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The Bank of Japan announces a 6 trillion yen stimulus package to help invigorate the Japanese economy.
2016-07-29

Japan's Sendai Airport partially reopens for the first time since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
2011-04-13

The Bank of Japan releases its Quarterly Tankan survey of business sentiment confirming that the recent 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami has had a negative effect on business confidence.
2011-04-4

Ford announces plans to shut down its plant in Cenk, Belgium for a few days starting April 4 due to parts shortages following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
2011-03-26

A senior adviser to the Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan says that a fire has broken out in a fourth reactor at the Fukushima I power plant but it is later extinguished, with the radiation reading at 0831 local time (2331 GMT) climbing to 8,217 microsieverts an hour.
2011-03-15

The United States Geological Survey revises the strength of the earthquake to 9.0.
2011-03-15

The Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan says that the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant remains in a state of alarm.
2011-03-14

Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant: A state of emergency is declared by the Tohoku Electric Power Company. The alert was declared as radioactivity readings exceeding allowed levels in the area surrounding the plant although this later returns to normal.
2011-03-13

The Government of Japan evacuates over 200,000 people as fear of nuclear contamination from the power plants grow.
2011-03-13

A 9.0 magnitude earthquake hits offshore of Japan's Miyagi prefecture, producing tsunamis as high as 10 meters near the epicenter and reaching land throughout the Pacific ocean.
2011-03-11