Japan squares up to economic aftershocks

Four Tokyo-based financiers give their views on what the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan will mean for the economic outlook

Frank Packard

Japan Representative, Triple A Partners

When the Big Quake struck on Friday afternoon, March 11, I was in the office in Tokyo. After 30 seconds of wild gyrating we knew it was going to be a big one. After another minute of non-stop shaking and grinding, my office mates and I fled down the stairs and on to the streets. Nearly every office nearby had emptied in a similar fashion, and so the streets and the park across the street all became quite crowded.