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Residents of Japan quake region wonder where the government is
There may be radioactive particles wafting out of the sky, but Masahiro Hamaguchi has a more pedestrian concern about the air around him: the dribble of cold, wet snow.
A week after the deadly earthquake and even deadlier tsunami that have devastated...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Organized Crime, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Japan
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Tsunami likely to affect economic recovery in short term
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan Friday will likely have a short-term effect on the global economy, shutting down Japanese factories, ports and oil refineries, but it won't derail the economic recovery, observers say. The 8.9-magnitude quake...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Economy, Business and Finance, Japan, Spain, Nissan Motor Co.
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Japan's nuclear crisis widens
A fresh explosion rocked a crippled nuclear complex as rescuers from around the world converged on Japan's devastated earthquake zone, searching for survivors and ministering to the sick and hungry. With the death toll expected to ultimately reach the...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Economy, Business and Finance, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Traffic, World War II (1939-1945)
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Japan damage could reach $235 billion, World Bank estimates
The World Bank on Monday issued a report saying the damage from Japan's earthquake and tsunami could amount to as much as $235 billion and that limited effects from the disaster will be felt in economies across East Asia. Rebuilding in the aftermath of...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Economy, Business and Finance, Japan, Science and Technology, World Bank Group
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How safe is nuclear power?
Elmer E. Lewis, professor emeritus at Northwestern University and author of two textbooks on nuclear power, took questions about the effort to contain reactors damaged by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Lewis' research has focused on the broad...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Tokyo Electric Power Co., Science and Technology, Chernobyl (Kiev Oblast, Ukraine)
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Radiation spikes add to nuclear peril in Japan
A series of grim developments hit a shaken Japan on Wednesday, including reports that high-level radiation may have leaked from a second damaged nuclear reactor and emergency workers being forced to temporarily abandon the crippled complex.
The...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Career and Workplace, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Tokyo (Japan)
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Relatives search for Japan quake victims under chaotic conditions
The lists name survivors housed in evacuation centers, long printed lists hanging from bulletin boards in buildings that usually serve as culture halls, junior high schools and city government headquarters.
Then there are the makeshift notes, written...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, World War II (1939-1945), Japan, Science and Technology, Local Government
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Stocks close up after Japan earthquake, lower oil
Stocks finished a down week with modest gains Friday as investors gauged the fallout from a massive earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan and triggered tsunami waves from Asia to California.
The prospect of falling oil demand from Japan sent...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Stock Market, Japan, JPMorgan Chase & Co., S&P 500
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Japan earthquake becomes fifth-strongest since 1900
Los Angeles TimesWhen the earth shook off the coast of Japan on Friday, the magnitude 8.9 quake became the fifth strongest since 1900. According to records kept by the U.S. Geological Survey's Earthquake Information Center, the largest quake remains the one in Chile in...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Japan, Chile, History, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Tokyo sees steady exodus amid nuclear crisis
Marco Gutierrez was taking no chances. With radiation still leaking this weekend from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant 150 miles away, the Tokyo resident joined the legions of foreigners — and a growing number of Japanese — fleeing the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Tokyo Electric Power Co., Japan, Tokyo (Japan)
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Reel China: Targets an elusive film fan — the Chinese American
For years, Chinese films shown in U.S. theaters have fallen into two distinct camps, both driven by largely white patrons: martial-arts movies for young men, such as Jet Li's "Hero," or critically acclaimed art-house fare, such as Kaige Chen's "Farewell...Tags: Organized Crime, News Corp., Comedy (genre), AMC (tv network), Censorship
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