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Japan piano sales jump post-earthquake

TOKYO — Sales of pianos in Japan jumped 11 percent last year, the first rise in 17 years, as people replaced instruments damaged in the country's devastating earthquake, a trade body said on Monday. Takahiro Ito of the Shizuoka [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Fearing Damage, Microsoft Moved Data After Japan Earthquake

Microsoft undertook a sizable data migration project following Japan's earthquake in March, fearing that one of its data centers could become dysfunctional because of aftershocks. The data center was about 140 miles south of the earth [...]

Posted On : Oct, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Earthquakes hit California, Cuba and Japan

As if we haven’t been shaken and stirred enough lately, three separate earthquakes hit California, Cuba and Japan on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. California’s earthquake was a puny magnitude 3.5 (the recent quake in t [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Japan marks 6 months since earthquake, tsunami

As the world commemorated the 10th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, Sunday was doubly significant for Japan. It marked six months since the massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, a date now seared in the national consci [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Japan earthquake and tsunami: 'we had no idea how much worse...

On 11 March this year, the eastern coast of Japan was hit by the most powerful earthquake in its history. The subsequent tsunami caused a series of nuclear meltdowns which have poisoned food and water supplies and left countless people wi [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Japan economy view unchanged in May

The government cut its view on capital expenditure for the first time since December 2009 as supply constraints made it difficult for corporations to make investments. But it also said Japanese firms' willingness to engage in capital [...]

Posted On : May, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Sony Profit Forecast Misses Estimates on Japan Earthquake, H...

cJapan’s largest exporter of consumer electronics, forecast earnings below analysts’ estimates after the nation’s record earthquake crippled factories and hackers invaded its online entertainment services. Operating i [...]

Posted On : May, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

In Japan, A City Shifted By Earthquake Faces A New Reality

In Ishinomaki, Japan, the March 11 earthquake has changed the city. Surely, it's changed it emotionally, but it has also changed it physically. The earthquake was so powerful, reports the AP, that some areas of Ishinomaki moved 17 fee [...]

Posted On : May, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Earthquake and tsunami wipe out Japan tourism drive

Before Japan's deadly natural disasters and nuclear scare in March, 30,700 Australians had visited Japan, a jump of 6.7 per cent on the same period last year. According to the Japan National Tourism Organisation, March visits colla [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Japan orders 3 reactors shut

Japan's government has told the Chubu Electric Power Co. to halt three nuclear reactors over safety concerns. The reactors, located at Hamaoka on the south coast of central Japan, could be affected by earthquakes. Prime Minister [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Money not reaching victims of Japan earthquake

Only a tiny fraction of the money donated to help survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake has made it into the hands of disaster victims nearly two months since the devastation of March 11. The Japanese Red Cross Society and oth [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Japan Earthquake-Tsunami Spark Volunteer Boom but System Ove...

So many Japanese have traded in their vacations for grueling volunteer work in tsunami-ravaged communities that they're being turned away in droves, as the country marks a week-long holiday known as "Golden Week." "W [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Japan Lawmakers Oppose Earthquake Rebuilding Tax, Call for M...

A cross-party group of senior Japanese lawmakers said Prime Minister Naoto Kan shouldn’t raise taxes to pay for rebuilding from last month’s earthquake, and called on the central bank to buy more government bonds instead. & [...]

Posted On : Apr, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Toyota Kirloskar to cut output on supply issues after Japan ...

Toyota Kirloskar Motor , a joint venture between Toyota Motor Corp and India's Kirloskar group, said it will suspend production at its facilities on all Mondays and Fridays between April 25 and June 4 due to supply difficulties [...]