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Japan will invariably have to turn to a massive stimulus program to reconstruct the quake and tsunami-hit regions and this will inflate the country's fiscal deficit at a time when Tokyo is struggling to put a lid on deficit, Nouriel Roubini said on Friday.

Japan was caught off guard Friday, March 11, 2011 by a powerful earthquake. The article recounts how a 8.9-magnitude earthquake shattered Japan, shocked the world on March 11, 2011.

The Japanese government has declared a state of atomic power emergency after a powerful 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northeastern coast Friday, spawning a tsunami as high as 10 metres.

At least 32 people were killed and many injured after a powerful 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northeastern coast Friday, triggering a tsunami as high as 10 metres.

A fire broke out at a nuclear power plant in Japan's Miyagi Prefecture following a powerful earthquake that hit northeastern Japan while authorities have detected no abnormalities such as radiation leakage at nuclear plants, latest reports from the Mainichi Daily News says.

The 8.9 magnitude quake that hit northeast Japan on Friday, has snarled air travel as flights are being canceled and delayed while some major airports of the country have been shut.

Some facts issued by NOAA to better read the signs of an incoming tsunami.

Four nuclear power plants closest to Friday's powerful 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck off Japan's northeastern coast have been safely shut down, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.

How vulnerable is the US West Coast to tsunamis, earthquakes and other natural disasters? Actually the region is quite vulnerable to high magnitude quakes and even tsunamis. The region has been hit by large, single-event earthquakes and tsunamis before, and our evidence indicates that multiple and more extensive ruptures can happen, a scientist has said.

Following the massive earthquake that struck Japan, a fire broke out in Cosmo Oil Co.'s refinery near Tokyo causing widespread damage and destruction.

A powerful 8.9-magnitude earthquake has struck off Japan's northeastern coast Friday, triggering a tsunami as high as 10 metres, leaving at least five people killed and several injured, early reports said.

To find out more about the whereabouts of people missing in the Japan Tsunami, Google has introduced a new application called Person Finder.

The Internet has been abuzz with rumors, prophecies and popular consternation over natural catastrophes and extreme weather that the 'Supermoon' phenomenon on March 19 could bring about.

a timeline of some of the most devastating earthquakes which have hit Japan since 1900.

Around 20 countries and numerous Pacific islands have been issued Tsunami warning after Japan's massive 8.9 Richter scale earthquakes, the National Weather Service said.

Nuclear power facilities across Japan are not damaged and there was no radiation leakage, Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan told media persons in Tokyo.

The Bureau of Meteorology states that Australia is safe from the Tsunami threat that was issued by the US Tsunami monitoring center on Friday following the massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan.

Tsunami warnings have been issued in most of the 'Pacific Ring of Fire' countries on Friday after a powerful earthquake jolted Japan's Fukushima prefecture.

A tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake has caused widespread damage in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, according to reports.

Japan has issued tsunami warning after a massive 8.8 magnitude offshore quake on Friday, with reports of 'numerous' injuries and ships being washed ashore by waves, AP reported