Japan Earthquake

Tsunami warnings were issued for Miyazaki Prefecture, where the temblor was centred, in the southwestern island of Kyushu, as well as nearby Kochi Prefecture, shortly after the quake struck at 9:19 pm local time, according to the agency.

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Toyota Motor Corp will return to unrestricted production in October, one month earlier than expected, as the last of the disrupted parts after the earthquake get restored, the Asahi newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing the company.

Pop superstar Lady Gaga, in Japan for a charity concert, on Thursday praised the country for its beauty and encouraged visitors, whose numbers have dropped in the wake of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, to return.

The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, said on Saturday it had suspended an operation to clean up radioactive water only hours after it had begun as radiation levels rose faster than expected.

Toyota Motor Corp forecast a larger-than-expected 35% fall in annual profit on Friday and warned the strong yen was making it difficult to justify keeping production in Japan.

Japanese officials said on Sunday they were committed to nuclear power after the prime minister called for a plant to close, but that the target of obtaining half of Japan's electricity from nuclear power by 2030 needed a rethink.

Booming smartphone demand and cost cuts kept cellphone venture Sony Ericsson in the black in the first quarter as it battled supply disruptions from Japan's earthquake and tsunami.

Cellphone venture Sony Ericsson is expected to shed light on the magnitude of the hit from Japan's earthquake on the cellphone industry when it unveils its January-March earnings on Tuesday.

A quake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale rocks north-eastern Japan. Though there are no immediate risks to nuclear plants, but a tsunami warning has been issued for the coastal areas as a one-metre high tsunami is expected.

Japan has again been hit by another massive earthquake. Earthquake measuring 6 on Richter scale has hit north Japan. However, no damage has been reported yet.

The Japanese government plans to inject public funds into banks in areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to make sure that businesses in the area can get credit to rebuild their operations, The Nikkei newspaper said in its Sunday edition.

Japan made some progress on Sunday in its race to avert disaster at a nuclear power plant leaking radiation after an earthquake and tsunami that are estimated to have killed more than 15,000 people in one prefecture alone.

At a time when Tokyo is struggling to curb its huge debt, the earthquake, tsunami and now the nuclear meltdown is sure to hurt Japan's economy in a big way. Nouriel Roubini of Roubini Global Economics feels that given the amount of uncertainty, people fear the worse.

Indian equity benchmarks have seen more than 0.8% drop on Friday after an earthquake in Japan, weakened the sentiment further already affected by tensions of Middle East & North Africa.

The northern coast of Japan was slammed by a massive 10 magnitude earthquake, which triggered more than four meters high Tsunami waves. Japan's benchmark index Nikkei closed down 1.7% at 10,254.43 points after the earthquake struck.