Tokyo: Around 33,500 households were without power around the epicentre of a series of major earthquakes in central Japan, local utilities said.
The areas affected were the Toyama, Ishikawa and Niigata prefectures on the Sea of Japan side of Japan's main island of Honshu.
Several major highways were closed on Monday around the epicentre of a series of major earthquakes in central Japan, the road operator said.
Shinkansen bullet train services were also suspended between Tokyo and the epicentre in the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on the Sea of Japan side of Japan's main island of Honshu, Japan Railways said. — AFP
