ATTENTION: Dear All Foreigners in Japan
During the past week, Facebook kindly provided information on TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company)'s Scheduled Blackout or Rolling Blackout (SB) which went into effect beginning March 14, for foreigners and foreign users who are concerned of this issue.
Here's some updated addendum to their announcement with updated info directly from NHK's data broadcast based on TEPCO's March 20 Press Release (English).
ALSO AVAILABLE: A Google SB Calendar (partly in English)
Addendum 1:
SB Time Groups: Up to 3 hours within this time range
Mon, March 21
No Blackout Scheduled until noon.
G2 15:20 - 19:00*
G3 18:20 - 22:00*
*SB for these groups will be determined by noon time.
Tue, March 22
No Blackout Scheduled until noon.
G2 15:20 - 19:00*
G3 18:20 - 22:00*
*SB for these groups will be determined by noon time.
Tue, March 22
G5 06:20 - 10:00
G1 09:20 - 13:00
G2 12:20 - 16:00
G3 15:20 - 19:00
G4 18:20 - 22:00
G5 13:50 - 17:30* G1 16:50 - 20:30*
Weds, March 23
G1 06:20 - 10:00
G2 09:20 - 13:00
G3 12:20 - 16:00
G4 15:20 - 19:00
G5 18:20 - 22:00
G1 13:50 - 17:30* G2 16:50 - 20:30*
G2 06:20 - 10:00
G3 09:20 - 13:00
G4 12:20 - 16:00
G5 15:20 - 19:00
G1 18:20 - 22:00
G2 13:50 - 17:30* G3 16:50 - 20:30*
Fri, March 25
G3 06:20 - 10:00
G4 09:20 - 13:00
G5 12:20 - 16:00
G1 15:20 - 19:00
G2 18:20 - 22:00
G3 13:50 - 17:30* G4 16:50 - 20:30*
Sat, March 26
G4 06:20 - 10:00
G5 09:20 - 13:00
G1 12:20 - 16:00
G2 15:20 - 19:00
G3 18:20 - 22:00
G4 13:50 - 17:30* G5 16:50 - 20:30*
* SB to be enforced when energy demands exceeds supply.
Addemdum 2:
A multi-lingual portal for foreign language speakers has been set up by a small group of willing people from TUFS (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies). Refer to their website on updates in more than 20 languages.
https://nip0.wordpress.com/author/0bo5/
Official Release by Facebook:
Japan Crisis Resources
Person Finder, Shelter Information, Resources and Links
Google - Crisis Response (English)
Scheduled Blackout
Yahoo! JAPAN Emergency Information (English)
Thankyou so much for this information, it helped me so much. I was really worried about the blackout schedule. Thankyou oh so very much!!!!
返信削除Kate
Glad it's helping!
返信削除Now Yahoo.co.jp has more organized info on its website. Fb has also linked to it. Check it out!