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The massive 7.6-magnitude earthquake, which struck Japan on Jan. 1, has hit the country’s transport, services, and retailing sector, with infrastructure damage raising the possibility of widespread disruption across manufacturing as well as other supply chains, Nikkei Asia reported. Due to the quake, about 160 FamilyMart convenience stores in Ishikawa, Toyama, Fukui and Niigata prefectures were temporarily closed. Nippon Steel's Naoetsu Area works also suspended operations following the quake, while Toshiba halted a facility run by subsidiary Kaga Toshiba Electronics.