{"id":1395358,"date":"2022-03-23T01:14:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T05:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1395358"},"modified":"2022-03-23T01:14:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T05:14:44","slug":"japan-issues-unprecedented-warning-of-nationwide-electricity-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japan-issues-unprecedented-warning-of-nationwide-electricity-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Issues Unprecedented Warning of Nationwide Electricity Shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjapan-issues-unprecedented-warning-of-nationwide-electricity-shortage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1395358&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Japan\u2019s Industry Ministry and the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) issued a joint statement on Monday night asking residents of 16 Japanese prefectures, including Tokyo, to <a href=\"https:\/\/english.kyodonews.net\/news\/2022\/03\/330a6c8e735b-tokyo-8-other-prefs-urged-to-save-power-as-demand-outstrips-supply.html\">limit<\/a> their electricity consumption due to a nationwide power shortage, Kyodo News reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Japan\u2019s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) issued its \u201cfirst-ever warning over electricity availability\u201d on the night of March 21, according to Kyodo News. The statement asked residents across 16 Japanese prefectures to \u201ccooperate in power-saving efforts\u201d through at least March 22. The affected prefectures spanned central and northeastern Japan and included Tokyo, Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, and Shizuoka.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Japan\u2019s federal government asked millions of residents to reduce their electricity usage on Monday for a number of reasons, including the suspended operation of some thermal power plants after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/03\/18\/japan-earthquake-disrupts-two-nuclear-plants-in-fukushima\/\">struck<\/a> northeastern Japan\u2019s coast on March 16.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuake damage has disrupted operations of a 600,000-kilowatt unit at the Hirono Thermal Power Station in Fukushima, run by TEPCO and Chubu Electric Power Co., and Electric Power Development Co.\u2019s 1.2-kw thermal plant in Kanagawa Prefecture,\u201d Kyodo News reported on March 22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to the suspension of thermal power plants due to the quake, significant demand increase caused by bad weather are the factors for the strained power supply and demand situation at this time,\u201d Japanese Industry Minister Hagiuda Koichi told reporters at a press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>He added that by \u201cbad weather\u201d he referred to colder weather than usual coupled with cloudy skies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRainy weather curbs solar power output,\u201d Hagiuda pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and other major television networks based in Tokyo were forced to air news segments on Tuesday filmed under \u201cdim studio lights,\u201d Kyodo News revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The Tokyo Skytree Tower, a 634-meter broadcasting and observation tower, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/japan-sees-partial-blackout-after-first-ever-power-supply-warning-2022-03-22\/\">turned off<\/a> its lights all day Tuesday for the first time in its history, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Japanese government authorities said on March 22 they would continue to keep a power-supply warning in place through March 23, according to public broadcaster NHK.<\/p>\n<p>Japan has relied more heavily upon thermal power plants for its energy production since a 2011 nuclear disaster in northeastern Japan\u2019s Fukushima prefecture \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/world-nuclear.org\/information-library\/safety-and-security\/safety-of-plants\/fukushima-daiichi-accident.aspx\">caused<\/a> by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami \u2014 prompted Tokyo to require tougher nuclear power regulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[M]any of Japan\u2019s nuclear reactors have been offline under stricter regulations introduced after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi plant disaster, [and] the country has been highly dependent on thermal power, accounting for 76.3 percent of total power generation capacity in fiscal 2020 ended in March 2021,\u201d Kyodo News noted on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s Industry Ministry and the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) issued a joint statement on Monday night asking residents of 16 Japanese prefectures, including Tokyo, to limit their electricity 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