Some of them, hopefully, were temporary, like the impact of the tsunami and earthquake in Japan and the impact that had on supply chains.
These 2.5 meter-thick supporting buttresses were built around the church as protection. from the impact of an earthquake.
In the Asia region, despite the impact of the earthquake, we were able to maintain a similar level of vehicle sales as the previous year in countries led by Indonesia.
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During her visit, the Director-General will discuss with US authorities and with senior UN officials, the response of the international community and of UNESCO to the devastating impact of the earthquake in Haiti.
D. yet, but we do see a lot of impact from the tsunami and earthquake in Japan, a lot of negative consequences of high energy prices and things like that in those numbers.
Growth in Europe will reach 7 percent in 2011 and Japan will see a decline of 5 percent, due, in part to structural decline and also the impact of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
"It's going to have an economic impact as well as a human impact, " Vogt said of the earthquake.
Since then, Japan's economy has suffered stop-start growth and chronic mild deflation, with many companies struggling to rebound from the impact of the Lehman crisis and the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Participation in the festival has declined in recent years due to migration, declining interest in Qiang heritage among the young and the impact of outside cultures, but the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that destroyed many of the Qiang villages and devastated the region put the New Year festival at grave risk.
No wonder, then, that, in a new survey of business executives, respondents overwhelmingly said that, of the potential crises that could impact their company, a data breach or technology failure would have the most negative impact, followed by a natural disaster such as hurricane or earthquake.
On the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, he says Applied sees no impact on its own supply chain.
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The earthquake is also likely to cause lots of injuries from blunt impact.
The solar sector will experience aftershocks from the earthquake in Japan, including disruptions in polysilicon supplies and near-term impact on demand, Piper Jaffray analyst Ahmar Zaman writes in a research note this morning.
In 2011, Gupta reported from earthquake- and tsunami-ravaged Japan, adding clarity and context to the human impact and radiation concerns.
In fact, even as Tokyo stores reopened in the two weeks after the earthquake, brands reported a quick resumption of sales to expected levels, with little impact in southern cities such as Osaka.
The March 2011 earthquake unleashed a devastating tsunami, and Japan is still coming to terms with its impact - not least the question of restarting its nuclear energy programme after the closure of the crippled Fukushima plant.
The March 11 Japan earthquake and subsequent tsunami will affect the country in a number of ways, but perhaps the impact that will be felt most forcefully on the international stage will be in energy markets.
The earthquake levelled a country that was still recovering from the devastating 2008 cyclones and its tectonic magnitude and impact is dwarfed by the extent of the physical and emotional damages suffered by the Haitian people.
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