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M'bishi Estate to become biggest shareholder in Towa Real Estate

TOKYO, Japan - Takao Aihara, president of struggling condominium builder Towa Real Estate Development Co. speaks as Mitsubishi Estate Co. President Shigeatsu Sugiura listens at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 29. Mitsubishi Estate will become Towa's largest shareholder under their agreement to create a strategic partnership.

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APEC business leaders hope for regional free trade zone

TOKYO, Japan - Gempachiro Aihara (R), chairman of a business advisory body to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and counselor of Mitsui & Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010. The forum called on APEC leaders to recommit themselves to creating a region-wide free trade zone.

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Interpellations at House of Councillors

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura and Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura (R to L, back row) listen from the government bench as Kumiko Aihara of the Democratic Party of Japan questions the government during a plenary session of the House of Councillors on Oct. 5.

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Kyoei to join Millea insurers group

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co. President Yuzuru Fujita, Kyoei Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Co. President Wataru Ozawa, Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co. President Kokei Higuchi and Nichido Fire & Marine Insurance Co. President Takashi Aihara join hands at a news conference in Tokyo on March 22. They announced Kyoei will join the Millea Insurance Group to be set up by the three other firms under a joint holding company by the end of 2004.

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Tokio, Nichido, Asahi holding firm to be named 'Millea'

TOKYO, Japan - (From L TO R) Yuzuru Fujita, president of Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co., Kokei Higuchi, president of Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., and Takashi Aihara, president of Nichido Fire & Marine Insurance Co., shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11. They announced an agreement to form a holding firm to be named Millea Insurance Group, an appellation associated with the new millennium.

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M'bishi Estate to become biggest shareholder in Towa Real Estate

TOKYO, Japan - Takao Aihara, president of struggling condominium builder Towa Real Estate Development Co. speaks as Mitsubishi Estate Co. President Shigeatsu Sugiura listens at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 29. Mitsubishi Estate will become Towa's largest shareholder under their agreement to create a strategic partnership. (Kyodo)

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Interpellations at House of Councillors

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura and Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura (R to L, back row) listen from the government bench as Kumiko Aihara of the Democratic Party of Japan questions the government during a plenary session of the House of Councillors on Oct. 5. (Kyodo)

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APEC business leaders hope for regional free trade zone

TOKYO, Japan - Gempachiro Aihara (R), chairman of a business advisory body to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and counselor of Mitsui & Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010. The forum called on APEC leaders to recommit themselves to creating a region-wide free trade zone. (Kyodo)

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Shino Aihara

TOKYO, Japan - Files photo shows Shino Aihara, a lower house election candidate for the Democratic Party of Japan. The photo was taken on Aug. 18, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Kyoei to join Millea insurers group

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co. President Yuzuru Fujita, Kyoei Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Co. President Wataru Ozawa, Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co. President Kokei Higuchi and Nichido Fire & Marine Insurance Co. President Takashi Aihara join hands at a news conference in Tokyo on March 22. They announced Kyoei will join the Millea Insurance Group to be set up by the three other firms under a joint holding company by the end of 2004.

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Tokio, Nichido, Asahi holding firm to be named 'Millea'

TOKYO, Japan - (From L TO R) Yuzuru Fujita, president of Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co., Kokei Higuchi, president of Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., and Takashi Aihara, president of Nichido Fire & Marine Insurance Co., shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11. They announced an agreement to form a holding firm to be named Millea Insurance Group, an appellation associated with the new millennium.