Rebuilding Japan

TOKYO (Kyodo)--A future earthquake in the northern part of Tokyo Bay could register the maximum 7 on the Japanese intensity scale in the capital, stronger than the previously assumed upper 6, a recent study by an education ministry project team showed Tuesday.

GENEVA (Nikkei)--The United Nations will encourage Japan to rely on private-sector ingenuity to rebuild the northeastern Tohoku region from the devastation of the March 11, 2011 disaster and reinforce its emergency preparedness, The Nikkei has learned.

TOKYO (Nikkei)--Only 5% of rubble from the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011 has been disposed of in the three worst-hit prefectures, the government said Tuesday.