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Punishment for dissident lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Executives of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan meet at the Diet building in Tokyo on March 1, 2011, to discuss disciplinary measures against 16 DPJ lawmakers who skipped voting on the budget plan for fiscal 2011 during a plenary session of the House of Representatives earlier in the day. The executives decided to suspend the party membership of one of the 16, Koichiro Watanabe, who led the rebellion, for six months and to reprimand the rest of the lower house members.

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Punishment for dissident lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe (2nd from L) and other lower house members of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan hold a press conference in the Diet building in Tokyo on March 1, 2011, after the party leadership decided to punish them for skipping voting on the budget plan for fiscal 2011 during a plenary session of the House of Representatives earlier in the day. Watanabe, who led the rebellion, had his party membership suspended for six months while the 15 other dissident lawmakers were reprimanded.

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Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe (R), president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 1, 2010. The second-largest Japanese life insurer made its debut on the bourse the same day with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share, higher than its initial public offering price.

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Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe, president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 1, 2010. The second-largest Japanese life insurer made its debut on the bourse the same day with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share, higher than its initial public offering price.

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Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe, president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 1, 2010. The second-largest Japanese life insurer made its debut on the bourse the same day with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share, higher than its initial public offering price.

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Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe, president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks about the April 1, 2010, debut of the company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange during an interview with Kyodo News in late March. The Japanese second-largest life insurer was listed on the bourse with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share.

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6 of 9 major life insurers see core profits expand in FY 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. Executive Director Koichiro Watanabe speaks on the company's business results for fiscal 2006 at a press conference in Tokyo on May 30. Six of Japan's nine major life insurers saw their core operating profits expand in the 2006 business year ended March 31 from a year earlier, supported by improved conditions for their fund management following interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan.

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Dai-ichi Life to increase highly professional sales staff

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. President Koichiro Watanabe gives an interview to Kyodo News at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2015. Watanabe said the company will increase the number of highly professional sales staff. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dai-ichi Life aims to acquire European insurer

Photo taken May 26, 2015 shows Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. President Koichiro Watanabe in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. The company aims to acquire a European insurer by March 2018 to expand into Europe, he said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe, president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 1, 2010. The second-largest Japanese life insurer made its debut on the bourse the same day with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share, higher than its initial public offering price. (Kyodo)

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Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe, president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks about the April 1, 2010, debut of the company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange during an interview with Kyodo News in late March. The Japanese second-largest life insurer was listed on the bourse with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share. (Kyodo)

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Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe (R), president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 1, 2010. The second-largest Japanese life insurer made its debut on the bourse the same day with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share, higher than its initial public offering price. (Kyodo)

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Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe, president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 1, 2010. The second-largest Japanese life insurer made its debut on the bourse the same day with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share, higher than its initial public offering price. (Kyodo)

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Punishment for dissident lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe (2nd from L) and other lower house members of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan hold a press conference in the Diet building in Tokyo on March 1, 2011, after the party leadership decided to punish them for skipping voting on the budget plan for fiscal 2011 during a plenary session of the House of Representatives earlier in the day. Watanabe, who led the rebellion, had his party membership suspended for six months while the 15 other dissident lawmakers were reprimanded. (Kyodo)

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Punishment for dissident lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Executives of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan meet at the Diet building in Tokyo on March 1, 2011, to discuss disciplinary measures against 16 DPJ lawmakers who skipped voting on the budget plan for fiscal 2011 during a plenary session of the House of Representatives earlier in the day. The executives decided to suspend the party membership of one of the 16, Koichiro Watanabe, who led the rebellion, for six months and to reprimand the rest of the lower house members. (Kyodo)