Kansai Electric Power Co.’s (KEPCO) Takahama nuclear power plant, in Fukui prefecture, western Japan. AFP PHOTO
Kansai Electric Power Co.’s (KEPCO) Takahama nuclear power plant, in Fukui prefecture, western Japan. AFP PHOTO

TOKYO: A Japanese court Wednesday ordered the shutdown of two nuclear reactors previously declared safe under strict post-Fukushima safety rules, a decision that comes just days before the fifth anniversary of the atomic disaster.

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