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tscguy
To avoid possible massive blackouts in the areas, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it will conduct from Monday an unprecedented planned rationing of power in its service area that covers Tokyo, Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, Tochigi, Yamanashi and part of Shizuoka prefectures.
The measure would last until the end of April, TEPCO officials said, while adding that it plans to exclude from the areas subject to the measure the central Tokyo area where the country's core functions exist.