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The loss of life and human suffering is a primary focus in any disaster. but the hit to japan's economy is also massive. and here to talk about the country's ability to recover from this blow is muhammad alarian, ceo of pimco. muhammad, desperate tragedy in japan. and it's obviously had an enormously negative impact on the economy, too. they've been through earthquakes before. but nothing quite like this. how are they going to bounds back? >> with time, piers. in addition to the devastating human suffering, no words can really capture the enoermt of that suffering. they also have to suffer thr...

>> reporter: people have heard about the fires, they've heard about the explosions, they've heard about elevated levels of radiation here at one of the nuclear reactors. what i can tell you being on the ground here is there's obviously a lot of anxiety about what is known, but almost as much anxiety if not more about what is unknown. exactly what will that radiation do to people, will the levels go up, what tell do in the long run. here's what i can tell you based on some of the official numbers that we're receiving. the highest reading, for example, that we've seen was about 400 milisevers. t...