Around 130, 000 people perished in what has become known as the Great Kanto Earthquake because it took place in the Kanto plains region of Honshu.

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Tokyo Electric Power began imposing rolling blackouts at 5:00 p.m. on Monday in Japan, darkening 330, 000 households in Yokohama, Kawasaki and elsewhere in the Kanto region.

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At that point, the longtime Toyota veteran had already moved on from the parent company to work in its Kanto Auto Works division, which has since been sold off.

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An area of little doubt: The next few weeks will bring more difficulties to areas untouched by the earthquake and tsunami as the electric utility Tepco institutes rolling blackouts in the Kanto region around Tokyo to cope with a shortage of power.

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Apart from nuclear power plants, the Japanese utility has shut down thermal plants in the Tohoku and Kanto areas, also afflicted by the intensity of the massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

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