By HIROMI KUMAI/ Staff Writer
September 24, 2019 at 16:05 JST
Downed Japanese cedar trees lean against electric wires in Sammu, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 18. (Hiromi Kumai)
SAMMU, Chiba Prefecture--The toppling of disease-ridden Japanese cedar trees here by Typhoon No. 15 that ravaged the prefecture earlier this month played a major factor in the widespread blackouts. [Read More]
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