Japan’s government is considering about 230 billion yen ($ 2.8 billion) in outlays for aid to Tokyo Electric Power Co. and radiation monitoring in its planned extra budget, according to a draft outline prepared by the Finance Ministry.
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U.S. stocks fell, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index lower for a fourth day, as Japan raised the severity rating of its nuclear crisis to the highest level, oil plunged and Alcoa Inc.’s sales missed estimates.
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Almost every Saturday, my family goes to a yaoya, or market that sells produce grown to meet Japanese consumers’ famously picky standards for tastiness, crispness and freshness. As much as we love the quality, we often wince at the prices. So my wife and I are looking forward to the day when we can enjoy a real bargain — cheap spinach from Fukushima Prefecture.
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Asian stocks dropped, dragging the benchmark regional index lower for the first time in three days, as radiation hampered efforts to cool crippled nuclear reactors in Japan, and as commodity prices slipped.
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More than 300 workers are racing to prevent a meltdown and spread of radiation at the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi power station today, an increase from a group of 50 engineers yesterday.
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Japanese equities retreated on renewed concern that a worsening nuclear crisis may cripple the world’s third-largest economy and as the yen rose to a record, threatening exports.
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Japanese equities tumbled on renewed concern that a worsening nuclear crisis may cripple the world’s third-largest economy and as the yen rose to a record, threatening exports.
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Nikkei 225 Stock Average futures showed the benchmark measure of Japanese shares may drop on renewed concern that a worsening nuclear crisis may damage the world’s third-largest economy.
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