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MARINE

BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 6, 2014
Tokio Marine withheld payouts to 100,000
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., the nation's top casualty insurer, withheld car insurance payments in up to 100,000 cases in the early 2000s and kept the fact secret despite knowing about it through an internal probe, company officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2013
Moving Futenma out of Okinawa 'not wise,' ex-Pentagon official warns
A former U.S. Defense Department official said Monday that the Futenma base should be relocated within Okinawa in line with the current bilateral accord, and that moving the facility outside the island prefecture is "not wise."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2013
Yamaguchi gives nod to hosting KC-130 fleet on Okinawa
Yamaguchi Prefecture officially tells Tokyo it will let the U.S. Marine Corps transfer KC-130 refueling tankers from Futenma air base to Iwakuni to lighten the load on Okinawa.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2013
Japan Trench video shot 8,000 meters down
A group of small factories in Tokyo has succeeded in taking remote video of the deep seabed off Japan's northeastern coast in a project aimed at showcasing the companies' technological capabilities.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 9, 2013
Nakaima defies Nago base plan advocates
Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima resisted pressure Tuesday by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera to allow the Futenma base relocation to move forward.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2013
Japan, U.S. to use Ospreys for first time in exercise
U.S. Marine Corps and Ground Self-Defense Force personnel began a joint exercise Tuesday in Shiga Prefecture.
EDITORIALS
Sep 30, 2013
Spreading worries about Osprey
The government has not given a convincing reason why the U.S. Marine Corps will train with Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft in Shiga and Kochi prefectures in October.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2013
Tokio Marine targets ASEAN for expansion abroad
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., the nation's second-largest nonlife insurer, is seeking to expand in Southeast Asia as Japan's shrinking population erodes its domestic market.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 23, 2008
Looking for ways to lure more visitors to these shores
What are people who work in the domestic tourism industry — from tour operators to inn owners to regional tourism promotion offices — doing to attract foreign visitors? Here are the voices of marketers from across Japan:

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