Japan Post to probe more insurance contracts as sales scandal grows
Japan Post Holdings Co. says it will look into 220,000 more insurance contracts — signed by around 60,000 customers — that are suspected of being part of a widening scandal involving improper sales. In an announcement Friday, the former state-owned postal group also said that ...
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. In August, the Japan Post Holdings Co. group started to investigate 183,000 Kampo-brand insurance contracts involving 156,000 customers who had possibly been affected by ...
New Japan Post chief vows to regain trust as ex-bureaucrats take reins after scandal
New Japan Post Holdings Co. President Hiroya Masuda pledged Monday to regain the public's trust in the former state-owned postal group now being rocked by scandal. "We are facing the biggest crisis since the foundation (of the postal group)," Masuda, 68, told executives of the ...
Former minister Hiroya Masuda to lead Japan Post after insurance scandal
Hiroya Masuda, a former minister of internal affairs and communications, will replace Masatsugu Nagato as president of Japan Post Holdings Co., effective early next year, a source familiar with the plan said Thursday. Nagato, head of the former state-owned postal services group, Japan Post Insurance ...
Unclaimed land to cost Japan ¥6 trillion and extend to 90% size of Hokkaido by 2040
Economic losses due to the neglect of unclaimed land could reach ¥6 trillion in about 20 years, according to research analysis.
Former environment minister Yuriko Koike wins landslide election as Tokyo's first female governor
Former environment minister Yuriko Koike of the Liberal Democratic Party was elected Tokyo governor Sunday, winning a landslide victory to become the capital’s first female leader. Despite defiantly running without the LDP's consent, Koike, 64, defeated her two top rivals and will now oversee a ...
Corruption a recurring theme in Tokyoites' picks for governor
The money scandals that felled Tokyo's past two governors apparently influenced Sunday's election with many voters saying they expected their new leader to stamp out graft in the capital.
Candidates make final appeal on last day before Tokyo gubernatorial election
Candidates vying to become Tokyo governor took to the streets under a simmering sun Saturday to make their final appeals before Tokyoites go to the polls Sunday.
Tokyo race front-runners seen as short on plans for day care, Olympics
As Tokyo residents gear up to vote in Sunday's gubernatorial election, candidates are making last-ditch bids for ballots. But while many voters hope to choose an individual whose platform meets their expectations, few candidates have said clearly how they would improve Tokyo — and are ...
In Tokyo gubernatorial poll, more color than most know
What do a onetime Arabic translator, an advocate of decentralization and a former Tehran correspondent have in common? They're all the leading candidates in Sunday's Tokyo gubernatorial election. Yuriko Koike, Hiroya Masuda and Shuntaro Torigoe are the front-runners in a race that features a record 21 ...
Tokyo voters have a big decision to make, and the party affiliations of the leading candidates for governor should be the least of their worries.
Utsunomiya withdraws from Tokyo gubernatorial race to boost opposition-supported Torigoe
One day before campaigning kicks off in Tokyo’s gubernatorial election, major contender Kenji Utsunomiya withdraws to give the opposition a better chance.
