By Michael Fitzpatrick, BBC News, Tokyo
Japan has escaped the worst, so far, of one type of meltdown. But the disruption, the economic pandemonium caused by disasters, panic and threats of rolling powercuts, has hit business hard, threatening another type of crisis. The multiplicity of calamities couldn’t have come at a worst time for business in Japan, when most firms were preparing for the new financial year. A total of 1,135 listed companies were forced to suspend their operations or suffered other setbacks following the disaster on March 11, according to the Tokyo Shoko Research Co.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13068947
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