Eight months on from the earthquake and tsunami

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In pictures: Tsunami recovery from the air

The increase was the first in four quarters, showing a recovery from the March earthquake and tsunami.

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Economy in Japan Shows Signs of Strength

One tsunami victim still trying to go home in Japan

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VIDEO: Tsunami victim trying to go home

Reporters touring the Japanese nuclear facility damaged by a March tsunami see the damage and the extensive work performed over the past eight months.

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The Lede: Sights and Sounds on the Grounds of a Nuclear Disaster

The story behind the breakwater in Kamaishi suggests that the old model of cozy ties between government and industry is driving much of the post-tsunami reconstruction.

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Japan Revives Kamaishi Breakwater That Crumpled in Tsunami

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Quake Hits Off Japan Coast

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Quake Hits Off Japan Coast

New PM Yoshihiko Noda makes his first visit to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, almost six months after the devastating earthquake and tsunami.

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New Japan PM visits nuclear plant

You’ll want to lock your doors. Donald Ray Pollock’s first novel , after an acclaimed book of short stories, is pretty much what the title predicts: a literary tsunami of pure evil. The people who live in what he called in his earlier collection “this little patch of God’s wicked earth” aren’t just bad people, they’re the devil all the time. The book is grotesque, violent, haunting, perverse and harrowing — and very good. You may be repelled, you may be shocked, you will almost certainly be horrified, but you will read every last word. Read full article > >

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‘The Devil All the Time,’ by Donald Ray Pollock

Japan’s Fukushima city is to give radiation dosimeters to 34,000 children to assess their exposure from the tsunami-hit nuclear power plant.

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Radiation test for Japan children

TOKYO — Protesters held mass demonstrations against nuclear power across Japan on Saturday, the three-month anniversary of the powerful earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 23,000 people and triggered one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters. Streets in parts of Tokyo were completely jammed with thousands of chanting protesters, paralyzing sections of the city. Some marchers called for the country’s nuclear plants to be shut down immediately and for stricter radiation tests by the government. Read full article > >

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Mass anti-nuclear protests in Japan mark 3-month anniversary of quake and tsunami

WASHINGTON — American companies sold more computers, heavy machinery and telecommunications equipment in foreign markets in April, pushing exports to a record high. Imports declined, reflecting a big drop in auto imports from Japan caused by supply disruptions from the March earthquake and tsunami. The Commerce Department says the U.S. trade deficit narrowed by 6.7 percent in April to $43.7 billion, the lowest level since December. Exports of U.S. goods and services rose 1.3 percent to a record $175.6 billion. Imports dipped 0.4 percent to $219.2 billion as imports from Japan plunged 25.5 percent. Read full article > >

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Trade deficit narrows in April as US exports hit record and Japanese auto imports drop sharply

Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant experienced full meltdowns at three reactors in the wake of an earthquake and tsunami in March, the country’s Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters said Monday.

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3 Japan nuclear reactors melted down

Japan beats deflation for the first time in two years, as fuel imports surge due to the earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan beats deflation in April

TOKYO — Sony Corp. is expecting an annual loss of $3.2 billion, reversing its earlier projection of a return to profit, as the electronics giant struggles with production disruptions from Japan’s tsunami. The Japanese maker of PlayStation 3 video game machines and Bravia flat-panel TVs said Monday that the projection of a 260 billion yen ($3.2 billion) net loss for the fiscal year ended March 2011 was largely due to writing off 360 billion yen ($4.4 billion) related to a tax credit booked in a previous quarter. Read full article > >

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Sony to report $3.2 billion loss as it struggles with production disruptions after quake