Latest Japan Headlines
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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...
Japan Issued Its First ‘Megaquake’ Warning After Powerful Tremor
Aug 9 2024 // An earthquake off the coast of Japan’s southern island of Kyushu prompted the government to issue its first-ever warning for a megaquake from an undersea trough running along a swath of the country’s...
Japanese Population Falls at Fastest Pace in Demographic Crisis
Jul 25 2024 // The number of Japanese citizens fell at the fastest clip last year since data collection began in the 1960s, adding pressure on the nation’s social security system and shrinking labor market. The population of...
Howden Enters Japanese Market, Invests in Keystone ILS Capital
Jul 3 2024 // Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced its entry into the Japanese market, launching Howden Re Japan Ltd. and an ILS partnership with Keystone ILS Capital. Howden also announced the appointment of...
Japan Insurers Plan to Sell $3.1 Billion Worth of Honda Shares, Reuters Reports
Jul 2 2024 // Japan’s four top property and casualty insurers, along with other financial firms, are planning to sell around ¥500 billion ($3.1 billion) worth of shares in Honda Motor Co., Reuters reported. Tokio Marine Holdings...
Japan Auto Safety Scandal Widens; Toyota Halts Shipments of Some Vehicles
Jun 3 2024 // A safety test scandal at Japanese automakers widened on Monday, with Toyota Motor and Mazda both halting shipments of some vehicles after Japan’s transport ministry found irregularities in applications to certify...
KKR Weighs Entering Private Credit in Japan to Challenge Banks
Jun 3 2024 // KKR & Co. is considering entering the private credit market in Japan to provide an alternative to bank loans. “It will be a medium to long-term initiative,” Hiro Hirano, the head of KKR Japan said in an...
Robot to Remove Melted Nuclear Fuel From Japan’s Damaged Fukushima Reactor
May 30 2024 // The operator of Japan’s destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant demonstrated Tuesday how a remote-controlled robot would retrieve tiny bits of melted fuel debris from one of three damaged reactors later this...
Japan’s Insurers Surge on Buybacks, Unwind of Cross-Holdings
May 21 2024 // Shares of Japanese insurers MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. and Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. surged after the companies announced stock buybacks, as well as plans to sell their holdings in client...
Japanese Lens Maker Hoya Halts Production After Cyberattack
Apr 4 2024 // Japanese lens maker Hoya Corp. on Thursday said the production of several of its products have stopped after a system failure, which was “most likely caused by unauthorized access” to its servers. Hoya said the...
Japanese Authorities Inspect Second Kobayashi Pharma Factory After Deaths
Apr 2 2024 // Health authorities searched a second Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory in western Japan on Sunday after the company reported five deaths possibly tied to dietary supplements, an official said. The inspection in Wakayama...
Nine Dead After South Korean-Flagged Vessel Capsizes off Japan, South Korea Says
Mar 21 2024 // At least nine people were killed when a South Korean-flagged vessel capsized off Japan, South Korea’s foreign ministry said on Thursday. Two South Korean nationals were among the dead, it said, adding that the...
Tanker Capsizes off Coast of Japan, Seven Deaths Confirmed: Media Reports
Mar 20 2024 // A South Korean-flagged chemical tanker has capsized off the coast of Yamaguchi prefecture in western Japan, with seven deaths confirmed, public broadcaster NHK reported on Wednesday, citing the coastguard. The tanker,...
Bank of Japan Scraps Radical Policy, Makes First Interest Rate Hike in 17 Years
Mar 19 2024 // The Bank of Japan (BOJ) ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of its unorthodox policy on Tuesday, making a historic shift away from its focus on reflating growth with decades of massive monetary...
People Moves: Sompo Japan Names Takahashi as Chief Risk Officer, Head of Reinsurance; WTW Taps Aon’s Bosc for Global Specialty Team
Mar 6 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Sompo Japan and Willis Towers Watson (WTW). A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo Japan Names Takahashi as Chief Risk Officer, Head of...
Michigan Town to Pay $320K to Japanese Man Wrongly Accused of Drunken Driving
Mar 5 2024 // A Michigan village has agreed to a $320,000 settlement with a man from Japan who was wrongly accused of drunken driving after a police officer badly misread a breath test, court records show. Ryohei Akima blew a 0.02 on...
AM Best: Japan Quake’s Effect on Insurers ‘Manageable; KCC Says Losses to Hit $6.4B
Jan 5 2024 // The earnings impact on the major domestic non-life insurers of claims from the Jan. 1, 2024 earthquake in Japan is expected to be manageable relative to the sector’s net profit, according to AM Best in a market...
