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Insured losses from the devastating earthquake in Japan could reach $6.4 billion, according to an estimate from U.S.-based catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Co (KCC).

STORY: Before opening, traders at Tokyo’s Toyosu market marked the recent earthquake that struck Japan on New Year’s Day with a moment of silence.Once trading got under way, an upscale sushi restaurant from Tokyo’s Ginza district made the winning bid for the 238 kg (524.

A coast-guard plane that collided with a Japan Airlines passenger jet this week wasn’t cleared for takeoff, an air traffic transcript shows.

The elderly woman emerged slowly on a stretcher, wrapped in blankets. Dazed but conscious, she thanked the firefighters, wearing helmets and headlamps, as they lifted her over the rubble of a collapsed house.

Video has emerged showing the moment a group of people escaped a massive landslide in Wajima, Japan. The footage, taken on New Year’s Day 2024, was taken after a devastating magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit the country. On Friday, rescuers were rushing to find 242 people who were still missing. At least 94 people have been confirmed dead.

U.S. aviation safety officials will provide assistance to Japan in the reading of airplane recorders after a deadly collision between a Japan Airlines widebody jet and a small Coast Guard plane this week.

A rise in U.S. Treasury yields and a New Year’s Day earthquake in Japan helped push down the yen, partly owing to speculation that the Bank of Japan is now less likely to change policy soon. The yen

Staff members of Takeuchi Farm, who come from Okayama Prefecture to voluntarily help evacuees, cook food for the evacuees at an evacuation centre, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, January 5, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Reuters