No excessive FSA meddling in insurers deal: Takenaka

No excessive FSA meddling in insurers deal: Takenaka

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka submits a report to the Diet on July 8, saying there was no illegal or excessive intervention by a top Financial Services Agency (FSA) official in a failed merger involving Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co. in 2002.

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