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Chiba Still Dark as TEPCO Races Emergency Lines and Another Typhoon Pair Looms
Friday's Japan edition tracks typhoon recovery, a sub-70,000 Nikkei close, farm-minister friction in the Diet, and the Pacific League playoffs opening at Belluna Dome.
BusinessConstruction Bidders Line Up for TEPCO Emergency Lines as Chiba Outages Top 10,000 Homes
TEPCO Power Grid is soliciting emergency transmission work while landslides keep crews from reaching damaged feeders across northern Chiba.
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SecurityPolice Chief Presses Password Hygiene After Nikkei Phishing Blast and Times Car Leak
PoliticsTakaichi Reprimands Farm Minister Yana as Opposition Skips Agriculture Committee
OpinionOpinion: Stacked Typhoon Repairs Will Strain Japan's Crew and Budget Calendar
AIBOJ Sakura Report Ties AI Server Demand to Upgraded Views in Hokuriku and Shikoku
EntertainmentChiikawa Film Tops 17.1 Billion Yen While Cancer Diary Leads Weekend Box Office
SportsSeibu Lions Open Pacific Climax at Beluna Dome Against Nippon-Ham on Sports Holiday
HealthChiba Water Outages Push Prefecture to Distribute Bottled Supplies at Evacuation Hubs
ScienceJAXA Balloon Team Produces First Geometric Map of Milky Way Center Gamma Rays
TechnologyChiba Municipalities Roll Out Satellite Backhaul as Typhoon Cuts Fiber Links
Credit CardsQualifying Contactless Spends Earn Extra V Points When Converting Prefecture Loyalty Balances
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Chiba Municipalities Roll Out Satellite Backhaul as Typhoon Cuts Fiber Links
Town halls in northern Chiba switched to satellite backhaul after Typhoon Dujuan severed fiber links to disaster coordination systems.
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Chiba Water Outages Push Prefecture to Distribute Bottled Supplies at Evacuation Hubs
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