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BusinessWeek May 12, 2011 Sato & Kawamoto	Post-Quake Stimulus from Japanese Banks But radiation concerns may limit rebuilding, even as banks are lending to encourage companies to remain in Fukushima.
Investment Advisor May 1, 2011 Savita Iyer-Ahrestani	Shared Sorrow, Shared Strength: Rebuilding Japan Japan's string of disasters will demonstrate the unyielding strength of the people and the country's opportunity for growth
BusinessWeek April 21, 2011 Charles Graeber	After the Tsunami: Nothing to Do but Start Again On Mar. 11, the city of Kamaishi on Japan's northern coast, home of the world's biggest breakwater, had another brush with extinction. Here's how it survived.
BusinessWeek April 21, 2011 Chu & Ishikawa	A Real Estate Plunge on Tokyo's Waterfront? Tokyo Bay area real estate prices may fall 10 percent in 2011 on worries about housing built on reclaimed land in quake-prone Japan.
BusinessWeek April 14, 2011 Dexter Roberts	China Needs Nuclear Power -- and Regulations The Fukushima disaster is not slowing down the Chinese industry, which plans to build 10 reactors a year
BusinessWeek April 7, 2011 Brian Bremner et al.	Japan's Debate: How to Fund the Cleanup The Bank of Japan faces pressure to underwrite new government debt for reconstruction.
BusinessWeek March 17, 2011 William Pesek	The Japan Earthquake: The Cataclysm This Time Japan has faced adversity before. This is different. But even amid radiation and rubble, the nation's not hopeless.
BusinessWeek March 17, 2011 Aki Ito et al.	Japan's Massive Reconstruction Tab With government debt already twice GDP, a recovery plan may cost another 16 trillion yen.
BusinessWeek March 17, 2011 Jonathan Tirone	Searching for Clues Along the Ring of Fire Japan's earthquake will generate aftershocks for years, producing data that may yield insights about the quake-prone Pacific Rim.
BusinessWeek March 17, 2011 John Brinsley	Naoto Kan: Big Test for an Unpopular Premier Japan's Prime Minister surprises his critics as he dispatches troops, works with the opposition, and comes across as a leader.
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