In Tokyo and surrounding areas, signs of electricity conservation are visible everywhere. Rolling blackouts are in effect, train services have been scaled back, stores and businesses are using fewer lights, advertising signs and escalators have been switched off, and even some pachinko parlors have cut their hours of operation. On Twitter, a community of graphic designers has sprung up to create posters encouraging people to save power. Residents of eastern Japan are encouraged to print them out and post them where they live and work. [Link: Setsuden via GaijinPot]



Everyone save electricity



Please cooperate in conserving electricity



Save power and carry on



Let's conserve electricity! Switch OFF!



Turn OFF the power. Now anybody can be Santa.



Power saving!



The amount you turn off will light someone else up.



Please conserve electricity.



Save electricity. Save somebody.



Save electricity. Switch off.



The light you turn off will light up a smile.



Now conserving power



The quickest aid you can provide now is electricity.



Saving energy & open for business



Open for business in power saving mode!



Conserve electricity to prevent massive power failures!