Japan’s disaster in figures

NUMBER OF PEOPLE EVACUATED
* More than 163,000 people were in shelters around the
country as of 1100 GMT on Tuesday following evacuation, the
National Police Agency said.
The government has set up an evacuation area around Tokyo
Electric Power Co's quake-stricken nuclear plant in
Fukushima 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, with a 20-km
(12-mile) radius. More than 70,000 people lived in the largely
rural area within the 20 km zone. It is unclear how many of them
have been evacuated, but most are believed to have left.
Another 136,000 people were within a zone extending a
further 10 km in which residents are recommended to leave or
stay indoors.

HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY
* A total of 164,059 households in the north were without
electricity as of 0700 GMT on Tuesday, Tohoku Electric Power Co
said.

HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT WATER
* At least 170,000 households in eight prefectures were
without running water as of early on Tuesday, the Health
Ministry said.

NUMBER OF BUILDINGS DAMAGED
* At least 46,027 buildings have been destroyed, washed away
or burnt down, the National Police Agency of Japan said.

IMPACT ON ECONOMY
The government has estimated damage from the
earthquake and tsunami at 16-25 trillion yen $190-295 billion).
The top estimate would make it the world's costliest natural
disaster.
The estimate covers damage to roads, homes, factories and
other infrastructure, but excludes lost economic activity from
power outages and costs arising from damage to the Fukushima
nuclear power plant, as well as the impact of swings in
financial markets and business sentiment.
The yen initially spiked to a record high against the dollar
after the quake, prompting the first joint intervention
by the Group of Seven rich nations in 11 years to help shield
Japan's export-reliant economy.
Japan's reconstruction spending will almost certainly exceed
that of the 1995 quake in Kobe, when the government needed extra
budgets of more than 3 trillion yen.
The government may need to spend more than 10 trillion yen
in emergency budgets for post-quake disaster relief and
reconstruction, with part of them possibly covered by new taxes,
Deputy Finance Minister Mitsuru Sakurai signalled on Thursday.