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Japan Earthquake Halts Auto and Chip Plants, Testing Supply Chain Resilience
Jul 31 2026 // The 7.1-magnitude quake that struck southern Japan this week has brought many car and semiconductor factories in the area to a halt, but hopes are high that disruptions will be less severe than a similar-sized temblor that...
Japan Earthquake’s Insurance Claims May Top $1.1 Billion: Bloomberg Intelligence
Jul 30 2026 // Insurance claims from this week’s earthquake in Japan may top the 175 billion yen ($1.1 billion) average for the country’s six previous major tremors, Bloomberg Intelligence estimated.” We estimate...
Powerful Quake Hits Southern Japan, Workers Missing After Shopping Mall Blast
Jul 28 2026 // A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads and leaving some trapped and others presumed dead inside a partially collapsed...
Chicken Back on Menu as Cyber-Hit Nichirei Restores Operations in Japan
Jul 22 2026 // Tokyo-based food producer and distributor Nichirei Corp. says it will fully resume operations this week after a cyber attack disrupted its food delivery services, affecting clients nationwide including Kentucky Fried...
Southwestern Japan Prepares for Powerful Typhoon Bavi; Taiwan Expects Deluge of Rain
Jul 10 2026 // A large and powerful typhoon approached a remote chain of islands in Japan’s southwest on Friday, prompting authorities to warn of violent winds, torrential rain, landslides and flooding in what could be the...
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