Overseas Network, March 23rd Due to the outage of multiple power stations caused by the earthquake, the Japanese government issued a power supply shortage alert for the first time on the 22nd, and night lighting including Tokyo Tower was also suspended to save electricity.
According to a report by Japan’s Asahi TV station on the 23rd, on the day the Japanese government issued an alert, Japan’s power usage rate reached 101% at 10:00 a.m. local time, exceeding the limit of the day’s power supply. By 2 pm local time, it had reached 107%.
In order to save electricity, all the neon lights in front of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station were turned off, and the large screen was pitch black.Tokyo’s iconic Tokyo Tower also stopped lighting at night. Escalators at some stations have also been shut down and passengers can only use the stairs.
Japan’s economic and industrial minister Hagiita Koichi also said on the issue of power shortage, “Unfortunately, in order to avoid interruption of traffic lights, it is not ruled out that there will be a large-scale power outage similar to the day of the earthquake.” (Overseas Network Wu Qian)
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