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Model for "Amachan" grandma

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 8, 2013 shows Kunie Kudo holding a sea urchin boxed lunch at the Sanriku Rias-Tei restaurant on the premises of Sanriku Railway Kuji Station in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture. Kudo is said to be one of the models for Natsu Amano, the charismatic grandmother of the main character Aki Amano in the NHK drama titled "Amachan."

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Actress Ryoko Sakaguchi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 1980 shows (from L) actress Ryoko Sakaguchi, actor Yuzo Kayama and actor Kunie Tanaka at a press conference about the production of the Japanese movie "Kaettekita Wakadaisho." Sakaguchi died on March 27, 2013, after suffering colon cancer and pneumonia. She was 57.

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Nippon Life's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Life Insurance Co. President Kunie Okamoto (L) and Senior Managing Executive Officer Yoshinobu Tsutsui shake hands as they attended a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2011. The company said it has decided to name Tsutsui as new president on April 1, 2011, succeeding Okamoto, who will become chairman.

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Tsutsui to become Nippon Life president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yoshinobu Tsutsui, senior managing executive officer of Nippon Life Insurance Co. Company sources said Jan. 29, 2011, that the Japanese life insurer plans to name Tsutsui to succeed President Kunie Okamoto on April 1.

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Japan Post Insurance, Nippon Life to tie up in core business

TOKYO, Japan - Kunie Okamoto (L), president of Nippon Life Insurance Co., and Jousuke Shindo, chairman of Japan Post Insurance Co., shake hands during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 22. They announced the two companies have agreed to tie up in the development and sales of products and customer management.

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Life insurers fail to pay 86.2 bil. yen in insurance benefits

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Life Insurance Co. President Kunie Okamoto (2nd R) and other senior executives of the life insurer bow in apology at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 5 after it was revealed that Nippon Life and other life insurance companies in Japan have failed to pay 86.2 billion yen in insurance benefits and other due payments to their customers in the five years from fiscal 2001.

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Life insurers fail to pay 26.8 bil. yen insurance over 5 years

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Life Insurance Co. President Kunie Okamoto (C) and other Nippon Life executives bow in apology over nonpayment of insurance money at a news conference in Tokyo on April 13. Nippon Life is among 12 leading life insurance companies in Japan that admitted they had skipped 26.8 billion yen in insurance money payment in 230,000 cases over the five years from fiscal 2001.

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Okamoto to head Nippon Life from April

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Life Insurance Co. said Feb. 7 that Senior Managing Director Kunie Okamoto (R) will become its president on April 1, succeeding Ikuo Uno (L). Japan's largest life insurer said Uno will assume the chairmanship with the right to represent the company.

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Okamoto to head Nippon Life from April

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Life Insurance Co. said Feb. 7 that Senior Managing Director Kunie Okamoto (R) will become its president on April 1, succeeding Ikuo Uno (L). Japan's largest life insurer said Uno will assume the chairmanship with the right to represent the company. (Kyodo)

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Life insurers fail to pay 86.2 bil. yen in insurance benefits

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Life Insurance Co. President Kunie Okamoto (2nd R) and other senior executives of the life insurer bow in apology at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 5 after it was revealed that Nippon Life and other life insurance companies in Japan have failed to pay 86.2 billion yen in insurance benefits and other due payments to their customers in the five years from fiscal 2001. (Kyodo)

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Japan Post Insurance, Nippon Life to tie up in core business

TOKYO, Japan - Kunie Okamoto (L), president of Nippon Life Insurance Co., and Jousuke Shindo, chairman of Japan Post Insurance Co., shake hands during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 22. They announced the two companies have agreed to tie up in the development and sales of products and customer management. (Kyodo)

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Japan encourages fathers to take leave after birth

Kunie Okamoto (L), vice chairman of the Japan Business Federation, Haruko Arimura (C), minister in charge of measures to tackle Japan's declining birthrate, and Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori hold the symbol mark for "Sankyu (Thank You) Papa Project," the Japanese government's campaign to encourage fathers to take leave after their wives give birth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nippon Life's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Life Insurance Co. President Kunie Okamoto (L) and Senior Managing Executive Officer Yoshinobu Tsutsui shake hands as they attended a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2011. The company said it has decided to name Tsutsui as new president on April 1, 2011, succeeding Okamoto, who will become chairman. (Kyodo)

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Tsutsui to become Nippon Life president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yoshinobu Tsutsui, senior managing executive officer of Nippon Life Insurance Co. Company sources said Jan. 29, 2011, that the Japanese life insurer plans to name Tsutsui to succeed President Kunie Okamoto on April 1. (Kyodo)