Latest Japan Headlines
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Top Japanese Firms Scrap Employment System That Held Women Back
Apr 23 2025 // Japan’s biggest financial firms are abolishing decades-old employment practices that kept women off the corporate ladder. Nippon Life Insurance Co., Japan’s largest insurer, and MUFG Bank Ltd., a unit of the...
Japanese Insurer MS&AD Plans to Invest as Much as $5 Billion to Double US Profits
Apr 22 2025 // MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. plans to invest as much as about ¥700 billion ($5 billion) to expand in the North American market, to meet its goal of doubling operating profits in the region, according to its...
Trump Tariff Worries Spur Record Overseas Demand for Japanese Government Bonds
Apr 21 2025 // The longest-dated Japanese government bonds attracted record foreign demand last month as money shifted out of U.S. debt in search of other safe havens as President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs sparked concerns...
Japan Warns Potential Megaquake Could Kill Nearly 300,000
Apr 1 2025 // A long-feared megaquake off Japan’s southern coast could result in almost 300,000 deaths, according to a new model released by the government. In the worst-case scenario, a megaquake in the Nankai Trough would...
Wildfires in Western Japan Damage Homes, Forcing Evacuations
Mar 25 2025 // Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging a number of homes as hundreds of firefighters battled the widening blazes in the...
Japan Battles Worst Wildfire in 40 Years Amid Record Dry Season
Mar 3 2025 // Japan is battling its worst wildfire in four decades, forcing thousands of people to flee amid some of the driest weather on record. At least one person has been killed since the blaze broke out Feb. 26 near the the city...
Britain’s L&G Sells US Protection Unit to Japanese Insurer for $2.3 Billion
Feb 7 2025 // Legal & General said on Friday it would sell its U.S. protection business to Japan’s Meiji Yasuda for $2.3 billion in cash and said the Japanese firm would take a 5% stake in the British insurer, in the biggest...
Pilot Confusion, Congestion Detailed in Fatal Japan Crash Report
Jan 15 2025 // A report detailing distracted pilots, airport congestion and shortcomings in safety protocols shines new light into the lead up to last year’s fiery plane crash at Japan’s Haneda Airport. The 166-page document...
Japan Plane Crash Probe Points to Coast Guard Crew Confusion
Dec 26 2024 // Cockpit voice recordings released Wednesday indicate Japanese coast guard pilots wrongly thought they could enter an active runway minutes before being struck by a Japan Airlines Co. jet. The recordings, in a report tabled...
Aon to Purchase In-House Insurance Agency of Mitsubishi Chemical Group in Japan
Nov 27 2024 // Insurance broker Aon plc announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the in-house insurance agency business of Mitsubishi Chemical Group (MCG), enhancing Aon’s risk and health capability offering in...
Bank of Japan Governor Warns AI Could Bring New Financial Stability Risks
Nov 21 2024 // Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday central banks must be mindful that technological advances, such as in the area of artificial intelligence (AI), could bring new risks to financial stability. “As...
WTW Launches Insurance Brokerage Service in Japan
Oct 29 2024 // WTW announced the expansion of its Corporate Risk & Broking (CRB) business in Japan with the launch of an insurance brokerage service. The new service will offer insurance solutions to commercial clients, as well as...
Brookfield Hires Head for Entry Into Japan Reinsurance Market
Oct 29 2024 // Brookfield Wealth Solutions, has entered the reinsurance business in Japan and has hired Tomohide Yokooka, formerly of Barclays Plc, as managing director and country head, according to people familiar with the...
Japan’s Icom Investigates Radio Devices Carrying its Logo After Lebanon Blasts
Sep 19 2024 // Japanese radio equipment maker Icom Inc. said on Thursday that it was investigating the facts regarding news reports that two-way radio devices bearing its logo have exploded in Lebanon. Hand-held radios used by armed...
Japan’s Non-Life Insurers Must Cut Cross-Shareholdings to Zero, Industry Group Says
Sep 19 2024 // A trade group representing Japan’s biggest non-life insurers said on Thursday that its member firms should set a clear deadline to cut their strategic holdings of listed client shares to zero. The General Insurance...
Howden Buys Foresight in Japan, Names Gallagher’s Aibe as CEO of Japan Retail Unit
Sep 17 2024 // Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced its launch into the Japanese retail insurance broking and captive consulting and management markets with the acquisition of Foresight Holdings Co. Ltd. Also...
Millions Evacuated as Typhoon Slams Southwest Japan, Halting Flights and Factories
Aug 29 2024 // Millions of people were told to evacuate from their homes as Typhoon Shanshan lashed southwest Japan with strong winds and heavy rain on Thursday, knocking out power, snarling air traffic and forcing major factories to...
Update: Japan Issues Emergency Warning as Powerful Typhoon Shanshan Approaches
Aug 28 2024 // Southwestern Japan braced on Wednesday for what officials say could be one of the strongest storms to ever hit the region, as some residents in the path of Typhoon Shanshan were ordered to evacuate and major firms like...
Typhoon Shanshan Headed for Japan Threatens Transport Links
Aug 26 2024 // Typhoon Shanshan is expected to approach Japan’s southern island of Kyushu on Tuesday or Wednesday, with railway operators warning of service disruptions and an airline canceling flights. The storm is packing maximum...
Update: Severe Typhoon Skims Japan, Disrupting Flight, Train Services
Aug 15 2024 // Typhoon Ampil grazed Japan’s main island of Honshu on Friday, prompting cancellations of flights and trains in the middle of the country’s peak summer holiday season. Japan Airlines Co. and All Nippon Airways...
