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Kyodo News Digest: Nov. 2, 2024

Rion Sumiyoshi of Japan performs in the women’s short program at the Grand Prix de France figure skating competition in Angers, France, on Nov. 1, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo   The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ———- Heavy rain briefly halts all Tokyo-Hakata shinkansen bullet trains TOKYO – Heavy […]

Japan’s Major Insurers Fined Over 2 Billion Yen

TOKYO, Nov 02 (News On Japan) – Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has ordered four major insurance companies — Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, Sompo Japan, Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance, and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance — to pay fines totaling over 2 billion yen for collaborating to discuss estimates and bid amounts, leading to premium increases. […]

End of an Era: Blue Lake Vanishes

NAGOYA, Nov 02 (News On Japan) – Ninoike, a 3,067 meter lake once shining in cobalt blue near the summit of Mount Ontake, has entirely dried up, leaving only mud in its place. Takashiro Kunitomo from the Ontake Volcano Research Institute said, “Not much is known about Ninoike, but one theory is that it was […]