Newspaper review: Papers immersed in Japan's tragedy

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As events in Japan continue to grip the world after the earthquake, there is no let-up in the volume of newspaper coverage.

<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/13/japan-earthquake-tsunami-survivors-grief?INTCMP=SRCH" >"After the wave, the grief" is the headline in the Guardian,</a> whose reporters are watching the search for bodies in the ruins of Sintona.

The <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1389e282-4de7-11e0-85e4-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F1389e282-4de7-11e0-85e4-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fhome%2Fuk#axzz1GY8r9LOl" >Financial Times says the country is fighting to contain a rapidly escalating nuclear emergency.</a>

The Japanese people are bracing themselves for their <a href="http://www.timesplus.co.uk/tto/news/?login=false&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Ftto%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fasia%2Farticle2945320.ece" >most brutal ordeal since WWII, according to the Times.</a>

<strong>'Race against time'</strong>

The <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8379663/Japan-earthquake-race-to-prevent-a-humanitarian-disaster.html" >Daily Telegraph tells us Japan is in a race to prevent a humanitarian disaster</a> as rescuers struggle to reach tens of thousands of survivors.

The "miracle" of a <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/" >man found floating 10 miles out to sea after the tsunami struck dominates the Sun's front page.</a>

Relatives desperate for news of missing Britons have swamped an <a href="http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/181127/Families-fear-worst-in-devastated-Japan/" >emergency hotline, according to the Daily Star.</a>

And the <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/03/13/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-170-000-evacuated-as-nuclear-crisis-at-fukushima-intensifies-115875-22987462/" >Daily Mirror tells us Friday's devastating earthquake</a> has been likened to an atomic bomb.

Recession fears

The <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/they-come-to-see-if-anything-is-left-ndash-and-find-nothing-2240967.html" >Independent describes wooden houses reduced to match-sticks </a> and metal girders twisted like liquorice strips.

Many papers report on the billions of pounds pumped into the economy by the Bank of Japan to provide stability.

The <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/8379573/London-markets-poised-for-sell-off-after-earthquake-in-Japan.html" >Daily Telegraph fears the world's third largest economy could be tipped back into recession</a> - with a possible ripple effect on global growth.

The <a href="http://www.timesplus.co.uk/tto/news/?login=false&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Ftto%2Fbusiness%2Findustries%2Fbanking%2Farticle2945086.ece" >Times says Lloyd's of London insurers are set to be among the worst-hit </a> on the stock market.

'Budget joy'

In other news, the <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news" >Daily Express says motorists and pensioners are to receive much-needed help in next week's Budget.</a>

An editorial in the <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cb96acf0-4dc6-11e0-85e4-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fcb96acf0-4dc6-11e0-85e4-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fhome%2Fuk#axzz1GY8r9LOl" >Financial Times urges Washington to "get off the fence" and back a no-fly zone over Libya.</a>

While the <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/fighters-and-residents-flee-eastwards-as-gaddafi-forces-advance-2240990.html" >Independent says calls for international action by the Arab League</a> may have come too late for some rebels.

The <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/13/pj-crowley-resigns-bradley-manning-remarks" >Guardian is among the papers to mull over the resignation of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's spokesman</a> for criticising the Pentagon.