That company, Kanto Aircraft Instrument Co. makes a system that monitors voltage, charging and temperature of the lithium-ion batteries.
Officials from the FAA and the Japanese transport ministry on Monday began checking the quality control at Kanto Aircraft Instrument Co.
The epicenter of the Shizuoka quake was some 400 kilometers away from the Tohoku-Kanto Earthquake and on the opposite side of the capital.
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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Since Monday the company has been operating rolling blackouts to deal with substantial power shortages after the Kanto-Tohoku earthquake on March 11 crippled the Fukushima plant.
Few buildings from previous eras survived the twin disasters of the 20th century -- the Great Kanto Earthquake and the U.S. carpet bombing of World War II.
"Listen, I'm not Persian, " said Meir Kanto, a 72-year-old farmer.
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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.
Kanto Aircraft Instrument declined to comment on the matter.
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.
Their trailers feature a home setting, a member of the pubic or two are invited to climb up and then, typically, the shaking of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 is simulated.
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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