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Bank of Japan to halve growth forecast: report

The Bank of Japan is expected to downgrade its economic growth outlook for the year to March 2012 from 1.6 per cent to around 0.8 per cent in light of the deadly disasters in March, a report said on Monday.

However, in its upcoming Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices, to be released on Thursday, the central bank will predict a rebound starting late this year on recovering output and reconstruction demand, the Nikkei daily said.

Growth of 0.8 per cent would be bullish compared with the average private-sector projection of slightly more than 0.4

Japan's tsunami-hit airport reopens

Commercial aircraft landed in Sendai on Wednesday for the first time since the city's busy airport was crippled by the powerful tsunami that smashed into Japan last month.

The opening will provide a boost to an area constrained by road closures and limited train services, which has hampered the relief effort.

A Japan Airlines (JAL) plane from Tokyo's Haneda airport touched down on the runway around 8:00 am (2300 GMT Tuesday) and was greeted by staff as it taxied towards the terminal building.

JAL and competitor All Nippon Airlines (ANA)

Japan's 7.1-quake causes radioactive water spill

A powerful earthquake in northeast Japan rocked a nuclear plant, causing a small amount of radioactive water to spill, officials said Friday, but the operator said there was no immediate danger.

The 7.1-magnitude quake that hit late Thursday caused liquid to overflow from spent fuel pools in all three reactor buildings at the Onagawa plant, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said.

Most seriously affected was reactor number two, where 3.8 litres from the spent fuel pool ended up on the floor of the operation room.

But operator Tohoku-Electric Power Co. said no radioactive l

Japan PM visites

JAPAN'S prime minister today surveyed the damage caused by the devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed as many as 25,000.

His visit came as officials revealed that highly radioactive water was leaking into the sea from the nuclear power station stricken by the disaster.

The Fukushima plant has been spewing radioactivity since March 11, when its cooling systems were knocked out by the tsunami.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan went to the plant and flew over the

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