Negative reporting certainly took its toll on the "gaijin" population in Japan.

What value do you put on human lives?

With the advent of the Internet, it's amazing how quickly a new idea catches on.

Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, paid a visit to the tsunami devastated town of Minami Sanriku.

Around 160GW/hrs could potentially be saved by turning vending machines off just during August.

Estimates are that the Japan will spend around JPY25trn to re-establish communities and businesses.

Just-in-Time production, single suppliers, and monopolies do not work well with natural disasters.

What will be the real economic impact of the quake and the nuclear crisis in particular on the country?

Most everyone we know wanted to know about one thing: radiation and whether it's coming to Tokyo.

At first we thought the shaking was turbulence from a passing train, but then it became obvious that it was an earthquake.