The Associated Press: IMF cuts Japan growth forecast due to quake

TOKYO (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has cut its forecast of
Japan's economic growth due to the country's devastating earthquake and
tsunami.

Japan's economy should grow by 1.4 percent this year,
down 0.2 percentage points from its pre-quake outlook, the IMF said in a
report on the global economic outlook. It cited damage to factories,
power outages and other disruptions from the March 11 quake and tsunami,
which are believed to have killed more than 25,000 people.