Japan

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Japan has been struck by an earthquake aftershock with a 7.1 magnitude, which has rattled the country's north-eastern cost, exactly one month on from the deadly tsunami.

Following a week when Japan was rocked by two more devastating earthquakes, Stephen Harker, GLG's star Japan fund manager, explains why he is at odds with optimists who expect the economy to bounce back later this year.

Tom Walker, manager of the Martin Currie Portfolio Investment Trust, discusses how the tragedy in Japan demonstrates just how small the world has become.

Fidelity's Robert Rowland has retired from portfolio management after 11 years, handing his Japan fund to June-Yon Kim.

Investors have got over the wobbles of February. The ides of March were good for the bulls. The main investors and commentators are in love with risk again.

World markets have dropped after Japan was struck by a second earthquake in as many months.

A tsunami warning has been issued for north-eastern Japan after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck off the east coast of Honshu.

The Japanese economy is "under strong downward pressure" in the wake of the damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) says.