JAPAN EARTHQUAKE

Financial Responses to the Japan Earthquake Tragedy



Financial Responses to the Japan Earthquake Tragedy

Introduction

The earthquake has hit Japan on Friday 11th March 2011 it was a big disaster that had a huge impact on Japan's economy. It was an earth quake and a tsunami and officially named as the Great East Japan Earthquake; this earthquake measured at 8.9 magnitude earthquake. The damage that has been caused to infrastructure and to the capital stock it will also hinder the economic growth in the short term (Key, 2011). The earthquake and tsunami when it has stroked the Japan it swept over ...