Agence France-Presse: A Japanese court on Wednesday ruled that the country’s second largest nuclear power plant meets earthquake safety standards and can legally operate, backing the government over a residents’ group. Three years ago a lower court ordered a shutdown of one reactor at the Shiga nuclear plant, handing a victory to campaigners who argued that government safety rules underestimated the size of a quake that could hit the plant. Japan’s government the following year raised the minimum …