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epa01675672 Containers are seen at night fall at Tokyo Port, in Tokyo, Japan, 25 March 2009. According to the Ministry of Finance, Japan's exports plunged by 49.4 per cent compared with the same month a year earlier, its sharpest drop since at least January 1980. The world's second largest economy is suffering badly as demand for its products have collapsed following the global downturn. EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON