8.7-magnitude earthquake off Sumatra

File photo of Tokyo's Shinjuku area. Japan's economy was hammered last year'squake-tsunami disaster, which wreaked havoc on industrial production, while flooding in Thailand and the yen's surge to record highs against the dollar later in the year also hurt growth

File photo of Tokyo's Shinjuku area. Japan's economy was hammered last year'squake-tsunami disaster, which wreaked havoc on industrial production, while flooding in Thailand and the yen's surge to record highs against the dollar later in the year also hurt growth