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Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance plans to acquire 5% of Man Group, the world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2026
Meiji Yasuda to buy Man Group stake in asset management push
The Japanese insurer plans to acquire 5% of Man Group, the world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund.
Daiichi Life’s Australian unit last week offered to buy the remaining 79.5% of Challenger.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2026
Challenger rejects Daiichi Life’s $4.4 billion takeover offer
Daiichi Life’s Australian unit last week offered to buy the remaining 79.5% of Challenger at 11.80 Australian dollars per share.
Births involving medical interventions, including C-sections and vacuum-assisted deliveries, have often been referred to as “abnormal deliveries.”
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2026
Japan to drop term ‘abnormal delivery’ to ease emotional burden on parents
The move follows concerns that the wording could cause psychological distress to expectant parents.
Daiichi Life Group confirmed it has submitted a nonbinding proposal to acquire more shares in Challenger but said no decision has been made on a transaction.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 19, 2026
Daiichi Life offers $4.4 billion to buy rest of Challenger
A deal would give the Japanese insurer control of Australia’s largest provider of annuities in the nation’s fast-growing retirement market.
Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance sees scope to move a bit more from foreign bonds into yen bonds as yields rose more than expected.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2026
91AV原创 Fukoku Mutual Life counts on cash to mitigate volatility
Fukoku sees scope to move a bit more from foreign bonds into yen bonds as yields rose more than expected.
"In Japan, the population is shrinking and it’s quite difficult to assume we can capture the growth there,” Sumitomo Life Insurance President Yukinori Takada said in an interview in Singapore.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2026
Sumitomo Life considering acquisitions in Southeast Asia and U.S.
The insurer is seeking to expand and diversify its income while countering demographic pressures at home.
Hiromitsu Tokumaru, president of Prudential Financial’s Japan unit, and two others will take pay cuts over an employee misconduct scandal.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2026
Prudential Japan executives take pay cuts over staff misconduct
A probe found that issues at the unit of the U.S. insurance group stemmed from structural problems in its governance framework and business model.
An elderly man receives a checkup from a nurse inside his home in Tokyo in July 2024.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 19, 2026
Japan considers raising nursing care premiums for high-income elderly
The review comes as higher public pension payments burden low-income earners with higher nursing care insurance premiums.
Japan's medical expenses in the year through March 2026 increased for the fifth consecutive year, the health ministry said.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 31, 2026
Japan spent a record ?49 trillion on medical expenses in FY2025
The amount, which is 2.6% higher year on year, reflects the country’s aging population and advances in medical technology, according to the health ministry.
The Nippon Life Insurance building in Tokyo
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 28, 2026
Nippon Life open to becoming net JGB buyer next fiscal year
The insurer, which has held off on adding to its Japanese government bond holdings over the past two years after unrealized losses in its portfolio, is adjusting its stance.
A collapsed house in Hikawa, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, last month.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2026
Kumamoto earthquake insurance claims and inquiries top 40,000
In addition to Kumamoto, the six other prefectures in Kyushu were also included in the figure.
A woman uses an umbrella to shield herself from the sun as she walks across Millennium Bridge during a heatwave in London on Thursday. Heat waves are reducing productivity, curbing consumer spending and raising costs, while such losses can be difficult for insurers to cover because they stem from indirect disruption rather than property damage.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 17, 2026
Heat waves expose insurance gap as European business losses mount
Moody’s estimates that last summer’s European heat waves cost �43 billion ?in lost ?economic output while generating only about �500 million of insured payouts.
Luigi Mangione attends a pre-trial appearance at Manhattan Criminal Court, in New York on Aug. 11.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 16, 2026
‘Normal guy’ turned killer over U.S. insurance industry grievances
The case laid bare deep frustration and anger with America’s privatized medical system that Mangione said failed him after a back injury.
Kazuyuki Shigemoto, managing executive officer of Daiichi Life Group, said the firm has been approaching dozens of companies that have never issued bonds or only rarely done so to tap the corporate bond market.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 7, 2026
Top Japan insurer urges companies to issue bonds in yield hunt
Daiichi Life Group has been approaching dozens of companies that have never issued bonds or only rarely done so, proposing that it will become a core buyer if they tap the market.
Firefighters battle a wildfire near the village of Agia Paraskevi, Greece, on Sunday.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2026
Europe’s wildfire season exposes climate insurance gap
Who will pay as climate-driven disasters become more frequent and destructive?
A firefighter takes part in controlled burning operations in Le Porge, Gironde department, amid drought conditions following a heat wave and water shortages across much of France, on Thursday.
WORLD
Jul 31, 2026
Insurers are ‘actively evaluating’ new catastrophe risks as Europe burns
Insurers, reinsurers and brokers don’t see the latest bouts of extreme heat as a temporary shock, but as a long-term trend.
Higher sales of yen-denominated single-premium whole life insurance policies boosted fiscal 2025 revenues at four major Japanese life insurers, including Nippon Life, amid rising interest rates.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 27, 2026
Single-premium whole life insurance rising in popularity in Japan
Four major Japanese life insurers, including Nippon Life Insurance, reported higher revenues in fiscal 2025, driven mainly by stronger sales of such insurance policies.
A cardiac muscle cell sheet that uses induced pluripotent stem cells
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 22, 2026
Another iPS product approved for public insurance coverage in Japan
It is the second case of insurance coverage approval in the nation for an induced pluripotent stem cell-derived regenerative medicine product.
Conventional health insurance cards will no longer be accepted at medical institutions in Japan starting in August. Patients will need to present their My Number cards registered for use as a health insurance card.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2026
Japanese health insurance cards no longer usable in clinics from August
Patients in Japan will need a My Number card registered for insurance use or a special certificate to receive insured medical treatment.
A fire truck on burnt woodland following a wildfire in Fontjoncouse, France, in August last year
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 8, 2026
Private equity plays heat detective as climate analytics boom
Frequent record-breaking weather events are creating new threats to earnings, asset valuations and exit outcomes for portfolio companies of the world’s largest funds.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
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Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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