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Japan expands evacuation areas around crippled nuclear plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Japan on Monday expanded evacuation areas around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was crippled by the killer earthquake and tsunami a month ago, due to high amounts

Meteorological agency warns of possibility of more M7 aftershocks

TOKYO (Kyodo) - The Japan Meteorological Agency warned Monday that the country could experience more aftershocks of magnitude 7 levels accompanied by shaking at the maximum possible intensity of 7

IMF trims Japan's 2011 growth estimate to 1.4% by quake

WASHINGTON - (Kyodo) - The International Monetary Fund cut its growth forecast Monday for the Japanese economy to 1.4 percent for 2011, down from its previous 1.6 percent estimate in January, due t

Kan thanks world for showing 'bonds of friendship' after disasters

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Prime Minister Naoto Kan expressed gratitude Monday in a written message published in newspapers worldwide for ''the bonds of friendship'' shown by more than 130 countries and regio

Quake prompts BOJ to cut 7 of 9 regional economic assessments

TOKYO (Kyodo) - The Bank of Japan on Monday downwardly revised its assessments of seven out of nine regional economies in the country following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that have cripple