TSUNAMI

Texas Instruments said it expects loss of revenue in the first quarter and second quarter as the Japan earthquake caused substantial damage to its Miho plant in the country.

Japanese auto major Mazda Motor Corporation will extend the production suspension at its Hiroshima and Hofu plants until March 20 following Friday's earthquake.

Japan has confirmed that a fire at the spent fuel storage pond at an earthquake-hit reactor of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was extinguished on March 15 at 02:00 UTC, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.

Rock star Bryan Adams exhorted the world's musicians to organize a concert for Japan, which is reeling from the worst disaster in recent history.

Japanese Auto major Honda Motor Co has said that all production activities are suspended at the following Honda plants, the carmaker said in a statement.

Japan has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that a spent fuel storage pond at an earthquake-damaged reactor is on fire and radioactivity is being released directly into the atmosphere, the Vienna-based U.N. atomic watchdog said.

The government of Japan, already battling against the deadly ravages of Friday’s earthquake-tsunami, has warned that the troubled No. 2 reactor at the badly-damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was still unstable, almost nearly five hours after workers poured seawater into it to try to cool down the fuel rods

Though it will take weeks or longer to determine how much was actually lost in the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, investors sold insurance shares on Monday in fear of how high the total will go.

The United States is confident Japan will be able to handle economic challenges in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami, and does not expect the disaster to stall the world's recovery from economic recession, a White House spokesman said on Monday.

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.

Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami may accelerate the point at which investors potentially lose confidence in the country's finances, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday.

The singer posted on Twitter that through the sale of bracelets her fans helped her raise a quarter of a million dollars.

Blink 182 singer Mark Hoppus has pulled some very personal items from his closet to auction off for charity on eBay.

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.

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano's Statement on Nuclear Safety in Earthquake-stricken Japan

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.

A division of Warner Bros. announced that it plans to pull the movie Hereafter from theaters in Japan.

Researchers have developed a new tool called fossil seismograph that helps better predicting of future earthquakes by studying the earthquakes of the ancient past.

Japanese engineers are racing against the clock to stabilize a reactor at a quake-damaged nuclear plant in the northeast which has been shaken by a second explosion in the past three days.

Lady Gaga took an extra step to raise awareness and funds for the relief efforts The pop star designed a Japanese Tsunami Relief Wristband for charity.

Since, Japan is one of the world's largest economies, it is said that business activities of some of the U.S. communication technology (CommTech) companies could be disrupted in near term.