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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2020
Japan Post Insurance misconduct may have hit 60,000 more customers
Improper sales practices for Japan Post Insurance Co. products may have disadvantaged 60,000 more customers than previously known, sources have said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 11, 2020
Japan Post Holdings drags its heels on insurance sales scandal
On Dec. 27, the top three executives of Japan Post Holdings Co. announced they would be resigning on Jan. 5 over the insurance sales scandal that first came to light more than a year and a half ago. The announcement comes on the heels of an order from the Financial Services Agency for subsidiaries of...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 10, 2020
New Japan Post chief vows to probe leak from ministry on insurance scandal
Hiroya Masuda, the new president at Japan Post Holdings Co., vowed Thursday to investigate a leak to the group of information about administrative punishments that were under consideration in relation to its improper sales of insurance products.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 25, 2019
Three Japan Post Group leaders expected to resign over insurance sales scandal
Japan Post Holdings is expected to convene a meeting to discuss the resignations and successor candidates Friday. Former internal affairs minister Hiroya Masuda may replace Masatsugu Nagato as president.
EDITORIALS
Dec 24, 2019
Amakudari and Japan Post Holdings
The government needs to probe whether a recent bureaucratic leak is part of a broader and deeper collusion.
EDITORIALS
Dec 22, 2019
Rebuild system of governance at Japan Post group
The Japan Post group needs to overhaul the organizational culture that was to blame for the illicit practices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2019
Irregularities suspected in sales of around 10,000 Japan Post insurance policies
The number is far bigger than the 6,327 contracts highlighted in an interim report in September on inappropriate sales practices at the group.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2019
FSA to punish Japan Post group by year-end over inappropriate sales practices
Japan Post Insurance Co. and Japan Post Co. are soon expected to release reports on in-house probes that the financial watchdog will use to assess the managers involved.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 21, 2019
Japan Post to resume marketing of savings products after suspension due to irregularities
Japan Post Co. said Wednesday that it will resume marketing activities for savings products offered by Japan Post Bank Co. on Monday, following a suspension due to sales irregularities involving Japan Post Insurance Co.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 15, 2019
Japan Post Holdings' sales dropped 4.8% for April-September amid insurance scandal
Japan Post Holdings Co. said Thursday its group revenue in the April-September half dropped 4.8 percent from a year earlier to ¥5.96 trillion.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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