China was helped by the Japanese earthquake-tsunami, which initially resulted in lower prices for crude.
Toyota Motor also had a solid September, as sales continue to recover from the disruptions suffered last year after a lethal earthquake-tsunami rocked Japan.
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The weak fourth quarter is especially disheartening as it ends the recovery evident in Q3, when the economy soared 5.6% due to rebuilding from the March 11 earthquake-tsunami.
In 2011, Dr. Becker was a member of a three-person Assistance Team that was invited to Japan in response to the earthquake-tsunami and accident at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.
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In the wake of the catastrophic earthquake-tsunami that ravaged North-east Japan in March 2011, this conference will also highlight the impacts of geology in tectonically-active areas such as the Japanese Archipelago.
Stocks held relatively well in the face of a tumultuous start to the year, with Egypt, Libya and the general MENA crisis sending oil prices through the roof, the Japanese earthquake-tsunami duo disrupting global supply chains, and European sovereign debt woes back in center stage.
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We have encountered in this calendar year a number of economic headwinds that could not have been foreseen -- the tsunami -- earthquake and tsunami in Japan that disrupted global supply chains, the unrest in the Middle East, which had an impact on oil prices, and the situation in Europe.
In 2011, Gupta reported from earthquake- and tsunami-ravaged Japan, adding clarity and context to the human impact and radiation concerns.
Japanese buildings are highly engineered and most withstood the record earthquake - the tsunami it triggered was the bigger killer, our correspondent says.
Sales in the auto sector benefited from continued easing of supply chain disruptions as Japan recovers from the disastrous earthquake-cum tsunami combo that rattled global production.
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With the Japanese government fully occupied with post-earthquake and tsunami efforts, including explosions at several nuclear power plants that have become an urgent worry, this self-organization is timely.
The large Japanese automaker suffered the effects of the massive earthquake-cum-tsunami of early 2011, which disrupted its production and reduced its market share.
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Toyota had a difficult couple of years given the disruption in its global supply chain caused by the earthquake-cum-tsunami that battered Japan in 2011, causing a partial meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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Lincolnshire firefighters were part of the rescue effort in Japan following last year's 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami in the coastal town of Ofunato.
Last month, Noda issued a sobering and reflective assessment of his country's recovery a year after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
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Monday marks the two-year anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that crippled Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.
The reactor at Fukushima wasn't designed to withstand a 9.0 earthquake or a 50-foot tsunami.
The 8.8-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami February 27 killed more than 500 people and affected up to 2 million.
Apart from nuclear power plants, the Japanese utility has shut down thermal plants in the Tohoku and Kanto areas, also afflicted by the intensity of the massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami.
The shooting spree that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords gravely wounded and six others dead accounted for 57% of headlines from Jan. 10-16, and the earthquake and tsunami that caused a rupture in a Japanese nuclear plant matched that level from March 14-20.
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The quake led many to revive their memories of 2004, when a 9.1-magnitude earthquake spawned a massive tsunami that killed 230, 000 people in 12 countries.
Instead, the PGMs could be underpinned by the restarting of auto production in Japan after it was taken mostly off-line following the earthquake and tsunami earlier this year.
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Also, the region hit by the earthquake and tsunami tend to have below-average holdings of Brazilian debt.
The company also confronted supply-chain disruptions after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and a persistently strong yen that undercut profit.
The triple blow of last year's earthquake, tsunami and reactor meltdown at the Fukushima-Daichi nuclear plant added to the country's gloomy economic outlook.
The Japanese earthquake and tsunami has destroyed the factories of his long-time supplier.
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Meanwhile, organisers dismissed fears around any long-lasting effects of the March 2011 Fukushima earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear power plant leaks.
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