Japan: A Week in Crisis

Thursday March 17: The Bank of Japan, pumps trillions of yen into money markets to avert the country’s currency rise and to keep financial markets operating. It’s announced that the G-7 will hold meetings Friday to discuss Japan's nuclear plant crisis and the consequences for the already fragile global economy. Meanwhile, engineers working at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant work to restore power in an effort to get pumps working again so water can be used to cool overheating fuel rods. Military helicopters are used to dump water on the reactors as talk of a nuclear catastrophe begins to recede.