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MARINE

BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2016
Tokio Marine insures geothermal developers over impact on hot springs
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. has begun offering a type of insurance intended to ease the concern of hot spring operators about the impact of new geothermal power stations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2016
Boy drowns after boat flips in Niigata's Takada Park while viewing cherry blossoms
A 15-year-old high school boy drowned Sunday after the boat he and three former classmates were aboard capsized in a moat surrounding Takada Park in Joetsu, Niigagta Prefecture, where hundreds of people had converged to view cherry blossoms in full bloom.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2016
Tohoku tsunami debris, some with invasive life, still turning up on North American West Coast
When debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeast Japan first wended its over through the Pacific Ocean's currents, concerns about potential radioactive contaminants from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster briefly gripped residents of Hawaii and North America's West...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2016
French financial prosecutor opens inquiry into Le Pen's wealth
The French financial prosecutor's office announced on Thursday it has launched a preliminary investigation into far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her father Jean-Marie Le Pen on suspicions that they misrepresented their wealth.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2015
The role of patriotism in the age of globalization
Mainstream parties must reclaim the mantle of patriotism and redefine the national interest accordingly. In today's world, the national interest lies in managing openness — not in throwing it away.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 21, 2015
The French rally to the republic
French voters took the path of reason on Dec. 13 when they thwarted the National Front's bid to gain control of regional assemblies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Dec 19, 2015
Cherishing Okinawa's diverse marine life
Diving in Okinawa this summer, I came face to face with my favorite undersea creature: the octopus.
EDITORIALS
Dec 18, 2015
The center holds in France
French centrist political parties have fended off the far-right National Front for now, but the fight is far from over.
EDITORIALS
Dec 10, 2015
Rise of National Front in France
The far-right National Front is making disturbing gains in France, and the mainstream political parties need to up their game.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 8, 2015
French unity against far-right crumbles as National Front rises
When far-right National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen made it to the second round of the 2002 presidential election, shocked voters and mainstream parties united to keep him out of power.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 7, 2015
Okinawa man held over laser-shining incident involving U.S. aircraft
A local businessman is arrested on suspicion of aiming what is suspected to be a laser at a U.S. military aircraft while it was flying near a U.S. base in Okinawa in July.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 24, 2015
Marines lay fatal Oahu Osprey crash mainly to pilot error
The U.S. Marine Corps said Monday that pilot error was the main cause of the fatal crash of an MV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft in Hawaii in May.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2015
Saga Prefecture to allow survey for proposed SDF Osprey deployment
Saga Gov. Yoshinori Yamaguchi said Thursday he will allow the central government to conduct surveys needed for the proposed deployment of Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at a local airport in the prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Oct 3, 2015
Germans at Kurume 'getting arrogant'; Throne Assistance body meets; hope abandoned for 208 missing fishermen; Kaifu congratulates unified Germany
100 YEARS AGO
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2015
Tokio Marine to use Citic to grow in China after U.S. foray
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., fresh from its biggest acquisition in the U.S., is now looking for opportunities in China.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 10, 2015
Tokio Marine buys HCC for $7.5 billion in biggest takeover
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. agreed to buy HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. for about $7.5 billion (about ¥941.3 billion) in the biggest acquisition by a Japanese insurer, stepping up an overseas expansion to counter stagnation at home.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 13, 2015
Marine chopper with eight aboard missing in Nepal quake zone; crew talked of 'fuel issues'
A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter was declared missing on Tuesday with six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers aboard as it was ferrying rice and tarps to earthquake victims in rugged terrain in Nepal, near a town hard hit by the latest deadly aftershocks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2015
Bubble-era missteps shape Tokio Marine's property strategy
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., one of the nation's oldest insurers, is joining its Chinese peers in investing in property overseas — but with a twist.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Apr 11, 2015
Take a slow, deep dive into marine life
Island nations have a unique relationship with the sea, and for Japan these connections often manifest themselves through its culture and cuisine. This can make an aquarium visit doubly interesting: Come for the fish, stay to watch the visitors as they admire each tank's inhabitants with a unique mixture...
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2015
U.S. returns housing area to Okinawa
The United States has returned a 51-hectare housing area of Camp Zukeran in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, as part of a 2013 agreement to reduce the prefecture's burden from hosting U.S. military bases.

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Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces