Insurance industry losses from the January 1st magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck the Noto peninsula on Japan’s west coast could reach $6.4 billion, …
Japan quake could fuel April 1 rate increases if excess layer reinsurance hit: AM Best
The damaging magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture on the west coast of the main island of Honshu on New Year’s Day could …
Japan earthquake: Video shows buildings swept away by landslide in Wajima
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.
US to provide assistance to Japan on airplane recorders in fatal collision
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.
Japan’s Yen Slumps to Start the Year After Earthquake
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
‘I Had to Do Something’: Turkish Volunteer Feeds Japan Earthquake Victims
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
Japan Services PMI expands in December amid sharper growth in new business
The au Jibun Bank Japan Services PMI rose 51.5 in December from 50.8 in November to extend the current sequence of rising business activity to 16 months. The expansion was only modest, however, and …
This visually impaired man traveled to Japan to run 1,400 miles in 40 days – and wants to tackle South Korea next
When Hong Kong local Gary Leung lost complete vision in his eyes nearly 25 years ago, it broke him. Then he found long-distance running.
Scenes of loss play out across Japan’s western coastline after quake kills 84
More soldiers have been ordered to bolster the rescue operations Thursday, providing those in need with drinking water, hot meals and setting up bathing facilities after a magnitude 7.6 quake hit …
Denied Care, Deaths in Japan Result from Lack of Emergency Medical Services for American Personnel
Patients who were turned away from Japanese hospitals and died also included a civilian Defense Department employee who suffered a heart attack and was denied care at 10 hospitals. He succumbed shortly before an 11th facility agreed to accept him, according to the command investigation into the girl’s death by the III Marine Expeditionary Force.