Update: Japan Issues Emergency Warning as Powerful Typhoon Shanshan Approaches August 28, 2024 By Kaori Kaneko Southwestern Japan braced on Wednesday for what officials say could be one of the strongest storms to ever hit the...
Update: Japan Airlines Counts Losses From Wrecked Tokyo Plane January 4, 2024 By Daniel Leussink, Nobuhiro Kubo and Kaori Kaneko Japan Airlines (JAL) on Thursday said it expected losses of more than $100 million after one of its planes was...
Japan, U.S. Agree on Tokyo Joining Trans-Pacific Trade Talks April 12, 2013 By Doug Palmer and Kaori Kaneko Japan and the United States have agreed on a deal to allow Tokyo to join talks on a U.S.-led Asia-Pacific...
Report: Japan PM Abe’s Pacific Trade Pact Gambit Pays Off, for Now March 18, 2013 By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kaori Kaneko Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s first politically risky step of declaring the country’s intent to join talks on a U.S.-led...
Thai Flood May Hit Asia Harder Than Japan Disaster: Official November 29, 2011 By Kaori Kaneko The impact from Thailand floods on Asia’s production networks may last longer and be deeper than that from Japan’s March...
Crunching Japan’s Disaster Numbers: Final Bill May be Staggering April 4, 2011 By Rie Ishiguro and Kaori Kaneko Japan’s government expects last month’s earthquake and tsunami to cost up to $300 billion in material damage, but the ultimate...
Japan Govt. Estimates Quake, Tsunami Damages at $185 to $308 Billion March 23, 2011 By Kaori Kaneko and Leika Kihara The Japanese government on Wednesday estimated the direct damage from a deadly earthquake and tsunami that struck the country’s northeast...