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-	Japan Finds Highly Toxic Plutonium at Fukushima Nuke Plant
-	Death Toll Reaches 11,063
-	Japan to Review Nuke Power Supply Policy
-	Strong Quake Jolts Northeast Japan
-	Power Reconnected to Japan's Nuke Reactors
-	Japan Resumes Water Cooling Efforts at No. 4 Reactor
-	IAEA Sees Positive Developments at Japan's Nuclear Plant
-	IAEA Chief Heads for Japan to Assess Nuclear Crisis
-	Foreign Countries Continue to Evacuate Nationals from Japan

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Overcoming a Cataclysm

Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear plant breakdown. Each is a major catastrophe. But Japan has been hit by all of them. Homelessness, economic losses, release of radiation. Each is a huge challenge. Now Japan must face all three.

How will Japan respond to the domino-like disaster unleashed on March 11? Is this the beginning of a major decline for Japan?

Full Story

-	The Sun Also Rises
Besides the strength of its citizens, Japan can also rely on its infrastructure and institutions
-	Staying Behind in Japan
A Chinese citizen decides to stay in Japan even after others have left in the wake of the recent earthquake and tsunami
-	Being a Good Neighbor
China and other countries move rapidly to help earthquake-stricken Japan

Economic Impact

Mei Xinyu

Worries at Hand

Japan's earthquake shakes the global economy

Sheila A. Smith

The Recovery Begins

Japan faces challenges as it begins to rebuild

Kerry Brown

Japan's Crucial Moment

Hopes for the Japanese economy remain high despite the severe blow it has suffered

Relief Work

-	Government Rebukes Nuke Plant Operator for Misinformation
-	Japan Issues Tsunami Warning After 6.5-Magnitude Quake
-	Ban Reaffirms UN Readiness to Offer Help

China's Response

-	China Sends Third Batch of Humanitarian Aid to Japan
-	China Provides Second Batch of Humanitarian Aid
-	China Improves Openness to Nuclear Data

Nuclear Safety

-	Japan Finds Highly Toxic Plutonium at Fukushima Plant
-	IAEA Chief Proposes High-Level Meeting
-	Japan to Review Nuke Power Supply Policy
-	IAEA Chief Heads for Japan to Assess Nuclear Crisis
-	IAEA: Situation in Nuclear Power Plant 'Very Serious'
-	Japan Radiation Crisis Escalates
-	Fire Breaks out Again at Fukushima's No. 4 Reactor
-	Radiation Detected in Tokyo
-	Explosion Heard at No.2 Reactor of Fukushima Plant
-	11 Injured in Blast at No.3 Reactor of Fukushima Nuke Plant

Time: Japanese local time 2:46 p.m. (05:46 GMT) March 11, 2011 Epicenter: Japan's northeastern Honshu Island Magnitude: 9.0 on the Richter scale

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