Tokyo, Dec. 23 (Jiji Press)--Nippon Life Insurance Co. President Hiroshi Shimizu emphasized in a recent interview that the key to growth in the Japanese market amid a falling population is to ...

One of those is TCW Group. Nippon Life is seeking to obtain a majority stake in the Los Angeles-based firm as the foundation of its global asset management expansion, president Hiroshi Shimizu said.

Japan’s biggest insurer is seeking majority stake in US’s TCW Sees ‘various opportunities’ in asset management, Shimizu says Nippon Life Insurance Co. has done more than $12 billion of deals this ...

Nippon Life Insurance has done more than $12 billion of deals this month alone. Japan’s biggest insurer isn’t finished yet. Having committed to pouring billions into a pair of global insurers ...

Wading into this whirlpool of accusations and denials is “More Than Words,” TV veteran Takashi Watanabe’s first feature about a fledgling scriptwriter (Kou Maehara) whose career is derailed ...

He helped revise the draft system for the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization. He also served as a member of the Japan Sumo Association's Yokozuna Deliberation Council. Watanabe received the ...

The SoftBank Hawks of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball announced this week that they’ve signed the 30-year-old righty to a four-year contract (link via The Mainichi). Uwasawa signed a non ...

In 12 seasons in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, Sugano boasts a 4.7% walk rate, but that’s declined markedly in recent years. Sugano, who sports a low-90s mph fastball among a six-pitch ...

The 35-year-old has spent his entire 12-year professional career playing with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball’s Central League in Japan. Sugano was the longtime ace for Yomiuri ...

Tokyo, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press) — The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, plans to appoint Nippon Life Insurance Co. Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui as the next head of the biggest business lobby in ...

Tomoyuki Sugano, a 35-year-old right-hander who has spent his entire professional career with Nippon Professional Baseball’s Yomiuri Giants, is finally coming to MLB, the Orioles confirmed Monday.