The electricity supply was recovered at 9:30 Monday morning (00:30 GMT) in all affected parts of Tokyo and the neighboring provinces of Chiba and Kanagawa general blackout after registration in the early hours, as reported by local media.

The blackout, which began shortly before eight o'clock (23: 00 GMT), was caused by a broken power line in Chiba, where a crane on a ship broke the high voltage power lines that pass over a river between Edogawa Ward of Tokyo and Urayasu in Chiba Prefecture, said the company Electricidad de Tokyo.

About 800,000 homes lost power, and also disrupted rail services and road traffic in rush hour, while many people were trapped in elevators in over 70 districts of Tokyo, Shinjuku and Shibuya, and in the prefectures of Chiba and Kanagawa, officials said Tokyo Fire Department.

The body has developed a disaster control center to address the emergency, Kyodo reported.

At least 440 traffic lights were turned off in Tokyo. The commuter rail services operated by East Japan Railway and other railway companies were closed and services were temporarily suspended Nippon metro, national NHK television said.

The operation of the railway system of public transport, which depend on many Japanese citizens, soon recovered, after some 120,000 people were trapped on the road.

However, the Tokyo Stock Exchange was not affected by the blackout, and it worked normally in the morning. (Xinhua)

(Via: peopledaily )

Luckily, here in the city of Fuchu has not cut the light, and today was one of the few days that we have not caught any train, and we've been all day for the shops and playing around pinpon.

I saw the news blackout on the news, and I can assure you that is impressive throughout the Tokyo area that has been turned off.

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