Japan estimates feared megaquake could cause $1.8 trln in damage, kill 300,000 people
(Corrects percentage figure to 1% in paragraph 4) TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s economy could lose as much as $1.81 trillion in the event of a long-anticipated megaquake off its Pacific coast, which could trigger devastating tsunamis, the collapse of hundreds of buildings and potentially killing about 300,000 people, a government report said on Monday. The expected…