- Japan confronts full scale of quake devastation - video
Up to 10,000 people are missing in the town of Minamisanriku, as rescue efforts continue along the devastated eastern coast of Japan
救助活動は、日本の荒。東海岸に沿って続けている最大1万人は、Minamisanrikuの町で欠落している
- Japan's Nikkei plunges 6.18% in earthquake aftermath
Manufacturers and power companies are badly hit, as the Bank of Japan pledges 15 trillion yen ($183bn) in liquidity to reassure markets following earthquake and tsunamiShares in Japan's major companies fell sharply on Monday in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck the country last Friday, despite efforts by the Bank of Japan to shore up confidence.After a heavy sell-off, the Nikkei has just closed for the day down 633.94 points at 9620.49, a fall of 6.18%. At one stage it was down by 7%.The trading session was dominated by the ongoing rescue efforts across the country, and the news that a second reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant had exploded.Tokyo Electric Power, which operates the Fukushima plant, saw its shares plunge by 23.6%.Japanese manufacturers, many of whom have been forced to suspend operations, also led the fallers. Nissan fell by 9.5%, Sony by 9.12%, Toyota by 7.93% and Canon by 5.92%.The losses came as the BoJ offered to pump a total of 15 trillion yen (£114bn) into the banking system, to reassure any investors who feared that the Japanese markets would simply seize up. It had already promised to prevent speculators profiting from the disaster.The offer of liquidity helped to weaken the yen, which had threatened to hit record highs against the dollar early this morning.The BoJ also expanded the size of its asset-purchasing programme by around 5 trillion yen, and voted to leave interest rates at their current record low [of zero to 0.1%]. Some economists, though, were disappointed that the BoJ did not change its overall assessment of the Japanese economy.Stock marketsJapan earthquake and tsunamiJapanGraeme Weardenguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject 日本の銀行は打た壊滅的な地震と津波の余波で月曜日に急落した地震とtsunamiShares日本の大手企業に次の市場を安心させるために流動性で15兆円（$ 183bn）公約としてメーカーや電力会社は、ひどくヒットconfidence.Afterを支えるために日本の銀行の努力にもかかわらず、国は前金曜日、重いオフ、日経だけ、9620.49で633.94ポイント下落日の6.18パーセントの低下を閉じてご提供しています
- Owners found responsible for San José mine accident
Chilean commission blames mine-owners for incident that trapped 33 men underground for 69 daysA Chilean congressional commission has found two mine owners responsible for the accident that trapped 33 men half a mile underground for 69 days last year. The commission unanimously found Alejandro Bohn and Marcelo Kemeny responsible for the collapse that trapped the men deep inside the San José mine under the Atacama desert in northern Chile. The report is expected to help lawyers for the miners pursue lawsuits against the owners. Bohn and Kemeny denied being negligent or otherwise responsible for the collapse, in which a 700,000-tonne monolith blocked the mine shaft. Both executives also face charges in an earlier accident in which a falling slab of rock sliced off a miner's leg.The remarkable rescue effort, involving more than 300 people who supported the drilling and kept the miners safe and well-fed below, was paid for by the Chilean government, which has estimated that the company must repay $20 million. The mining company is under bankruptcy protection and its assets have been sold off to help resolve debts and pay severance to the miners.Chilean miners rescueChileguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
チリ委員会は、トラップされた33人は69 daysAチリ議会委員会のための地下。鉱山の所有者は事故の責任があることを事件の地雷の所有者を責めることはトラップ33人69日、昨年の半マイルの地下
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