Japanese trade minister Hiroshige Seko said on Tuesday that electricity supply will remain tight in Hokkaido in the wake of last week’s powerful earthquake until Friday, when the northern island’s utility is set to start operations at its Kyogoku No.2 pumped storage hydro power plant.
‘World-class’ skeleton of herbivorous dinosaur excavated in Hokkaido – Announcing the completion of time-consuming “cleaning” work, a research team in Hokkaido has unveiled what it claims is the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in Japan.
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Japan government sees no rolling blackouts in Hokkaido despite power shortage
Japanese trade minister Hiroshige Seko said the government has no plans for rolling blackouts in Hokkaido on Monday and Tuesday despite the continued closure of a fossil fuel-fired power plant that supplies about half the island’s power.
Toyota says parts plant preparing to resume output after Hokkaido quake
Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday its transmission factory in northern Japan was preparing to resume production some time during the night shift starting at 8:30 p.m. (1130 GMT), after a powerful quake halted work last week.
Japan earthquake: death toll rises in Hokkaido
Dozens missing after tourist hotspot hit by landslides during Thursday’s 6.7-magnitude quake
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit Hokkaido has doubled to at least 16, according to Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, with more than half the island’s 5.3 million residents still without power.
Another 26 people were missing, disaster management authorities said.
Rescuers with dogs search for survivors after deadly Hokkaido quake
Rescue workers with dogs searched for survivors on Friday in debris-strewn landslides caused by an earthquake in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido that killed at least 16 people, officials said, with 26 still missing.
Powerful quake paralyses Hokkaido in latest disaster to hit Japan
A powerful earthquake paralyzed Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, killing at least seven people, triggering landslides and knocking out power to its 5.3 million residents.
An earthquake has paralyzed Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island, killing eight residents. Power is cut to 3 million households. Trains and mobile phone networks are idle. The jolt follows a typhoon over western Japan.
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One killed, 32 missing after quake paralyzes Japan's Hokkaido island
At least one person was killed and 32 were missing, Japanese media reported, after a powerful earthquake paralyzed the northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, triggering landslides and knocking out power to its 5.3 million residents.
6.7 Magnitude Quake Strikes Hokkaido, Japan, Causing Massive Landslides And 2 Deaths
A Japanese news outlet is reporting at least 140 people were injured and another 40 have been reported missing. Officials fear people are trapped inside homes wiped out by a landslide.
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