Tokyo faces tight power supply through 2023

Supply warnings likely in Nagoya area as well due to aging fossil-fuel plants

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The Anegasaki Power Station in Chiba, Japan.  JERA restarted the fossil-fuel-fired plant in 2022. (Photo by Kai Fujii)

JUNTARO ARAI and RYO MUKANO, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Power shortages in Tokyo and Nagoya that began during March 2022 are expected to continue through this year, as reliance on aging fossil-fuel plants has left electric utilities without a stable, sufficient supply.

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