by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 15, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy
“What’s particularly striking is the sluggishness in consumption and capital expenditure that are key pillars of domestic demand,” said Yoshiki Shinke, senior executive economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute Tokyo: Japan unexpectedly slips...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 16, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
The discovery in early 2023 that a half dozen models might be affected by manipulated test results ballooned into a full-blown scandal last month, when Daihatsu revealed that an internal probe found 174 irregularities across 64 cars dating back as far as 1989 Tokyo:...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 13, 2024 | International News, Risk Management
The crack appeared in the outermost of the four layers of window surrounding the cockpit The incident was not serious but if left unfixed could have been “pretty dangerous”, an aviation expert said London: A domestic All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 9, 2024 | International News, Risk Management
The measures — including more visible stop line markings on taxiways leading to runways and use of clearer language in traffic control communication — are to be implemented right away at Haneda while they are slated to go into effect at other airports across the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 7, 2024 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Nuclear power plants dot the coast of mountainous Japan, which is prone to earthquakes and tsunamis due to its location on the seismically active “Ring of Fire” around the Pacific Ocean The powerful earthquake that hit Japan’s western coast on New Year’s Day has...
