Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc., widely known as TEPCO, is a Japanese electric utility headquartered in Tokyo, founded in 1951 as one of the regional utilities created when Japan's power industry was reorganized during the postwar occupation era. It is the largest electric utility in Japan, serving the greater Tokyo metropolitan region, and it is widely known internationally as the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the site of the March 2011 nuclear disaster that followed the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
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Company TypeJapanese electric utility holding company 2 Founded Year Headquarters Company Type
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A major electric or gas utility company; classified in the atlas utilities-industry.
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1. Wikidata: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.
Wikidata Q333894, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 2. Wikipedia, Tokyo Electric Power Company
WikipediaLead section
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated (Japanese: 東京電力ホールディングス株式会社, Tōkyōdenryoku Hōrudingusu Kabushikigaisha; TEPCO, also known as Tōden (東電) in Japan) is a Japanese electric utility holding company servicing Japan's Kantō region, Yamanashi Prefecture, and the eastern portion of Shizuoka Prefecture.
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Its headquarters are located in Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, and international branch offices exist in Washington, D.C., and London.
History section, first paragraph
Japan's electricity sector, nationalized in 1939 in preparation of total war (the Pacific War), were privatized in 1951 on behest of the U.S./Allied occupation forces, creating nine privately owned government-granted monopolies, one in a certain region; this included TEPCO.
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