Japan office closures for Golden Week
25/04/2023
Please note that our Japan offices will be closing for three days to celebrate a collection of National holidays known as 'Golden Week'.
On 24 March, the UK P&I Club Japan branch hosted a hybrid loss prevention seminar on the theme of 'Management Responsibility in Marine Casualties' at Tokyo Port City Takeshiba to approximately 200 attendees both online and in person.
UK P&I Club participated in SeaJapan 2022
05/05/2022
On 20-22 April 2022 Sea Japan made a welcome return and we were delighted to participate for the very first time and show our support to one of the biggest maritime tradeshows in Japan.
Tokyo
06/04/2022
Contact our UK P&I Club Japan Branch/TMKK Office for more information on our Shipowners Liability Insurance or to lodge a claim
This article examines what happened when a powerful typhoon passed directly over Osaka Bay, resulting in the dragging of anchor by a Tanker which eventually collided with the connecting bridge to Kansai International Airport
QCR Autumn 2021: Cargo owners' obligations to set the temperature of a refrigerated container and to take delivery of a damaged cargo under the bill of lading terms.
The Member Authorities of Tokyo and Paris MOU on PSC will launch a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Stability.
There have been many collisions between cargo ships and fishing vessels near Japan due to the large number of fishing vessels that operate in the waters in this region
Daisuke Ozawa
03/06/2021
Daisuke Ozawa graduated in Law from Waseda University before training with an IG P&I Club in both underwriting and claims
Career Summary
18/01/2021
Takehiro Endo graduated from Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology and then worked in an IG P&I Club for 11 years in claims, loss prevention and underwriting
Masaaki Hishiki
15/01/2021
Masaaki Hishiki joined the UK Club's Japan Branch in October 2017, prior to him transferring to TMKK in July, 2020
Career Summary
14/01/2021
Hironobu Bekku is the Manager of Imabari Office for the UK P&I Club
Hiroshi Sekine
08/01/2021
Captain Sekine joined TMKK in July, 2019
Toshiyuki Kawana
14/12/2020
Toshiyuki Kawana is a Senior Underwriting Executive for the UK Club working from the Tokyo office
The New Japanese Maritime Law
10/12/2020
The Japanese Maritime Law ("the law") was first codified as part of the Japanese Commercial Code ("the Code") in 1899, but for over a century, the law did not undergo any substantive or material amendments
On September 18, 2020, the COVID-19 Prevention Guidelines for Operators of Oceangoing Passenger Ships (in Japan) were announced
Masaki Oiwa
18/11/2020
Masaki Oiwa is the UK P&I Representative in Japan
Career Summary
18/11/2020
Tsuyoshi Shiraki is a Senior Claims Executive and joined TMKK in September 2019, having completed 6 years in the service of the Club's correspondents, ISS P&I Japan mainly worked for Japanese Members
Nairobi - The Wreck Removal Convention
27/10/2020
To protect parties damaged by pollution and wreck incidents the Japanese government requires P&I insurance for all ships that visit Japanese ports
These Conventions will enter into force for Japan on 1st October, 2020.