Japan’s biggest utility is struggling to return power to nearly a half million customers near Tokyo two days after the region was struck by a record-force storm. Tepco had earlier aimed to restore by Wednesday all customers impacted by Typhoon Faxai’s strike Monday morning. But about 453,600 were still without power as of 10:29 a.m. local time, according to the company, officially known as Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holding Ltd. “We can not say at the moment when we can finish restoration work,” spokesman Koki Okada said by phone. “The damage caused by the typhoon on transmission lines and poles is more serious than we ... (full story)