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Despite already high public debt and previous credit rating agency scrutiny, the effect of extra borrowing for Japan's bond markets should be limited, according to Bunt Ghosh, vice-chairman for Asia-Pacific fixed income at Credit Suisse.

For the time being at least, the three main rating agencies are taking a sanguine view of Japan's sovereign and corporate debt, but warn that it is too early to make a judgment.

Not counting employee contributions, financial institutions across the region are pledging millions of dollars to help Japan recover from the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 11.

Don't expect Japan's stockmarket or the economy to recover as quickly as they did after the 1995 Kobe earthquake.

While the human toll continues to grow, analysts predict that the mega earthquake and tsunami will not cause a slump in Japan’s economy.

How money raised at our Awards Dinner on Friday will build a school in a Tsunami-afflicted area.

Global institutional investors open their wallets for tsunami relief projects.

Internet analysts are predicting B2B e-commerce could eclipse business to consumer e-commerce this year.