Study: Major Earthquake Could Hit Tokyo Within Years January 25, 2012 By Mari Yamaguchi A new study is warning that the Tokyo region has a 70 percent chance of being hit directly by a...
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...
Japan Marks 6 Months Since Earthquake, Tsunami September 13, 2011 By Tomoka A. Hosaka Up and down Japan’s devastated northeast coast, survivors prayed and communities came together Sunday to mark six months since the...
Strong Earthquake Shakes Japan’s Ruined Northeast Coast April 7, 2011 By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Nishikawa Another Strong Earthquake Shakes Japan’s Ruined Northeast Coast A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.4 shook the northeast of Japan late...
AIG Expects ‘Minimal’ Effects from Japan Claims March 24, 2011 American International Group Inc. said Wednesday it expects “minimal net effects” from the recent earthquake and tsunami on the financial...
AIR’s Japan Quake/Tsunami Insured Loss Estimates: $15 Billion to $35 Billion March 14, 2011 Boston-based catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide’s most recent statement, based on “currently available information, estimates that insured property losses from...