Latest Japan Headlines
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InsurTech EasySend strengthens in Japan by establishing a Japanese entity in order to accelerate digitization within the Japanese financial industry
Jun 9 2022 // No-code platform speeds up service delivery and significantly enhances customer experience for insurance, banking and other financial institutions Tokyo, June 09, 2022 – EasySend Ltd. (Headquarters: Israel, CEO &...
Japan Approves Plan to Release Wastewater From Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
May 20 2022 // TOKYO (AP) – Japan’s nuclear regulator on Wednesday approved plans by the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to release its treated radioactive wastewater into the sea next year, saying the outlined...
Climate Change Boosted Cost of Japan’s Typhoon Hagibis by $4B: Study
May 19 2022 // The effects of human-caused climate change were responsible for roughly $4 billion of the $10 billion in insured losses resulting from Typhoon Hagibis that struck Japan in October of 2019, according to a new analysis of...
Central Japan Water Leak Threatens Operations at Auto, Power Companies
May 18 2022 // A major water leak in central Japan on Wednesday disrupted supply to more than 130 businesses near the production center of Toyota Motor Corp. The accident in Japan’s manufacturing heartland threatened interruptions...
Japan Officials Investigate Previous Accidents of Operator of Sunken Japan Tour Boat
Apr 29 2022 // TOKYO (AP) – The head of the company that operated a tourist boat that sank off northern Japan with 26 people aboard said Wednesday he approved the trip despite a broken communication device and forecasts of rough...
Japan Begins Inquiries Into Missing Tourist Boat, With at Least 11 Dead
Apr 25 2022 // Inquiries began into what caused the disappearance of a tour boat off Japan’s northern coast as search efforts intensified on Monday to find the vessel and its missing passengers, with the confirmed death toll rising...
Japanese Insurer Tokio Marine Says Greensill Obtained Policies Fraudulently
Apr 4 2022 // Companies linked to insolvent British financier Lex Greensill obtained insurance fraudulently, insurer Tokio Marine said on Monday, adding it did not plan to pay out on the policies and would “vigorously...
Japan’s Powerful Earthquake Estimated to Cost Insurers $2 Billion-$4 Billion: Verisk
Mar 24 2022 // The powerful earthquake that jolted Japan’s northeast coast last week is expected to cause insured property losses between $2 billion and $4 billion, modeling firm Verisk said on Thursday. About $400 million to $820...
Update: Japan Warns of Blackouts After Earthquake Causes Major Power Shortage
Mar 22 2022 // Japanese turned off neon signs, dimmed their lights and dialed down thermostats on Tuesday after the government issued an urgent call to save energy to avoid blackouts after an earthquake last week caused a serious power...
Update: Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Hits Near Japan’s Fukushima
Mar 16 2022 // A magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck northern Japan near Fukushima prefecture late on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring dozens, as well as disrupting power and some factories. About 2,000 buildings were still without...
Japan’s Top Court Orders Damages of $12M for Fukushima Victims in Landmark Decision
Mar 7 2022 // Japan’s Supreme Court upheld an order for utility Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) to pay damages of 1.4 billion yen ($12 million) to about 3,700 people whose lives were devastated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the...
Cyberattack on Toyota Supplier Shows How Small Firms Can Pose Big Threat
Mar 3 2022 // The cyberattack on a Toyota Motor Corp. supplier that brought the automaker’s domestic production to a halt shows how more vulnerable small firms can pose a big threat that Japan needs to do more to address,...
Toyota Suspends Tokyo Factory Operations After Suspected Cyber Attack
Mar 1 2022 // Toyota Motor Corp. said it will suspend domestic factory operations on Tuesday, losing around 13,000 cars of output, after a supplier of plastic parts and electronic components was hit by a suspected cyber attack. No...
Global Firms Shut Ukraine Operations, as They Weigh Impact of Sanctions on Russia
Feb 25 2022 // Brewer Carlsberg, Japan Tobacco and a Coca-Cola bottler were among firms shutting factories in Ukraine on Thursday following Russia’s invasion, while UPS and FedEx Corp. suspended services in and out of the...
Team of Nuclear Experts to Visit Wrecked Fukushima Plant to Check Water Release Plan
Feb 9 2022 // A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant next week to review plans to begin releasing more than a million tons of treated radioactive...
Toyota Settles Lawsuit That Blamed Employee’s Suicide on Overwork, Harassment
Feb 2 2022 // TOKYO (AP) – Toyota has settled a lawsuit that blamed overwork and harassment for the suicide of one of its employees. Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda has apologized to the family, the Japanese automaker said...
Operator of Japan’s Crippled Fukushima Nuclear Plant Face Another Setback in Clean-up
Jan 24 2022 // The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has found that a coolant solution, used to create an ice wall halting the seepage of groundwater into reactor buildings, has leaked from two storage...
Record Snowfall Disrupts Train, Air Travel in Western Japan
Dec 28 2021 // A powerful storm rammed western Japan with record snowfall, disrupting flights, train travel and leaving hundreds without power. Snowfall surpassed 70 centimeters (28 inches) in the cities of Hikone and Maizuru, in the...
Japan’s Fukushima Farmers Fear Contaminated Water Release Will Hit Produce Prices
Nov 5 2021 // IWAKI, Japan – Farmers in Japan’s northeastern Fukushima fear the release of water from the crippled power plant there could revive concerns about contamination and again hit the price of their produce, undoing a...
Atomic Energy Agency Seeks Japan Transparency on Release of Fukushima Water
Sep 9 2021 // TOKYO —Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency asked Japan on Tuesday for full and detailed information about a plan to release treated but still radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant...
