Tokyo Electric Power Company
Tokyo Electric Power Co., Ltd. (東京電力株式会社, Tōkyō Denryoku Kabushiki-gaisha, TYO: 9501 ), also known as Toden (東電, Tōden) or TEPCO, is a Japanese company that sells electrical power in Japan's Kantō region, Yamanashi Prefecture, and the eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture. This area includes Tokyo. Its headquarters are in Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo. It has international offices in Washington, D.C., and London.
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| Company type | Public KK |
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| TYO: 9501 OSE: 9501 NSE: 9501 | |
| Industry | Electric utility |
| Predecessor | The Tokyo Electric Light Company, Incorporated (founded in 1889) |
| Founded | Tokyo, Japan (May 1, 1951) |
| Headquarters | Chiyoda, Tokyo , Japan |
Area served | Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Tochigi, Gunma, Ibaraki, Yamanashi, and east Shizuoka |
Key people | Masataka Shimizu (ex-President) Toshio Nishizawa (President) |
| Services | Electric generation, transmission, and distribution |
| Revenue |  ¥5,368.5 billion (FY 2010) |
| ¥399.6 billion (FY 2010) | |
 ¥-1,247.3 billion (FY 2010) | |
| Total assets | ¥14,790.3 billion (FY 2010) |
| Total equity | ¥1,602.4 billion (FY 2010) |
Number of employees | 38,671 |
| Parent | Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation  |
| Website | www.tepco.co.jp |
After the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, its power plant at Fukushima Daiichi became a continuing nuclear disaster. The Fukushima disaster forced 50,000 households to leave the evacuation zone because of radiation leaks into the air, soil and sea.[1]
Tokyo Prefecture is the largest shareholder in the company with 9.37 percent voting rights. [2]
References
change- ↑ Takahiko Hyuga and Tsuyoshi Inajima (June 10, 2011). "Police to Send Riot Squads to Tepco Meeting". Bloomberg.
- ↑ "Tokyo becomes largest shareholder in TEPCO," Mainichi Shimbun. 11 April 2012.
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