Gov't to support children orphaned by quake, tsunami

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TOKYO, March 23 Kyodo - The welfare ministry decided Wednesday to find out how many children lost their parents in the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan and to support them by dispatching

Quake insurance payments could top 1 tril. yen

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TOKYO, March 22 Kyodo - Earthquake insurance payments resulting from the massive quake that struck northeastern Japan could top 1 trillion yen, far higher than the previous record of 78.3 billion y

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