Major Japanese firms suspend operations due to torrential rain

So Sapporo actually makes its Sapporo beer in Kyushu..?

Tiger, we have wonderful water. Sometimes too much of it, though.

Honda Motor Co., Japanese imaging powerhouse Canon Inc. and chip maker Renesas Electronics Corp. said their plants in the area are running as usual.

What is the point of using "imaging powerhouse"? Cripes these articles get weirder and weirder sometimes.

What is the point of using "imaging powerhouse"? Cripes these articles get weirder and weirder sometimes.

I guess that makes Honda and Renesas not Japanese ???? It should read "Japanese car manufacturing powerhouse Honda ..... and Japanese chip powerhouse Renesas - actually both of pretty much not very good