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Japan's government has alerted the population of potential blackouts caused by low power supplies after several coal-fired plants temporarily stopped generating electricity following last week's ... ( read original story ...)

The powerful earthquake that jolted Japan's northeast coast last week is expected to cause insured property losses between $2 billion and $4 billion, modeling firm Verisk said on Thursday. About $400 ... ( read original story ...)

The powerful earthquake that jolted Japan’s northeast coast last week is expected to cause insured property losses between $2 billion and $4 billion, modeling firm Verisk said on Thursday. We ... ( read original story ...)

Analysts at Verisk Extreme Event Solutions (formerly AIR Worldwide), have estimated that insured losses to properties from the March 16th M7.3 earthquake ... ( read original story ...)

The March 16th magnitude 7.3 Japanese earthquake is expected to cause an insurance and reinsurance industry loss of between US $2 billion and US $4 ... ( read original story ...)

According to Verisk Extreme Event Solutions (formerly AIR Worldwide), insured losses to properties from the March 16 M7.3 earthquake that struck offshore the island of Honshu, Japan, will be between ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is scrambling to keep the lights on in Tokyo today, as freezing temperatures and power plant outages following a strong earthquake last week put the nation's capital at risk of blackouts, the ... ( read original story ...)

The 7.4-magnitude earthquake last week off the northeastern coast hit six power plants, knocking them out of operation with damage that could leave some of them idle for months. ( read original story ...)

The country’s power supplies have been stretched thin since last week’s strong earthquake, which struck in the northeast and took several power plants offline. ( read original story ...)

Research firm LMC Automotive expects the earthquake to lead to lower vehicle production this year of between 25,000 and 35,000 cars and trucks. ( read original story ...)

A March 16 earthquake in Japan could exacerbate the global microchip shortage, just as the tally of vehicles removed from factory schedules so far this year passes the 1 million mark. Renesas ... ( read original story ...)

JR East says it plans to resume full operation of bullet trains on the quake-damaged Tohoku Shinkansen line from around April 20. ( read original story ...)

Last weeks earthquake in Japan had a magnitude of 7.3, creating power shortages in the impacted districts. Market experts have confirmed reports of a rapid effect on semiconductor output following ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese manufacturers have revived production at factories in the country’s earthquake-ravaged northeast but Toyota Motor Corp. has announced that it ... ( read original story ...)

A major earthquake in Japan threatens to exacerbate the ongoing global microchip shortage as the total number of vehicles removed from production plans this year surpassed 1 million. ( read original story ...)

The death toll from a strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hit central Japan late Wednesday increased from one to four in injuries totaling more than 100, Japanese officials said. ( read original story ...)