Companies, corporations, and government offices surrounding the electric power companies
- - Electric Power Development Co.,Ltd.(J-POWER)
- - The Japan Atomic Power Company
- - Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited(JNFL)
- - The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan(FEPC)
- - Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry(CRIEPI)
Wholesale Power Companies
Electric Power Development Co.,Ltd.(J-POWER)-
Address: 15-1, Ginza 6-Chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8165 Japan Phone: 03-3546-2211 
Electric Power Development Corp. grappled with the development of large-scale hydraulic power plants in the 1950s (photo: Sakuma Power Plant brought into operation in 1956)The power supply framework in Japan was established in 1951, with the private operators regionally taking charge of power generation, as well as the transmission and distribution of electricity. This system has still been in place since that year, when the nine electric power companies, except OEPC, were founded. At that time, the demand for power was rapidly increasing, and it was necessary to build large-scale power plants.
However, the newly built power companies did not have enough "corporate strength" to meet the rising demand. So, the special public corporation J-Power was established in September 1952, supported mainly by government funds. In line with the national policy, J-Power launched the development of large-scale hydraulic power plants. Thereafter, the company successively worked on various projects, such as the development of massive pumped-storage power generation, the construction of large-capacity power transmission lines, and the construction of large-scale coal thermal power plants using imported coal as fuel.
The successive directors general (presidents since October 1986) of J-Power had been appointed from outside agencies, such as the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). The former president Yoshihiko Nakagaki, who took office in June 2001, became the first president appointed from within the company. Later, the company was listed on the first section of Tokyo Exchange Market in 2004 and was completely privatized.
At present, J-Power supplies ten electric power companies with power from the company-owned power plants. In addition, the company transmits electricity via the company-owned transmission/substation facilities, on behalf of the nine major power companies excluding OEPC. The company also engages in wind power generation through its subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and supplies wholesale power through independent power producers (IPPs) for utilities and power producer and supplier (PPS) firms.
The company took 870th place in the world competitive business ranking, the Global 2000, compiled by Forbes magazine in April 2009.
J-Power's basic performance data (consolidated) are shown below. (References: the company's short reports on financial results and securities reports in fiscal 2008. The directors and auditors are listed as of July 2009.)
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Consolidated subsidiaries: Bay Side Energy Co.,Ltd.(100%), Green Power Kuzumaki Co.,Ltd.(100%), Green Power Setana Co., Ltd.(100%), Green Power Koriyama-Nunobiki Co.,Ltd.(100%), Dream-Up Tomamae Co.,Ltd.(100%), Green Power Tokiwa Co., Ltd.(95%), Green Power Aso Co.,Ltd.(81.0%), ITOIGAWA POWER Inc.(80.0%), Nagasaki-Shikamachi Wind Power Co.,Ltd.(70%), Nikaho-kogen Wind Power Co.,Ltd.(67%), J-Wind TAHARA.,Ltd.(66%), Ichihara Power Co.,Ltd.(60%), JPOWER GENEX CAPITAL Co.,Ltd.(100%), Jpec Co.,Ltd.(100%), JPHYTECH Co.,Ltd.(100%), KEC Corporation(100%), EPDC CoalTech and Marine Co.,Ltd.(100%), J-Power Design Co.,Ltd.(100%), J-POWER EnTech Co.,Ltd.(100%), J-POWER RESOURCES Co.,Ltd.(100%), J-POWER AUSTRALIA PTY.LTD.(100%), JP Business Service Corporation(100%), J-Power Investment Netherlands B.V.(100%), J-Power North America Holdings Co., Ltd.(100%), J-Power USA Development Co.,Ltd.(100%), J-POWER USA Investment Co.,Ltd.(100%), J-Power Frontier,L.P.(100%), J-Power Holdings (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.(100%), J-Power Generation (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.(100%), Omuta Plant Service Co.,Ltd.(100%), FWM investment Co.,Ltd.(51%), Fresh Water Miike Co.,Ltd.(51%), Japan Network Engineering Co.,Ltd.(100%), Kaihatsu Hiryo Co.,Ltd.(100%), etc. Board of directors and auditors
Chairman: Kiyoshi Sawabe President: Masayoshi Kitamura Executive Vice Presidents: Shinichiro Ota(former Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office, former Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry officer), Masashi Hatano, Yasuo Maeda, Yoshihiko Sakanashi Exective Managing Directors: Minoru Hino, Masaharu Fujitomi(former Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry officer), Toshifumi Watanabe Exective Directors: Seigou Mizunuma, Kiyotaka Muramatsu, Kuniharu Takemata, Hirotada Tanou, Gou Kajitani(former Chairman, Japan Federation of Bar Associations) Senior Corporate Auditors: Kenji Shimada Corporate Auditors: Takashi Fujiwara(former Ministry of Finance officer), Motohito Sunamichi, Mutsutake Otsuka(Chairman, East Japan Railway Company), Hideaki Miyahara(Chairman, Toyota Tokyo Rental & Leasing Co.,Ltd.) Corporate Financial Data
Equity capital: 152.4 billion yen Sales turnover: 704.9 billion yen Electric revenue: 648.3 billion yen Ordinary income: 39.5 billion yen Net income: 19.4 billion yen Gross assets: 2005.4 billion yen Net assets: 382.1 billion yen number of shares issued: 166,569,600 (Japanese and Local governments: 100, financial institutions: 81,108,500, financial product traders: 1,990,900, other corporations: 18,412,300, foreign corporations, etc.: 33,855,200, individuals and others: 30,460,800) Employee Data
Electric employees: 2,242 Total employees: 6,581 System Design / Performance
power generating facilities（authorized capacity） hydroelectric: 59 sites(8,560MW)
thermal: 8 sites(7,824MW)
route length of transmission facilities: 2407.7 km
number of substations(output): 3 (4,292MVa)Electricity sales: 57.5Twh
Wholesale Power Companies
The Japan Atomic Power Company-
Address: 1-1 Kanda-Mitoshiro-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0053, Japan Phone: 03-6371-7400 
Japan's first commercial Tokai nuclear power plantThe Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC) was established in November 1957, with the launch of nuclear power generation in Japan, at the initiative of the nine major utilities excluding Okinawa Electric Power as well as Electric Power Development Co., Ltd., then a national policy concern. JAPC built and operated the first commercial nuclear power plant in Japan, the Tokai power station. In the early days of its foundation, most of the JAPC staffers were employees temporarily transferred from utilities, and the company also assumed the role of training nuclear engineers from the utilities. The Tokai power station was operated on a commercial basis from 1966 to 1998, and it is now undergoing decommissioning work.
Following the Tokai power station, JAPC launched the commercial operation of Tsuruga-1 power station in 1970, Tokai-2 in 1978, and Tsuruga-2 in 1987. At present, power from these nuclear stations is sold to Tohoku Electric Power, Tokyo Electric Power, Chubu Electric Power, Hokuriku Electric Power, and Kansai Electric Power.
JAPC's basic performance data (consolidated) are shown below. (References: securities reports in fiscal 2008. The directors and auditors are listed as of July 2009.)
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Consolidated subsidiaries: Nuclear Service Co.(100.0%), Genden Business Service Co.(100.0%), Genden Information System Co.(100.0%) Board of directors and auditors
Chairman: Yukinori Ichida(former Executive Vice President of Tokyo Electric Power Co.,Inc.) President: Hiroshi Morimoto(former Executive Vice President of Kansai Electric Power Co.,Inc.) Executive Vice Presidents: Hideaki Suzuki, Susumu Kawashima, Shoji Matsumoto Managing Directors: Takashi Nitta(former Kansai Electric Power Co.,Inc. employee), Fumiyuki Kashima(former Senior Executive Director of the Development Bank of Japan), Hiroyuki Iokibe(former Chubu Electric Power Co.,Inc. employee), Shinji Kato, Akira Takatsuji(former Tokyo Electric Power Co.,Inc. employee) Directors: Hiroshi Masuda, Tadamichi Sato, Taiki Ichimura, Yoshitaka Tatsumi, Yoichi Nonaka, Kazuo Iwakawa, Fumio Kawaguchi(Chairman, Chubu Electric Power Co.,Inc.), Masayoshi Kitamura(President, Electric Power Development Co.,Ltd.), Fujio Shinki(Chairman, Hokuriku Electric Power Co.,Inc.), Hiroaki Takahashi(President, Tohoku Electric Power Co.,Inc.), Shigemi Tamura(Adviser, Tokyo Electric Power Co.,Inc.), Shosuke Mori(President, Kansai Electric Power Co.,Inc.) Standing Auditors: Masao Aoyagi Auditors: Kiyondo Nagai, Yoji Ohashi(Chairman, All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.), Hiroshi Saito(President, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.) Corporate Financial Data
Equity capital: 120.0 billion yen Sales turnover: 151.0 billion yen Electric revenue: 149.3 billion yen Ordinary income: 4.3 billion yen Net income: 3.2 billion yen Gross assets: 671.7 billion yen Net assets: 174.4 billion yen number of shares issued: 12,000,000(Tokyo Electric Power: 28.23%, Kansai Electric Power: 18.54%, Chubu Electric Power: 15.12%, Hokuriku Electric Power: 13.05%, Tohoku Electric Power: 6.12%, J-POWER: 5.37%, Kyusyu Electric Power: 1.49%, Chugoku Electric Power: 1.25%, Hitachi, Ltd.: 0.92%, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.: 0.64%, Hokkaido Electric Power: 0.63%, Shikoku Electric Power: 0.61%) Employee Data
Electric employees: 1,291 Total employees: 2,074 System Design / Performance
power generating facilities（authorized capacity） nuclear: 3 units(2617MW) Electricity sales: 10.4Twh
Power related companies
Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited(JNFL)-
Address: 4-108 Aza Okitsuke, Oaza Obuchi, Rokkasho-mura, Kamikita-gun, Aomori, 039-3212 Japan Phone: 0175-71-2000 
Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd.'s spent fuel reprocessing plant at Rokkasho-mura, Aomori PrefectureThe company adopted its present name in 1992 after the merger of Japan Nuclear Fuel Service Limited and Japan Nuclear Fuel Industry Limited. The former was established in 1980 at the initiative of the power industry, and the latter in 1985 also at the initiative of the power industry. JNFL carries on business operations related to the Japanese nuclear fuel cycle policy, which calls for the recycling and reuse of spent fuel at nuclear power plants.
At Rokkasho village in Aomori prefecture, the company engages in the following four business operations: (1) uranium enrichment, (2) reprocessing of spent fuel, (3) temporary storage of waste generated through reprocessing undertaken overseas, and (4) geological disposal of low-level radioactive waste. JNFL's customers include the nine major utilities excluding Okinawa Electric Power as well as Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC). Of these business operations, a plant for reprocessing spent fuel is now in trial operation, in preparation for the beginning of full commercial operation. Furthermore, JNFL is now applying for a license to fabricate plutonium-uranium mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel (as of July 2009).
The present JNFL president Isami Kojima was formerly vice president of Tokyo Electric Power and vice president of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC).
JNFL's basic performance data (individual) are shown below. (References: securities reports in fiscal 2008. The directors and auditors are listed as of July 2009.)
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Board of directors and auditors
Chairman: Shosuke Mori(President, Kansai Electric Power Co.,Inc.) President: Isami Kojima Executive Vice Presidents: Yoshio Hirata, Teruaki Suzuki, Yoshihiko Kawai, Kouichi Ikeda Senior Managing Director: Aiji Yamato, Yuuichirou Matsuo Managing Directors: Hideo Tajima, Yoshinori Takahashi, Kazuhiro Matsumura, Shigeru Kuwahara Directors: Yoshihiro Noguchi, Akio Kawaguchi, Shohei Tominaga, Takeo Ota, Haruki Aoyagi, Humihiro Anpo, Hideaki Murakami, Shuhei Yamamoto, Kiyohito Takakuwa Directors(Part-time): Yoshitaka Sato(President, Hokkaido Electric Power Co.,Inc.), Hiroaki Takahashi(President, Tohoku Electric Power Co.,Inc.), Masataka Shimizu(President, Tokyo Electric Power Co.,Inc.), Toshio Mita(President, Chubu Electric Power Co.,Inc.), Isao Nagahara(President, Hokuriku Electric Power Co.,Inc.), Takashi Yamashita(President, Chugoku Electric Power Co.,Inc.), Akio Chiba(President, Shikoku Electric Power Co.,Inc.), Toshio Manabe(President, Kyusyu Electric Power Co.,Inc.), Hiroshi Morimoto(President, The Japan Atomic Power Company) Standing Auditors: Yukio Furusawa, Hiroyoshi Suzuki Auditors: Tadashi Okamura(Corporate Advisor, Toshiba Corporation), Yoshihiko Shoyama(Corporate Advisor, Hitachi, Ltd.), Kazuo Tsukuda(Chairman, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.) Corporate Financial Data
Equity capital: 200.0 billion yen Sales turnover: 290.3 billion yen
Uranium enrichment: 6.7 billion yen
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal: 6.5 billion yen
Vitrified Waste Storage: 10.3 billion yen
Reprocessing: 266.7 billion yen
(by business segment)Ordinary income: 8.3 billion yen Net income: -2.3 billion yen Gross assets: 2347.3 billion yen Net assets: 159.6 billion yen number of shares issued: 20,000,000(Tokyo Electric Power: 20.56%, Kansai Electric Power: 13.49%, Chubu Electric Power: 9.25%, Kyusyu Electric Power: 6.99%, Tohoku Electric Power: 5.62%, Chugoku Electric Power: 5.01%, Shikoku Electric Power: 3.85%, The Japan Atomic Power Company: 3.73%, Hokkaido Electric Power: 3.45%, Hokuriku Electric Power: 3.03%) Employee Data
Employees: 2,402
Electric industry related organizations
the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan(FEPC)-
Address: Keidanren-kaikan 9-4, 1-chome, Ohte-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8118, Japan Phone: 03-3279-2182 
The Federation of Electric Power Companies provides opportunities to exchange views between utility leadersThe Federation of Electric Power Companies was inaugurated in November 1952 in succession to a chamber consisting of electric utility presidents. The chamber was originally established to respond to labor unions after World War II with the aim of smoothly operating electric businesses in Japan through close communication between utilities. The federation originally consisted of nine major utilities and then incorporated Okinawa Electric Power (established in 1972) in 2000. The chair of the federation has been assumed by chairmen or presidents of Tokyo Electric Power, Kansai Electric Power, and Chubu Electric Power and is presently assumed by Shosuke Mori, president of Kansai Electric Power.
The following data are as of August 2008.
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Members: Hokkaido Electric Power Co.,Inc./Tohoku Electric Power Co.,Inc./Tokyo Electric Power Co.,Inc./Chubu Electric Power Co.,Inc./Hokuriku Electric Power Co.,Inc./Kansai Electric Power Co.,Inc./Chugoku Electric Power Co.,Inc./Shikoku Electric Power Co.,Inc./Kyusyu Electric Power Co.,Inc./Okinawa Electric Power Co.,Inc. Board of directors
Chairman: Shosuke Mori(President, Kansai Electric Power Co.,Inc.) Vice Chairman: Hiroaki Takahashi(President, Tohoku Electric Power Co.,Inc.), Isao Nagahara(President, Hokuriku Electric Power Co.,Inc.), Yoshihisa Morimoto(Director, Tokyo Electric Power Co.,Inc.) Senior Managing Director: Yuji Kume(Director, Chubu Electric Power Co.,Inc.) Director, Secretary General: Yuzuru Hiroe(Director, Kansai Electric Power Co.,Inc.) Director, Deputy Secretary General: Yasuhiro Tejima(Executive, Tokyo Electric Power Co.,Inc.) Director, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Promotion Headquarters: Susumu Tanuma(Kansai Electric Power Co.,Inc.) Director, Geological Disposal Promotion Headquarters: Kazuya Sugiyama(Tokyo Electric Power Co.,Inc.)
Electric industry related organizations
Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry(CRIEPI)
The Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry is active in research exchange with foreign institutes, including the organization of international symposiaThe predecessor of the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), the Electric Power Engineering Research Laboratory, was established in November 1951 as a joint research institute for the nine major electric utilities inaugurated after World War II. The laboratory was renamed to CRIEPI in the following year, when it included economy in its study area in addition to technical fields.
CRIEPI is operated on the basis of contribution revenues from the nine electric utilities and J-Power as well as revenues earned through commissioned research and other business activities. Current chairman Masahiro Kakumu is an ex-vice president of Chubu Electric Power.
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Number of personnel (as of April 1, 2009)
Research staff: 713 Administrative staff: 94 Total: 807 Directors (as of June 4, 2009)
President: Masahiro Kakumu(former Executive Vice President of Chubu Electric Power Co.,Inc. ) Senior Managing Director: Michio Suzuki Managing director: Koichi Nishi, Akito Nitta
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