Summer blackouts loom for Japan’s economic heartland

By Risa Maeda TOKYO, March 22 (Reuters) – Japan's economy may not feel the harshest blow from this month's disasters until summer, when surging power demand could spark a new round of power blackouts in Tokyo and its neighbouring prefectures which account for 40 percent of the country's GDP.

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Summer blackouts loom for Japan’s economic heartland