Japan Warns Potential Megaquake Could Kill Nearly 300,000 April 1, 2025 By Alice French A long-feared megaquake off Japan’s southern coast could result in almost 300,000 deaths, according to a new model released by...
Japan Issued Its First ‘Megaquake’ Warning After Powerful Tremor August 9, 2024 By Shoko Oda An earthquake off the coast of Japan’s southern island of Kyushu prompted the government to issue its first-ever warning for...
AM Best: Japan Quake’s Effect on Insurers ‘Manageable; KCC Says Losses to Hit $6.4B January 5, 2024 By L.S. Howard The earnings impact on the major domestic non-life insurers of claims from the Jan. 1, 2024 earthquake in Japan is...
Japan Earthquake Casts Cloud Over Push to Restart Nuclear Plants January 5, 2024 The powerful earthquake that hit Japan’s western coast on New Year’s Day has underscored the country’s exposure to natural disasters,...
Japan Adds Rescuers as Death Toll From Jan. 1 Quake Rises to 64 January 3, 2024 By Isabel Reynolds and Takashi Nakamichi The death toll in the wake of the Jan. 1 earthquake off Japan’s northwest coast rose above 60 as the...
Update: Major Japan Quake Topples Buildings, Killing Nearly 50 People January 2, 2024 By Erica Yokoyama and Jon Herskovitz The death toll from a powerful earthquake that toppled buildings in the Noto Peninsula on Japan’s northwest coast rose to...
Natural Disasters Cost Global Economy $32B in Q1, With Only $14B Insured: Aon April 18, 2022 By L.S. Howard Preliminary economic losses from natural hazards billion during the first quarter of 2022 totaled $32, of which less than 50%...
Japan’s Powerful Earthquake Estimated to Cost Insurers $2 Billion-$4 Billion: Verisk March 24, 2022 The powerful earthquake that jolted Japan’s northeast coast last week is expected to cause insured property losses between $2 billion...
Update: Japan Warns of Blackouts After Earthquake Causes Major Power Shortage March 22, 2022 By Yuka Obayashi and Kantaro Komiya Japanese turned off neon signs, dimmed their lights and dialed down thermostats on Tuesday after the government issued an urgent...
Update: Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Hits Near Japan’s Fukushima March 16, 2022 By Shoko Oda, Kana Nishizawa and Gearoid Reidy A magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck northern Japan near Fukushima prefecture late on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring dozens, as well...