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Mitsui, Aioi to begin talks to form Japan's biggest nonlife insurer

Photo taken on March 28, 2025, shows the headquarters of Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. in Tokyo. Aioi Nissay Dowa is set to begin merger talks with Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. to create Japan's largest standalone nonlife insurance firm, their parent company said the same day.

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Mitsui, Aioi to begin talks to form Japan's biggest nonlife insurer

Photo taken on March 28, 2025, shows the headquarters of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. in Tokyo. Mitsui Sumitomo is set to begin merger talks with Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. to create Japan's largest standalone nonlife insurance firm, their parent company said the same day.

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Aerial photography [Breaking news]Chopper makes emergency landing in western Japan schoolyard

Video taken on June 11, 2024, shows a Robinson R44 helicopter that made an emergency landing in a schoolyard in Aioi in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, the previous day due to an engine problem.(Kyodo)

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Chopper makes emergency landing in western Japan schoolyard

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 11, 2024, shows a Robinson R44 helicopter that made an emergency landing in a schoolyard in Aioi in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, the previous day due to an engine problem.

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Chopper makes emergency landing in western Japan schoolyard

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 11, 2024, shows a Robinson R44 helicopter that made an emergency landing in a schoolyard in Aioi in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, the previous day due to an engine problem.

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Chopper makes emergency landing in western Japan schoolyard

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 11, 2024, shows a Robinson R44 helicopter that made an emergency landing in a schoolyard in Aioi in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, the previous day due to an engine problem.

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Chopper makes emergency landing in western Japan schoolyard

Photo taken on June 11, 2024, shows a Robinson R44 helicopter that made an emergency landing in a schoolyard in Aioi in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, the previous day due to an engine problem.

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Chopper makes emergency landing in western Japan schoolyard

Photo taken on June 11, 2024, shows a Robinson R44 helicopter that made an emergency landing in a schoolyard in Aioi in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, the previous day due to an engine problem.

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Wrecked Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (now the A-bomb Dome) and Aioi Bridge

The wrecked Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (right) and Aioi Bridge (left), which was the target of the atomic bomb. The wreckage of Japanese Red Cross Society Hiroshima Branch's building can be seen between the Industrial Promotion Hall and the bridge. The ruined Industrial Promotion Hall became known as the “A-bomb Dome" after the war. Yoshito Matsushige, who took this photograph, recalled, "I think it was the first. (Distance from hypocenter 150meters) Photo taken in September 1945, by Yoshito Matsushige, Chugoku Shimbun. **Editorial use only, Commercial use not possible**, Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Logo and signage at Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance's head office

Logo and signage at Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance's head office=Date:June 7, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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Logo and signage at Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance's head office

Logo and signage at Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance's head office=Date:June 7, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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Logo and signage at Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance's head office

Logo and signage at Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance's head office=Date:June 7, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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Japan's IHI develops tsunami lifeboat

OSAKA, Japan - IHI Corp. unveils a lifeboat that it says can save people from tsunami resulting from an earthquake at its plant in Aioi, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on March 5, 2014.

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IHI unveils tsunami lifeboat

OSAKA, Japan - A tsunami lifeboat developed by shipbuilder IHI Corp. is unveiled on March 5, 2014, at its plant in Aioi, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. The 8.4-meter-long boat, capable of accommodating up to 25 persons and toilet facilities as well as a week's supply of water and food, can withstand the impact from hitting a concrete structure while moving at a maximum speed of 36 kilometers per hour.

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IHI unveils tsunami lifeboat

OSAKA, Japan - The interior of a tsunami lifeboat developed by shipbuilder IHI Corp. is shown to the press on March 5, 2014, at its plant in Aioi, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. The 8.4-meter-long boat, capable of accommodating up to 25 persons and toilet facilities as well as a week's supply of water and food, can withstand the impact from hitting a concrete structure while moving at a maximum speed of 36 kilometers per hour.

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Toyota-led group to invest 25.8 bil. yen in Misawa Homes

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Mizutani (L), president of Misawa Homes Holdings Inc., and Mitsuo Kinoshita, senior managing director of Toyota Motor Corp., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on March 31. They announced that an alliance of Toyota, Nomura Principal Finance Co. and Aioi Insurance Co. will invest 25.8 billion yen in Misawa Homes Holdings Inc.

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140 mil. yen in cash stolen in Saitama Pref.

HAYAMA, Japan - Photo shows the home of Fujio Aioi, a golf course manager, in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, where eight men broke into and stole some 140 million yen in cash and 30 million yen worth of jewelry on Dec. 15.

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Aioi Insurance names Kodama new president

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Kodama (L), senior managing director of Aioi Insurance Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 13 as President Akira Seshimo listens. Aioi said its board has decided to promote Kodama to president, effective April 1, when Seshimo will become chairman.

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Aioi projects higher losses from reinsurance claims

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Seshimo (R), president of Aioi Insurance Co., briefs reporters at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 12 about the company's potential loss from overseas reinsurance claims of its U.S. agent. Seshimo said the company will likely incur a loss of 126.1 billion yen on the reinsurance claims, including those stemming from the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the U.S.

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Dai-Tokyo, Chiyoda insurance firms announce merger terms

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-Tokyo Fire & Marine Insurance Co. and Chiyoda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. on Sept. 8 announce the outline of the new firm to be set up as a result of their merger next April 1. The new company comprising Dai-Tokyo and Chiyoda, both midsize casualty and automobile insurance companies based in Tokyo, will be called Aioi Insurance Co. Photo, taken at the Tokyo Kaikan Building in Chiyoda Ward shows Dai-Tokyo President Akira Seshimo (R) and Chiyoda President Koji Fukuda displaying the new company's logo.

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Head Office of MS&AD Insurance Group

Headquarters = Tokyo Sumitomo Twin Building, Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 2018; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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140 mil. yen in cash stolen in Saitama Pref.

HAYAMA, Japan - Photo shows the home of Fujio Aioi, a golf course manager, in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, where eight men broke into and stole some 140 million yen in cash and 30 million yen worth of jewelry on Dec. 15. (Kyodo)

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Toyota-led group to invest 25.8 bil. yen in Misawa Homes

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Mizutani (L), president of Misawa Homes Holdings Inc., and Mitsuo Kinoshita, senior managing director of Toyota Motor Corp., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on March 31. They announced that an alliance of Toyota, Nomura Principal Finance Co. and Aioi Insurance Co. will invest 25.8 billion yen in Misawa Homes Holdings Inc. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima - re-building after WWII

Reconstruction of Aioi Bridge and Hiroshima Chamber of Commerce & Industry Hall, Hiroshima, Japan. The epicentre of the explision caused by the Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th 1945 was close to this location, completely destroying the Bridge rail and rendering the pavements as if 'dug up from underground'. Date: circa 1950

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Obama makes historic visit to Hiroshima

The motorcade of U.S. President Barack Obama proceeds across the Aioi Bridge -- the aiming point for the 1945 U.S. atomic bomb attack -- in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016, after the president made a historic visit to the Peace Memorial Park. The Atomic Bomb Dome can be seen in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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The first Kirifuri Fall,Nikko

The English caption reads Ichinotaki. This is another name for Haguro Falls at Tamozawa, a tributary of Daiya River. This is downstream from Urami Falls at Arasawa, which lie above Kirifuri Falls. However, the waterfall in this photograph is identical to Jakko-Aioi Falls (Aioi Odaki Falls) on Netori River, a tributary of the Tamozawa, portrayed in the book Nikkosan Shinzu in 1886.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number88‐24‐0]

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Foreigners on jinrikishas,wearing Japanese attire

This was probably taken to commemorate a trip to Japan. The kimono and rickshaw were two typical Japanese items. The mount is that of Yamamoto Renpei, who operated a studio at No.4 Aioi-cho 1-chome from 1898 to 1915.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐25‐0]

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Aioi projects higher losses from reinsurance claims

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Seshimo (R), president of Aioi Insurance Co., briefs reporters at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 12 about the company's potential loss from overseas reinsurance claims of its U.S. agent. Seshimo said the company will likely incur a loss of 126.1 billion yen on the reinsurance claims, including those stemming from the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the U.S.

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Small aircraft crashes into golf course in Hyogo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 11, 2017, shows police investigating the crash scene of a small aircraft at a golf club in the western Japan city of Aioi. A man aboard the aircraft was injured, but it is not considered life-threatening. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Small aircraft crashes into golf course in Hyogo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 11, 2017, shows police investigating the crash scene of a small aircraft at a golf club in the western Japan city of Aioi. A man aboard the aircraft was injured, but it is not considered life-threatening. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aioi Insurance names Kodama new president

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Kodama (L), senior managing director of Aioi Insurance Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 13 as President Akira Seshimo listens. Aioi said its board has decided to promote Kodama to president, effective April 1, when Seshimo will become chairman. (Kyodo)

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Dai-Tokyo, Chiyoda insurance firms announce merger terms

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-Tokyo Fire & Marine Insurance Co. and Chiyoda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. on Sept. 8 announce the outline of the new firm to be set up as a result of their merger next April 1. The new company comprising Dai-Tokyo and Chiyoda, both midsize casualty and automobile insurance companies based in Tokyo, will be called Aioi Insurance Co. Photo, taken at the Tokyo Kaikan Building in Chiyoda Ward shows Dai-Tokyo President Akira Seshimo (R) and Chiyoda President Koji Fukuda displaying the new company's logo.