Post-typhoon blackout near Tokyo reaches Day 4 affecting 280,000 homes english.kyodonews.net

The number of households in Chiba Prefecture affected by the outage remained approximately 280,000 as of 9 p.m., compared with more than 380,000 Wednesday evening, according to Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.
"We would like TEPCO to make further efforts" in resolving the power outage and sharing a more accurate outlook, said Chiba Gov.
About 935,000 households were left without electricity at one point in wide areas including the prefectures of Chiba, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, and Tokyo.
Some schools in areas affected by the power outage remain closed, and some of East Japan Railway Co.'s services on the Uchibo and Sotobo lines were canceled throughout Thursday.
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