Over 33,000 Households In Japan Without Power After Powerful Earthquakes

Around 33,500 households were without power around the epicentre of a series of major earthquakes in central Japan, local utilities said.

The areas affected were the Toyama, Ishikawa and Niigata prefectures on the Sea of Japan side of Japan's main island of Honshu.

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