Brazil group calls for continued JAL flights to Sao Paulo

Brazil group calls for continued JAL flights to Sao Paulo

TOKYO, Japan - Kokei Uehara (L), honorary chairman of the Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture and Social Services, meets with senior vice transport minister Taizo Mikazuki at the transport ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2010. Uehara asked Mikazuki to help Japan Airlines Corp., currently undergoing state-backed rehabilitation, to review a plan to suspend flights to Sao Paulo from September.

Kyoei to join Millea insurers group

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.

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

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.

NCB begins operations under new owners

NCB begins operations under new owners

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Credit Bank (NCB) opens Sept. 4 for its first official day of business under the ownership of a consortium led by Internet investor Softbank Corp., following 21 months of state control that ended Sept. 1. The new management is expected to adopt a plan to rename the institution Aozora Bank in January 2001. Aozora means ''blue sky'' in Japanese. Photo shows new NCB executives (from L to R) of Kokei Higuchi, president of Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Masayoshi Son, president of Softbank Corp., Tadayo Homma, a former executive director of the Bank of Japan, who is expected to become president of the new bank, and Yoshihiko Miyauchi, chairman of Orix Corp.

4 Mitsubishi firms to form alliance

4 Mitsubishi firms to form alliance

(From L to R) Kokei Higuchi, president of Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co., Satoru Kishi, president of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Toyoshi Nakano, president of Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corp., and Minoru Mochida, president of Meiji Life Insurance Co., shake hands at a news conference Friday Sept. 11 after announcing an agreement to form a financial service alliance.

Brazil group calls for continued JAL flights to Sao Paulo

Brazil group calls for continued JAL flights to Sao Paulo

TOKYO, Japan - Kokei Uehara (L), honorary chairman of the Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture and Social Services, meets with senior vice transport minister Taizo Mikazuki at the transport ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2010. Uehara asked Mikazuki to help Japan Airlines Corp., currently undergoing state-backed rehabilitation, to review a plan to suspend flights to Sao Paulo from September. (Kyodo)

Kyoei to join Millea insurers group

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.

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

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.

NCB begins operations under new owners

NCB begins operations under new owners

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Credit Bank (NCB) opens Sept. 4 for its first official day of business under the ownership of a consortium led by Internet investor Softbank Corp., following 21 months of state control that ended Sept. 1. The new management is expected to adopt a plan to rename the institution Aozora Bank in January 2001. Aozora means ''blue sky'' in Japanese. Photo shows new NCB executives (from L to R) of Kokei Higuchi, president of Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Masayoshi Son, president of Softbank Corp., Tadayo Homma, a former executive director of the Bank of Japan, who is expected to become president of the new bank, and Yoshihiko Miyauchi, chairman of Orix Corp.

4 Mitsubishi firms to form allia

4 Mitsubishi firms to form allia

(From L to R) Kokei Higuchi, president of Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co., Satoru Kishi, president of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Toyoshi Nakano, president of Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corp., and Minoru Mochida, president of Meiji Life Insurance Co., shake hands at a news conference Friday Sept. 11 after announcing an agreement to form a financial service alliance.