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A man reacts as he finds his wife and child at the Red Cross hospital after they were separated by earthquake and tsunami, in Ishinomaki,

Looting absent amidst the gathering horror in Japan

Observers across the cyberworld have noticed something quite fascinating about the unfolding horror in Japan in the wake of the deadly earthquake and tsunami – a lack of looting by Japanese people, who, rather than take advantage of a crisis for personal gain, appear to be unified and behaving lawfully.
Gilbert Gottfried

Gilbert Gottfried tweets jokes about Japan, tsunami

Days after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami shook Japan and caused more than 3,000 people to lose their lives, Gottfried is using the social media site Twitter to crack jokes about the devastating catastrophe.
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Commuters stand in line to board other trains at Yokohama Station, southwest of Tokyo

Fear and shock in Tokyo

The huge bustling metropolis of Tokyo, 150 miles south of the epicenter of Japan’s earthquake-tsunami disaster, has seen life come to a virtual halt in the face of unprecedented fears arising from the damaged nuclear power plants in Sendai.
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Top 10 nuclear energy producers

Threat of a possible meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan has placed the roadmap of nuclear power as a source of energy on the back foot.
5. The mysterious lost city of Atlantis

Has the mysterious lost city of Atlantis been found?

The legendary lost city of Atlantis that has found place in tales and fables and was thought to have been swallowed up by a massive tsunami in 9600 BC, may be found in the marshlands of the Dona Ana Park, southwest Spain, claim researchers.
An office building burns in Tokyo after an earthquake March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a four-metre (13-ft) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline, NHK television and wit

Will Japan hike taxes to fund reconstruction?

The economic impact of the quake-tsunami that pulverized the Japanese economy will largely depend on who ultimately pays for the massive reconstruction efforts, according to an analyst.
Human face of the Japanese tragedy

Human face of Japan's quake, tsunami tragedy [PHOTOS]

Videos of a massive black sludge inundating an expanse of agricultural land in northern coast of Japan carrying with it houses, cars, ferries and everything that crossed its path failed to capture the human misery the devastating earthquake has left in its wake.
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BoJ Statement on Further Monetary Easing (Full Text)

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said on Monday it will increase the size of the asset purchase program from five trillion yen to 10 trillion yen and promised to inject additional liquidity into the financial system battered by the triple whammy of a disastrous earthquake, a tsunami and an unfolding nuclear crisis.
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Masaaki Shirakawa speaks during a news conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo February 15, 2011.

BoJ raises size of asset purchase program; yen falls

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said on Monday it will increase the size of the asset purchase program from five trillion yen to 10 trillion yen and promised to inject additional liquidity into the financial system battered by the triple whammy of a disastrous earthquake, a tsunami and an unfolding nuclear crisis.
A technician in protective gear looks out of a window at a makeshift facility to screen, cleanse and isolate people with high radiation levels in Nihonmatsu, northern Japan

Japan Nuclear Crisis [PHOTOS]

Six and a half decades after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the second world war, a powerful earthquake plunged Japan into another nuclear crisis. Start the slideshow to see photos:

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