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Top Japanese Firms Scrap Employment System That Held Women Back

Apr 23 2025 // Japan’s biggest financial firms are abolishing decades-old employment practices that kept women off the corporate ladder. Nippon Life Insurance Co., Japan’s largest insurer, and MUFG Bank Ltd., a unit of the...

Japanese Insurer MS&AD Plans to Invest as Much as $5 Billion to Double US Profits

Apr 22 2025 // MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. plans to invest as much as about ¥700 billion ($5 billion) to expand in the North American market, to meet its goal of doubling operating profits in the region, according to its...

Trump Tariff Worries Spur Record Overseas Demand for Japanese Government Bonds

Apr 21 2025 // The longest-dated Japanese government bonds attracted record foreign demand last month as money shifted out of U.S. debt in search of other safe havens as President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs sparked concerns...

Japan Warns Potential Megaquake Could Kill Nearly 300,000

Apr 1 2025 // A long-feared megaquake off Japan’s southern coast could result in almost 300,000 deaths, according to a new model released by the government. In the worst-case scenario, a megaquake in the Nankai Trough would...

Wildfires in Western Japan Damage Homes, Forcing Evacuations

Mar 25 2025 // Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging a number of homes as hundreds of firefighters battled the widening blazes in the...