Taiwan has imposed stricter regulations on Japanese food imports from the regions affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. The restrictions, which are in line with radiation safety management practices, will be temporary, Reuters ...
Tags: Food Imports, stricter regulations
The Japanese economy appears to have expanded during the October-December period, marking the first growth in three quarters thanks to a long-awaited recovery in consumer spending. Real gross domestic product grew an annualized 4% last ...
Tags: consumer spending, Electrical
TAL Dai-ichi Life Australia, a unit directly owned by the Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, and its subsidiaries, has agreed to purchase 100% ownership of NFS Group (National Financial Solutions and its subsidiaries), for an undisclosed sum. ...
Tags: NFS Group, Life Insurance
Japan-based Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company (DLI) has reportedly agreed to purchase a 40% stake in Indonesian life insurance company, Panin Life, a source familiar with the deal has revealed. The unidentified source was quoted by Reuters ...
Tags: Dai-ichi, Panin Life
Japan's Dai-ichi Life Insurance, Zurich Insurance Group and Allianz in Germany are gearing up to bid for the insurance arm of Turkish bank Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi, Yapi Kredi Sigorta, to expand their footprint in Turkey. Yapi Kredi Sigorta ...
Tags: Japan, Dai-ichi Life Insurance, Zurich Insurance Group, Allianz
The Dai-ichi Life Insurance and Janus Capital have inked a deal, pursuant to which the Japanese insurer will acquire 15-20% stake in Janus, in an open market purchases and potentially through the exercise of conditional options issued to ...
Japanese multinational conglomerate Nomura is seriously mulling to dispose or refinance its ING’s insurance unit in Japan, particularly its variable annuity business, with an aim to boost its capital base. A consortium including ...
Tags: Nomura, capital base, ING, insurance
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has decided to provide Kawauchi Village, Fukushima Prefecture, with a new cultivation method for LED-based plant growth facilities for free. The village, headed by Mr. Yuko Endo, is now building an LED-based plant ...
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (7270), maker of the Subaru brand of cars, agreed to sell its wind-turbine business to Hitachi Ltd. (6501), an electronics and industrial machinery manufacturer. The companies will begin discussions on the ...
Tags: market view, Wind-Turbine
Japanese companies, Thailand’s biggest foreign investors, may spend more to build factories in neighbors including Indonesia and Vietnam after the worst flooding in 70 years disrupted global production. “Executives recognize the ...
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