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Japan’s Tokio Marine Eyes Insurer Suncorp as Preferred Takeover Target, FT Reports

Aug 25 2026 // Japanese insurer Tokio Marine has identified Australian insurer Suncorp as a preferred takeover target after reviewing several potential options, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the...

Japan Earthquake Halts Auto and Chip Plants, Testing Supply Chain Resilience

Jul 31 2026 // The 7.1-magnitude quake that struck southern Japan this week has brought many car and semiconductor factories in the area to a halt, but hopes are high that disruptions will be less severe than a similar-sized temblor that...

Japan Earthquake’s Insurance Claims May Top $1.1 Billion: Bloomberg Intelligence

Jul 30 2026 // Insurance claims from this week’s earthquake in Japan may top the 175 billion yen ($1.1 billion) average for the country’s six previous major tremors, Bloomberg Intelligence estimated.”We estimate...

Powerful Quake Hits Southern Japan, Workers Missing After Shopping Mall Blast

Jul 28 2026 // A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads and leaving some trapped and others presumed dead inside a partially collapsed...

Chicken Back on Menu as Cyber-Hit Nichirei Restores Operations in Japan

Jul 22 2026 // Tokyo-based food producer and distributor Nichirei Corp. says it will fully resume operations this week after a cyber attack disrupted its food delivery services, affecting clients nationwide including Kentucky Fried...

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