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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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A-bomb memorial monument in Hiroshima

Photo taken in Hiroshima on March 27, 2025, shows a monument set up on the rooftop of the newly completed building housing Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. in memory of their employees killed in the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Taiwan: Rain And Winds Pick Up As Typhoon Krathon Approaches

Rain and winds started to pick up in Taipei on Monday, September 30 as Typhoon Krathon approached Taiwan.

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Meiji Yasuda disciplines 90 over failure to pay insurance benefits

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. Managing Director Kenji Matsuo, who will soon become president, bow in a gesture of apology at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18. The company announced disciplinary actions against its incoming top executives and various other employees over itss undue failure to pay insurance benefits, bringing the number of company workers punished over the practice to 90.

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Scandal-hit Meiji Yasuda decides to replace 11 executives

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. said Nov. 4 it has decided to replace all nine of its most senior-level executives along with two other executives in order to take responsibility for its failure to pay insurance claims. At a news conference in Tokyo the same day were Managing Director Kenji Matsuo (R), who will succeed President Ryotaro Kaneko, and Managing Director Kenichi Sekiguchi (L), who will replace Chairman Mikihiko Miyamoto, both on Dec. 1.

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Meiji Yasuda ordered to halt some operations for 2nd time

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko (C) apologizes at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 28 after the Financial Services Agency ordered the company to suspend some of its operations, the second punitive measure imposed on the insurer this year following revelations of its failure to pay insurance claims.

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Meiji Yasuda president, execs to quit in nonpayment scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko speaks at a press conference on Oct. 21 on his decision to resign to take the blame for a scandal involving the company's failure to pay insurance claims.

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Meiji Yasuda president to resign over unpaid insurance money

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko (C), flanked by his aides, bow by way of apology at a press conference after announcing his intention to resign on July 5. Japan's third-largest life insurer is likely to come under public scrutiny following new findings that it has more cases of illegal nonpayment of insurance money than earlier reported.

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Meiji Yasuda president to resign over unpaid insurance money

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko speaks at a press conference in Tokyo after announcing his intention to resign at the firm's representative members' meeting on July 5. Japan's third-largest life insurer is likely to come under public scrutiny following new findings that it has more cases of illegal nonpayment of insurance money than earlier reported.

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Meiji Yasuda president to resign over unpaid insurance money

TOKYO, Japan - A monitor screen shows executives of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. apologizing at the firm's representative members' meeting in Tokyo on July 5 as it is likely to come under public scrutiny following new findings that the insurer has more cases of illegal nonpayment of insurance money than earlier reported.

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Meiji Yasuda president to resign over unpaid insurance money

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko (file photo) announced his intention to resign at the firm's representative members' meeting on July 5, as it is likely to come under public scrutiny following new findings that the insurer has more cases of illegal nonpayment of insurance money than earlier reported.

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(1)FSA to order Meiji Yasuda Life to suspend business

TOKYO, Japan - Ryotaro Kaneko (2nd from L), president of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., and other company executives bow in apology during a news conference Feb. 7 in Tokyo after reports that the Financial Services Agency will order the insurer to suspend part of its business for about two weeks over alleged illegal sales practices.

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(2)FSA to order Meiji Yasuda Life to suspend business

TOKYO, Japan - Ryotaro Kaneko (C), president of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., speaks to reporters in Tokyo about the company's alleged illegal sales practices.

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Meiji, Yasuda to form nonlife alliance with Nipponkoa

TOKYO, Japan - Mikihiko Miyamoto (L), president of Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Ryotaro Kaneko, president of Meiji Life Insurance Co., shake hands after signing a memorandum to merge to create Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. The merged company will tie up with Nipponkoa Insurance Co. in the nonlife insurance business.

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Meiji Life, Yasuda Mutual Life announce merger

TOKYO, Japan - Mikihiko Miyamoto (L), president of Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Ryotaro Kaneko, president of Meiji Life Insurance Co. announce Jan. 24 in Tokyo that the two life insurers will merge around April 2004 to boost competitiveness. The merger will create a company with outstanding insurance contracts worth 196 trillion yen, nearly as much as the 203 trillion yen held by Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., Japan's third-largest life insurer.

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Meiji Life president cautious on insurer yield cut

TOKYO, Japan - Ryotaro Kaneko, president of Meiji Life Insurance Co., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News. Kaneko, also chairman of the Life Insurance Association of Japan, said the nation's life insurance industry is now on a recovery path and each insurer should carefully deal with the issue of a cut in yields guaranteed to policyholders.

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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.

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(1)FSA to order Meiji Yasuda Life to suspend business

TOKYO, Japan - Ryotaro Kaneko (2nd from L), president of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., and other company executives bow in apology during a news conference Feb. 7 in Tokyo after reports that the Financial Services Agency will order the insurer to suspend part of its business for about two weeks over alleged illegal sales practices. (Kyodo)

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(2)FSA to order Meiji Yasuda Life to suspend business

TOKYO, Japan - Ryotaro Kaneko (C), president of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., speaks to reporters in Tokyo about the company's alleged illegal sales practices. (Kyodo)

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Meiji Yasuda president to resign over unpaid insurance money

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko (file photo) announced his intention to resign at the firm's representative members' meeting on July 5, as it is likely to come under public scrutiny following new findings that the insurer has more cases of illegal nonpayment of insurance money than earlier reported. (Kyodo)

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Meiji Yasuda president to resign over unpaid insurance money

TOKYO, Japan - A monitor screen shows executives of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. apologizing at the firm's representative members' meeting in Tokyo on July 5 as it is likely to come under public scrutiny following new findings that the insurer has more cases of illegal nonpayment of insurance money than earlier reported. (Kyodo)

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Meiji Yasuda president to resign over unpaid insurance money

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko speaks at a press conference in Tokyo after announcing his intention to resign at the firm's representative members' meeting on July 5. Japan's third-largest life insurer is likely to come under public scrutiny following new findings that it has more cases of illegal nonpayment of insurance money than earlier reported. (Kyodo)

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Meiji Yasuda president, execs to quit in nonpayment scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko speaks at a press conference on Oct. 21 on his decision to resign to take the blame for a scandal involving the company's failure to pay insurance claims. (Kyodo)

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Meiji Yasuda ordered to halt some operations for 2nd time

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko (C) apologizes at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 28 after the Financial Services Agency ordered the company to suspend some of its operations, the second punitive measure imposed on the insurer this year following revelations of its failure to pay insurance claims. (Kyodo)

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Scandal-hit Meiji Yasuda decides to replace 11 executives

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. said Nov. 4 it has decided to replace all nine of its most senior-level executives along with two other executives in order to take responsibility for its failure to pay insurance claims. At a news conference in Tokyo the same day was Managing Director Kenji Matsuo (R), who will succeed President Ryotaro Kaneko, and Managing Director Kenichi Sekiguchi (L), who will replace Chairman Mikihiko Miyamoto, both on Dec. 1. (Kyodo)

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Meiji Yasuda disciplines 90 over failure to pay insurance benefi

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. Managing Director Kenji Matsuo, who will soon become president, bow in a gesture of apology at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18. The company announced disciplinary actions against its incoming top executives and various other employees over itss undue failure to pay insurance benefits, bringing the number of company workers punished over the practice to 90. (Kyodo)

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Meiji, Yasuda to form nonlife alliance with Nipponkoa

TOKYO, Japan - Mikihiko Miyamoto (L), president of Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Ryotaro Kaneko, president of Meiji Life Insurance Co., shake hands after signing a memorandum to merge to create Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. The merged company will tie up with Nipponkoa Insurance Co. in the nonlife insurance business. (Kyodo)

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Meiji Life, Yasuda Mutual Life announce merger

TOKYO, Japan - Mikihiko Miyamoto (L), president of Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Ryotaro Kaneko, president of Meiji Life Insurance Co. announce Jan. 24 in Tokyo that the two life insurers will merge around April 2004 to boost competitiveness. The merger will create a company with outstanding insurance contracts worth 196 trillion yen, nearly as much as the 203 trillion yen held by Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., Japan's third-largest life insurer.

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Meiji Yasuda president to resign over unpaid insurance money

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko (C), flanked by his aides, bow by way of apology at a press conference after announcing his intention to resign on July 5. Japan's third-largest life insurer is likely to come under public scrutiny following new findings that it has more cases of illegal nonpayment of insurance money than earlier reported. (Kyodo)

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Meiji Yasuda to buy StanCorp Financial for over 600 bil. yen

File photo taken in February 2015 shows the headquarters of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The company said on July 24, 2015, that it will buy a U.S. insurer, StanCorp Financial Group Inc., for about 624.6 billion yen ($5 billion) in what would be one of the biggest takeovers of an overseas company by a Japanese life insurer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Meiji Life president cautious on insurer yield cut

TOKYO, Japan - Ryotaro Kaneko, president of Meiji Life Insurance Co., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News. Kaneko, also chairman of the Life Insurance Association of Japan, said the nation's life insurance industry is now on a recovery path and each insurer should carefully deal with the issue of a cut in yields guaranteed to policyholders.

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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.