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TEPCO LOSS TOPS £6BN AFTER FUKUSHIMA CRISIS
TOKYO Electric Power Co (Tepco) yesterday posted an annual loss of almost two trillion yen (£6.2bn) as compensation claims for the Fukushima nuclear disaster – triggered by a tsunami and earthquake last year – brought it to the brink of bankruptcy. The company is to be taken over by the government, which will inject one million yen.