The Japanese government asked citizens to support planned power cuts starting early Monday after the earthquake and tsunami that crippled nuclear power plants in the northeast.
The Japanese government asked citizens to support planned power cuts
starting early Monday after the earthquake and tsunami that crippled nuclear
power plants in the northeast.
Prime Minister Naoto
Kan
said
Sunday he had authorized the blackouts to prevent any sudden major supply
disruption, as power supply has significantly fallen since the disaster hit
power plants Friday.
"Some confusion is expected at the beginning of the measure," Chief
Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told a news conference ahead of the planned
blackout, which is scheduled to begin at 6:20 a.m. (2120 GMT).
"People's maximum cooperation is needed," Edano said. "I would
like people to save energy as much as possible and refrain from going out if
it's not necessary."
The phased suspensions will cover the region served by Tokyo Electric Power
(Tepco)--
Tokyo
excluding the central area, and the prefectures of
Chiba
,
Gunma,
Ibaraki
,
Kanagawa, Tochigi, Saitama, Yamanashi and part of
Shizuoka
.
Tepco, the operator of the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 plant, said the outages
would last until the end of April, Kyodo News reported.
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