National Oct 13, 2016
Tepco substation blaze blamed on aging cable insulation
A fire at an electricity substation that led to a widespread blackout in Tokyo is blamed on cables installed 35 years ago.
National Oct 12, 2016
Power blackout hits 350,000 Tokyo homes, brings trains to a halt
A massive blackout cut power to as many as 580,000 households for a short period in central Tokyo on Wednesday afternoon, disrupting trains and traffic lights and bringing elevators to a halt. The blackout hit houses and office buildings in 11 of Tokyo's wards, including ...
National Dec 8, 2014
120 households in Tokushima still cut off by snow
About 200 people in some 120 households in Tokushima Prefecture remained isolated Monday night as roads blocked by fallen trees and snow after heavy weekend snow had yet to be cleared. About 170 personnel from the Ground Self-Defense Force continued work to clear roads leading ...
World Sep 6, 2014
Worst power outage yet downs Egypt subway, TV stations
Egypt suffered a massive power outage that halted parts of the Cairo subway, took TV stations off the air and ground much of the country to a halt for several hours Thursday, as officials offered no clear explanation for how the country suddenly lost ...
National Aug 15, 2014
Snake zapped; 4,900 Shimonoseki households hit by blackout
About 4,900 households have been hit by blackouts in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, as a snake climbed up an electric pole and came in contact with a wire, Chugoku Electric Power Co. said Thursday. A utility worker found a 1-meter-long dead snake hanging from a 10-meter-high ...
Business / Economy Sep 17, 2013
Japan warned U.S. of blackout risk
by Jacob Adelman
The U.S. Department of Energy was informed by Japanese officials that the world's third-largest economy risked a catastrophic power failure as it prepared to close its last operating nuclear reactor last year. Those warnings, detailed in redacted documents released to Bloomberg by the U.S. Energy ...