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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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Scandal-ridden Bigmotor reborn as new firm

TOKYO, Japan, May 1 Kyodo - Shinjiro Tanaka (C), president of Wecars, a new firm that took over the troubled used car dealership Bigmotor Co.'s main businesses, poses at a press conference in Tokyo on May 1, 2024. The president vowed to make Wecars' operations transparent following the high-profile insurance fraud scandal, as it runs about 250 outlets with a workforce of 4,200. (Kyodo)

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Scandal-ridden Bigmotor reborn as new firm

Shinjiro Tanaka (R), president of Wecars, a new firm that took over the troubled used car dealership Bigmotor Co.'s main businesses, attends a press conference in Tokyo on May 1, 2024. The president vowed to make Wecars' operations transparent following the high-profile insurance fraud scandal, as it runs about 250 outlets with a workforce of 4,200.

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Scandal-ridden Bigmotor reborn as new firm

Shinjiro Tanaka (C), president of Wecars, a new firm that took over the troubled used car dealership Bigmotor Co.'s main businesses, poses at a press conference in Tokyo on May 1, 2024. The president vowed to make Wecars' operations transparent following the high-profile insurance fraud scandal, as it runs about 250 outlets with a workforce of 4,200.

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Sompo CEO to step down over Bigmotor insurance fraud scandal

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 26 Kyodo - Major Japanese insurance firm Sompo Holdings Inc. CEO Kengo Sakurada holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2024, to announce he will step down at the end of March to take responsibility for the company's involvement in used car dealer Bigmotor Co.'s insurance fraud scandal. (Kyodo)

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Sompo CEO to step down over Bigmotor insurance fraud scandal

Major Japanese insurance firm Sompo Holdings Inc. CEO Kengo Sakurada holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2024, to announce he will step down at the end of March to take responsibility for the company's involvement in used car dealer Bigmotor Co.'s insurance fraud scandal.

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Sompo CEO to step down over Bigmotor insurance fraud scandal

Major Japanese insurance firm Sompo Holdings Inc. CEO Kengo Sakurada holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2024, to announce he will step down at the end of March to take responsibility for the company's involvement in used car dealer Bigmotor Co.'s insurance fraud scandal.

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Sompo CEO to step down over Bigmotor insurance fraud scandal

Major Japanese insurance firm Sompo Holdings Inc. CEO Kengo Sakurada holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2024, to announce he will step down at the end of March to take responsibility for the company's involvement in used car dealer Bigmotor Co.'s insurance fraud scandal.

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Sompo CEO to step down over Bigmotor insurance fraud scandal

Major Japanese insurance firm Sompo Holdings Inc. CEO Kengo Sakurada (R) bows at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2024, and announces he intends to step down at the end of March to take responsibility for the company's involvement in used car dealer Bigmotor Co.'s insurance fraud scandal.

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Bigmotor outlet in Tokyo

Photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023, shows a Bigmotor Co. outlet in Tama, western Tokyo. Japan's financial watchdog began searches the same day at offices of the major used car dealer network Bigmotor and casualty insurer Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. as part of a high-profile insurance fraud investigation.

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Bigmotor outlet in Tokyo

Photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023, shows a Bigmotor Co. outlet in Tama, western Tokyo. Japan's financial watchdog began searches the same day at offices of the major used car dealer network Bigmotor and casualty insurer Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. as part of a high-profile insurance fraud investigation.

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FSA searches Bigmotor outlet over insurance fraud case

Officials of Japan's Financial Services Agency enter an outlet of Bigmotor Co. in Tama city, western Tokyo, on Sept. 19, 2023, as part of a high-profile car insurance fraud investigation involving the major used car dealer network.

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FSA searches Sompo Japan head office over insurance fraud case

Officials of Japan's Financial Services Agency enter the head office of casualty insurer Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2023, as part of a high-profile car insurance fraud investigation involving major used car dealer network Bigmotor Co.

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FSA searches Bigmotor outlet over insurance fraud case

Officials of Japan's Financial Services Agency enter an outlet of Bigmotor Co. in Tama city, western Tokyo, on Sept. 19, 2023, as part of a high-profile car insurance fraud investigation involving the major used car dealer network.

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FSA searches Sompo Japan head office over insurance fraud case

Officials of Japan's Financial Services Agency enter the head office of casualty insurer Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2023, as part of a high-profile car insurance fraud investigation involving major used car dealer network Bigmotor Co.

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Transport ministry inspects Bigmotor offices over alleged fraud

Officials of Japan's transport ministry conduct an on-site inspection of a Bigmotor Co. outlet in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 28, 2023, amid allegations that the used car dealership chain charged excessive repair fees after intentionally damaging cars and made fraudulent insurance claims. The ministry raided 33 other Bigmotor outlets in 24 prefectures the same day.

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Transport ministry inspects Bigmotor offices over alleged fraud

Officials of Japan's transport ministry conduct an on-site inspection of a Bigmotor Co. outlet in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 28, 2023, amid allegations that the used car dealership chain charged excessive repair fees after intentionally damaging cars and made fraudulent insurance claims. The ministry raided 33 other Bigmotor outlets in 24 prefectures the same day.

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Inspection at Bigmotor outlet

Officials of Japan's transport ministry visit an outlet of Bigmotor Co. in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on July 28, 2023, for an on-site inspection as the used car dealership chain is facing allegations it charged excessive repair fees after intentionally damaging cars and made fraudulent insurance claims.

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Inspection at Bigmotor outlet

Officials of Japan's transport ministry conduct an on-site inspection at an outlet of Bigmotor Co. in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on July 28, 2023, as the used car dealership chain is facing allegations it charged excessive repair fees after intentionally damaging cars and made fraudulent insurance claims.

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Inspection at Bigmotor outlet

Officials (L) of Japan's transport ministry conduct an on-site inspection at an outlet of Bigmotor Co. in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on July 28, 2023, as the used car dealership chain is facing allegations it charged excessive repair fees after intentionally damaging cars and made fraudulent insurance claims.

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Inspection at Bigmotor outlet

Officials of Japan's transport ministry visit an outlet of Bigmotor Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on July 28, 2023, for an on-site inspection as the used car dealership chain is facing allegations it charged excessive repair fees after intentionally damaging cars and made fraudulent insurance claims.

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Inspection at Bigmotor outlet

Officials of Japan's transport ministry visit an outlet of Bigmotor Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on July 28, 2023, for an on-site inspection as the used car dealership chain is facing allegations it charged excessive repair fees after intentionally damaging cars and made fraudulent insurance claims.

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Japan gov't holds hearing with Bigmotor

Bigmotor Co. President Shinji Izumi (2nd from R) and other company executives attend a hearing at Japan's transport ministry in Tokyo on July 26, 2023, over the major used car dealer's alleged fraudulent insurance claims.

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Japan gov't holds hearing with Bigmotor

Bigmotor Co. President Shinji Izumi (back, 2nd from R) and other company executives attend a hearing at Japan's transport ministry in Tokyo on July 26, 2023, over the major used car dealer's alleged fraudulent insurance claims.

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Head of used car dealer Bigmotor meets press over insurance fraud

Bigmotor Co. President Hiroyuki Kaneshige attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 25, 2023, over allegations that the used car dealership chain charged excessive repair fees by intentionally damaging cars and also made fraudulent insurance claims.

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Head of used car dealer Bigmotor meets press over insurance fraud

Bigmotor Co. President Hiroyuki Kaneshige bows in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on July 25, 2023, held over allegations that the used car dealership chain charged excessive repair fees by intentionally damaging cars and also made fraudulent insurance claims.

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Head of used car dealer Bigmotor meets press over insurance fraud

Bigmotor Co. President Hiroyuki Kaneshige attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 25, 2023, over allegations that the used car dealership chain charged excessive repair fees by intentionally damaging cars and also made fraudulent insurance claims.