Economics
Power Fully Restored After Outage Across Wide Area of Tokyo
- As many as 580,000 homes lose power briefly across city
- Subway operations disrupted, Haneda flights unaffected
The Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s (Tepco) logo is displayed on helmets
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Power has been fully restored to slightly more than half a million homes across Tokyo that briefly suffered outages after a fire broke out at a Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. facility in the neighboring prefecture of Saitama.
The disruption affected government offices and brought some trains in the capital to a temporary halt. As many as 580,000 homes were hit, a Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry spokeswoman said. The utility, which said that power was fully returned to those affected by 4:25 p.m. Tokyo time, confirmed the ministry’s numbers at a news conference.