Japan News

Sweethearts in Crime: Rise in Married Couples in Securities Fraud

Jeffery Stone and his wife Janette Diller Stone, one-time operators of a now-defunct New York investment firm called Crescent Fund, are not on any government most wanted list. And they aren’t exactly hiding, either. But the former Greenwich, Connecticut, residents …

Toyota’s Legal Tactics on Claims Questioned

Toyota has routinely engaged in questionable, evasive and deceptive legal tactics when sued, frequently claiming it does not have information it is required to turn over and sometimes even ignoring court orders to produce key documents, an Associated Press investigation …

Legal Uncertainty, Prisoner Releases Making Piracy Problem Worse

Piracy off the coast of Somalia is getting worse, partly due to the legal limbo that has led some countries to release captured suspects, Russia’s U.N. envoy said this week. Over the past year and a half, the U.N. Security …

Tower Australia Eyes AIA Insurance

Tower Australia Ltd will be interested in buying the “well-run” Australian business of AIA if it comes up for sale, as it moves into the fast-growing group insurance sector, Tower’s chief executive said on Thursday. “It is something we will …

Lloyd’s CEO Richard Ward on a Successful Four Years

When he succeeded Nick Prettejohn as Lloyd’s of London’s CEO in 2006, Richard Ward was not an experienced veteran of the insurance industry, but then neither was Prettejohn, a former senior management consultant at Bain & Co. Neither is Lord …

Growing Skepticism Ignores Climate Change Facts; Max Merges with Harbor Point; Terrorist Pirates Threaten the Malacca Strait

The Climate Change debate rolls on, but real decisions and effective actions remain elusive. Hardly a week goes by without a new report or study on the changes affecting the atmosphere, but the general public appears to be contracting “climate …

Tropical Cyclone Shuts Australia Coal Port, Threatens Sugar Fields

A tropical cyclone forced Australia’s second-biggest coal port to close on Friday, bringing millions of tons of coal shipments to a halt and threatening to damage thousands of acres of sugar-cane fields. Australia’s Dalrymple Bay coal terminal ceased operations due …

Strong Quake Rocks Central Japan

A strong earthquake hit off the eastern coast of central Japan on Sunday, rattling buildings across a broad swath of the country, including the crowded Tokyo capital. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, and the government said …

Lloyd’s Chairman Visits Japan, So. Korea; Urges Closer Ties

Lloyd’s Chairman, Lord Levene, visited Japan and South Korea last week where he opened the new Lloyd’s Japan office and hosted an event with Korean Re, titled – Lloyd’s – A Working Partnership. Lloyd’s bulletin pointed out that “Japan is …

European Union to Issue Climate Warning; Tackle CO2 Loopholes

Loopholes in the United Nations climate treaties could actually amount to an increase in global climate-warming emissions and the chance to rein in temperatures may be slipping away, a draft European Union report showed. “Optimistic assessments…indicate that a pathway towards …