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Japan Tohoku Electric shuts coal-fired unit

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TOKYO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Japanese utility Tohoku Electric Power Co said on Saturday a 134 megawatt coal-fired unit at its Itoigawa plant in northwestern Japan was shut late on Friday night because of supply issues.

The utility could not yet forecast a time for restarting the unit or provide further details, a company spokesman said.

(Reporting by Kaori Kaneko; Editng by Ed Lane) Keywords: JAPAN POWER/TOHOKU

(kaori.kaneko@thomsonreuters.com Reuters Messaging:kaori.kaneko.reuters.com@reuters.net+81-3-6441-1983)

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