Friday 25 March 2011

Inside Story - The Impact of Disaster on Japan's Economy

It's two weeks since the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and 10-metre tsunami struck the northeast coast of Japan. Hundreds of thousands of people are still homeless, more than half a million households do not have water, and workers are still battling to gain control of the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
 Fears of contaminated food are spreading overseas as officials report traces of radiation in milk products, seawater and 11 kinds of locally-grown vegetables. 
How will Japan recover from the disaster? Will it be able to regain the world's confidence, and how long will it take?