Japan growth threatened by quake, say analysts

Japan growth threatened by quake, say analysts
Tokyo (AFP) March 13, 2011 - Last week Prime Minister Naoto Kan was in a precarious position as his approval ratings tumbled, his foreign minister resigned and funding bills for a $1.1 trillion budget were at an impasse. And then disaster struck Japan. Such issues have been put on the back burner after the government was confronted by the strongest earthquake on record ever to hit Japan and the subsequent tsunamis i ... more