermal-power plant.

Japan Extends Power-Saving Push to Country's West Mitsuru Obe 2011

Chugoku Electric Power lost 2.2% after it said Monday it stopped operations at a thermal power plant.

Asia Mixed Amid Debt Jitters John Phillips 2011

The two mainland areas the other side of the bridges, Kinki and Chugoku, sees a similar prediction of increase in travel, so perhaps the effect works both ways.

Loss of privacy from highway spying not an issue for most Japanese 2009

(On Chugoku Shimbun website the entire translated version)

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