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BANGALORE – India's Wipro Ltd. may change its foreign exchange hedging strategies for quake-hit Japan and the politically tense Middle East and North Africa markets, even though cash flows from these regions form just a small part of its total revenue, a senior company executive said.

Wipro May Revise Japan, Middle East Hedging Strategy Dhanya Ann Thoppil 2011

TOKYO—An evolving nuclear crisis in quake-hit Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, could add misery to hundreds of thousands of quake victims by possibly forcing relief organizations to withdraw their operations.

Relief Groups Consider Withdrawing Operations Amid Threat of Exposure Mitsuru Obe 2011

The USS Tortuga, a dock-landing ship based in Sasebo, in southern Japan, was scheduled to head Friday to quake-hit areas, said Col.

U.S. military, aid groups prepare to assist after Japan quake 2011

The evolving crisis in the quake-hit Fukushima prefecture of northeastern Japan could add misery to hundreds of thousands of quake victims by possibly forcing relief organizations to withdraw their operations.

World Watch 2011

We want to help quake-hit people as much as we can.

Japanese tsunami aftermath: life and death along a devastated coast 2011

Japan's top government spokesman said Wednesday that radiation levels had spiked at the quake-hit plant around midmorning local time, but had fallen shortly afterward; the evacuation area around the plant wasn't being enlarged.

Tokyo Shares Resume Climb Shri Navaratnam 2011

TOKYO—Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Monday his administration will issue new government bonds to fund a planned second extra budget to rebuild quake-hit areas, adding to the nation's already huge public debt.

Japan to Issue More Bonds Takashi Nakamichi 2011

Globally, demand for copper is expected to pick up in a few months when reconstruction begins in quake-hit Japan.

Hindustan Copper eyes Afghan deposits 2011

Mr. Kan's government has deployed 100,000 SDF personnel to the quake-hit areas and is currently working to craft a supplementary budget to fund relief work.

Crises Test Kan's Leadership Ability Yoree Koh 2011

He cites India's yawning current account deficit, prevailing poor global risk sentiment, political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa regions and the nuclear emergency in quake-hit Japan as reasons for the rupee's likely losses this year.

Wipro May Revise Japan, Middle East Hedging Strategy Dhanya Ann Thoppil 2011