Japan Quake Relief

Sakuji Funayama watched intently as a giant steel claw tore chunks off the remains of his two-story home, ripped open like a dollhouse by last month's tsunami and washed up onto a pile of debris. Suddenly, he spied something, waved his arms and pointed.The claw froze and a half dozen construction workers scrambled into the wreckage, emerging a few ...

Japan's government proposed a special $50 billion (4 trillion yen) budget to help finance reconstruction efforts Friday and plans to build 100,000 temporary homes for survivors of last month's devastating earthquake and tsunami.The twin disasters destroyed roads, ports, farms and homes and crippled a nuclear power plant that forced tens of thousand...

Sakuji Funayama watched intently as a giant steel claw tore chunks off the remains of his two-story home, ripped open like a dollhouse by last month's tsunami and washed up onto a pile of debris. Suddenly, he spied something, waved his arms and pointed.The claw froze and a half dozen construction workers scrambled into the wreckage, emerging a few ...

Japan's government proposed a special $50 billion (4 trillion yen) budget to help finance reconstruction efforts Friday and plans to build 100,000 temporary homes for survivors of last month's devastating earthquake and tsunami.The twin disasters destroyed roads, ports, farms and homes and crippled a nuclear power plant that forced tens of thousand...