Tokyo Mutual files for court protection from creditors

Tokyo Mutual files for court protection from creditors

TOKYO, Japan - A man looks at a notice at the head office of Tokyo Mutual Life Insurance Co. in central Tokyo on March 23. The midsize life insurer filed for court protection from creditors with the Tokyo District Court earlier in the day under fast-track legislation aimed at dealing with troubled financial institutions. Tokyo Mutual was the seventh life insurer to fail in the postwar era.

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