Power Restored in Most of Japan’s Quake-Hit Hokkaido, Toyota Plants to Shut

A police officer is seen during blackout after a powerful earthquake hit the area at a cross-point in Sapporo, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo Sept. 6, 2018. Kyodo/via Reuters

TOKYO—Power had been restored to almost all customers in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido by early Sept. 8, two days after an earthquake caused an island-wide blackout and killed at least 21 people.

But the impact of the 6.7 magnitude quake on Sept. 6 was set to rumble on with Toyota Motor planning to halt operations at 16 of 18 domestic full-assembly plants due to a parts factory shutdown.