All the headlines from our Japan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 10 2025 // Japan still lags behind the US and Europe in defending against cyber threats and improvements are needed across the corporate sector, the nation’s new cyber chief said.“We have our intention to improve our...
Dec 9 2025 // Japanese authorities ended all tsunami warnings after a powerful magnitude-7.5 quake struck off the coast of Aomori, in the northeast of the country, late on Monday.Waves as high as 70 cm (28 inches) were recorded in the...
Dec 3 2025 // Japan’s Asahi Group on Thursday [November 27] said it aims to normalize logistical operations by February after a cyberattack in late September forced widespread suspension, though not all products will be available...
Dec 1 2025 // Hardly a day goes by in Japan without news of another bear attack, but a problem that’s worrying local residents, tourists and farmers and hampering leisure-related businesses is presenting an opportunity for...
Nov 10 2025 // Companies in Japan are likely to win greater benefits than global peers from spending on climate resilience, according to CDP, an environmental disclosure nonprofit.Businesses in the nation face disruption risks from...
Oct 23 2025 // The recent wave of cyberattacks against Japanese businesses has exposed critical weaknesses in the country’s corporate digital defenses, fueling fears of further disruption to sales and supply chains.In the past...
Oct 8 2025 // Qilin, a ransomware group with a track record of cyberattacks on major entities around the world, claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a hack on Japan’s Asahi Group Holdings 2502.T that disrupted production at the...
Sep 30 2025 // Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. suspended some beverage shipments on Monday after a cyberattack hobbled some of the drinks company’s operations in Japan.The maker of Asahi and Peroni beer said the disruption from the...
Sep 19 2025 // Nippon Life Insurance Co. sees its overseas project finance lending climbing 11% to a record high this year due to surging demand to fund AI data centers in the US and elsewhere.The outstanding amount of such loans...
Aug 26 2025 // Japan’s financial regulator plans to set up a division to oversee the asset management and insurance industries, as part of its efforts to drive improvements in the sectors.The new bureau would seek to advance the...
Jul 31 2025 // PERILS AG, the independent Zurich-based company that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, announced the inclusion of severe convective storm (SCS) industry loss reporting for Europe (Austria, Belgium, France,...
Jul 29 2025 // Marsh Japan has agreed to purchase Mitsubishi Electric Corp.’s in-house insurance agency, Mitsubishi Electric Insurance Service Co. Ltd., in a share transfer agreement that will be completed on Nov. 4.Financial...
Jul 14 2025 // The Japan branch of Germany-based corporate & specialty insurer HDI Global SE, part of Talanx AG, has received regulatory authorization in Japan to offer parametric earthquake insurance.HDI Global collaborated with...
Jul 2 2025 // Howden Japan Acquires Majority Stake in Retail Broker HolosHowden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced it has acquired a majority stake (68.3%) in Holos Holdings Co. Ltd., a leading retail insurance...
Jun 20 2025 // A 6.5 billion rand ($361 million) lawsuit has been lodged in a South African court by a Japanese insurance company for a claim arising from flood damages suffered in 2022 by Toyota Motors Corp.’s plant near...
May 20 2025 // Japan’s three major casualty insurers plan to sell a total of about ¥1.37 trillion ($9.5 billion) of cross-held shares in the fiscal year started April in a push to reduce strategic holdings in line with government...
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...
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...
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...
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 destroy...