NEW YORK (Phil Wahba) – The Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis are cutting into the sales and profits of U.S. companies that serve Japanese consumers, from Coca Cola (KO.N) to Coach Inc (COH.N) and 3M (MMM.N).Japan, the world’s thi…
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NEW YORK (Phil Wahba) – The Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis are cutting into the sales and profits of U.S. companies that serve Japanese consumers, from Coca Cola (KO.N) to Coach Inc (COH.N) and 3M (MMM.N).Japan, the world’s thi…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles TimesReporting from Tokyo— Naoko Sugimoto has heard the news through the nation’s fledgling mental health grapevine, ominous reports of suicides in the region devastated by last month’s magnitude 9 earthquak…
April 22, 2011 4:37:58 AMBy Linda Sieg and Kazunori TakadaRead More…
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Surrounded by devastation, Japanese earthquake victims are nonetheless carrying on traditions and honoring the dead. Residents in one of the most devastated regions took a break from the ongoing relief efforts to hold a traditional “hanami,”…
TOKYO — The operator of the crippled nuclear power plant leaking radiation in northern Japan announced a plan Sunday to bring the crisis under control within six to nine months and allow some evacuated residents to return to their home…
The devastating 9.0 earthquake in Japan on March 11 was one of the worst natural disasters in Japanese history, causing widespread damages, deaths, injuries and a tsunami.Videos and photos of both the quake and aftermath have surfaced since …
TOKYO — Japan’s respected emperor visited the country’s earthquake- and tsunami-ravaged disaster zone for the first time Thursday as frustration rose over the nation’s inability to gain control over a crisis at a nuclear plant crippled by t…
WASHINGTON — When Japan’s earthquake and tsunami knocked out power and printing presses, newspaper journalists in at least one city resorted to handwriting the news on poster-size paper.Seven of those original sheets from the daily Ish…
Radioactive fallout from Japan’s ruined nuclear power plants has reached drinking water in Denver and other U.S. cities in trace amounts that authorities today deemed harmless.Environmental Protection Agency officials have sampled drinking w…
Smartphone sales could drop by up to 5% this year because the Japanese earthquake in March seriously affected supplies of key parts, industry sources say.Read More…
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By Yoko Kubota and Kiyoshi TakenakaTOKYO — Japanese nuclear power plant operator TEPCO expects to stop pumping radioactive water into the ocean on Monday, days later than planned, a step that would help ease international concern about the …
TOKYO — The Japanese and U.S. militaries launched another all-out search for the bodies of earthquake and tsunami victims Sunday along Japan’s ravaged northeast coast.About 22,000 Japanese troops, along with 110 from the U.S., searched by l…
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Strong Japan Aftershock Kills 2
SENDAI, Japan — A strong aftershock ripped through northeastern Japan, killing two people, knocking out power to vast areas Friday and piling misery on a region still buried under the rubble of last month’s devastating tsunami.The 7.1-magni…
HONOLULU — U.S. officials say a 7.4-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan is not expected to create a tsunami threat in Hawaii or the West Coast.Federal agencies say that area includes Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington, Alas…
NEW YORK — Shoppers shrugged off higher gas prices and cool temperatures to give retailers a surprisingly strong March.The retail revenue figures released Thursday extend the streak of solid spending from late last year and indicate that re…
After a massive earthquake brought a devastating tsunami to the eastern shores of Japan, American bank Wells Fargo decided to facilitate an easy way for customers to contribute to relief. Its campaign may have set a new national precedent fo…
SENDAI, Japan — U.S. naval barges loaded with fresh water sped toward Japan’s overheated nuclear plant to help workers who scrambled Saturday to stem a worrying rise in radioactivity and remove dangerously contaminated water from the facili…
