Key industries in Hokkaido are still struggling with secondary damage from the massive blackout triggered by the powerful earthquake a month ago.
The power outage even forced factories far away from the seismic center of the 6.7 magnitude earthquake to suspend operations.
Food and beverage factories and retailers had to dispose of products as refrigerators stopped working, suffering larger damage from the secondary effects than the direct impact of the earthquake.
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