Private company
Japan Atomic Power Company
Logo: 日本原子力発電, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
The Japan Atomic Power Company (日本原子力発電, Nihon Genshiryoku Hatsuden; JAPC) is a company initially formed to jump start the commercial use of nuclear power in Japan, and currently operates two different sites. According to the official web site, JAPC is "the only power company in Japan solely engaged in nuclear energy". JAPC owns both units at the Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant and the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant with plans to expand at Tsuruga.2 It is headquartered in Tokyo.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersTokyo1
- Founded inTokyo1
- Websitewww.japc.co.jp
- Legal formkabushiki gaisha1
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The Japan Atomic Power Company (日本原子力発電, Nihon Genshiryoku Hatsuden; JAPC) is a company initially formed to jump start the commercial use of nuclear power in Japan, and currently operates two different sites. According to the official web site, JAPC is "the only power company in Japan solely engaged in nuclear energy".2
Corporate structure
Japan Atomic Power Company sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Japan Atomic Power Company Tokyo
- Recyclable Fuel Storage Stake · 20% · Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What it owns
What Japan Atomic Power Company reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Also owns
From Wikidata.1
Controversies and legal
Accidents
On 11 March 2011 several nuclear reactors in Japan were badly damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
The Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant lost external electric power, experienced the failure of one of its two cooling pumps, and two of its three emergency power generators. External electric power could only be restored two days after the earthquake.
From Wikipedia’s article on Japan Atomic Power Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
- 1957Founded Founded in Tokyo1
Links
- Websitewww.japc.co.jp1
- WikipediaJapan Atomic Power Company
- WikidataQ1636542
Sources
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- 3Wikimedia CommonsJapan Atomic Power Company logo by 日本原子力発電, Public domain
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