$235 billion to rebuild Japan, warns WB

Tue, 22 March 2011

14:27

The World Bank Monday said it may cost $235 billionto rebuild Japan, as engineers make limited progress on stabilizing a stricken nuclear plant. Japan might need five years to rebuild after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated much of the country and triggered an ongoing nuclear crisis, AP reports.

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