Japan Post Holdings News

Japan Post’s Insurance Unit to Buy Back About $4 Billion of Shares

Japan Post Holdings Co.’s insurance unit plans to buy back up to 29% of its shares for about 439.8 billion yen ($4 billion) as its parent company reduces its stake, giving the insurer more freedom to expand its business. Japan …

Japan Post’s Insurance Unit Plans $2.9 Billion Buyback of Shares from Parent

Japan Post Holdings Co.’s insurance unit plans to buy back about 300 billion yen ($2.9 billion) of shares from its parent, giving the insurer more freedom to expand its business, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The holding …

Japan Post’s Insurance Sales Suspended by Regulator; Top Executives Resign

The heads of Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd and two affiliates said on Friday they will resign over the improper sales of insurance policies, after the regulator announced administrative punishments against the companies. Japan Post Holdings said it had picked …

Japan Post’s Share Sale Faces Delays After Scandals at Insurance Unit: Sources

Japan’s government is considering holding off on its plan to sell about $10 billion worth of shares in Japan Post Holdings Co. through this fiscal year following scandals involving its insurance unit, according to people familiar with the situation. Concern …

Regulator Weighs Halting Japan Post Insurance Sales – Nikkei

Japan’s financial regulator is considering ordering Japan Post and Japan Post Insurance to suspend sales of insurance policies, the Nikkei Shimbun reported Monday. The Financial Services Agency (FSA) will also seek clarification of responsibility at the Japan Post Group for …

Japan Post Holdings’ Insurance Unit to Sell Shares Worth $3.7B in Global Offering

Japan Post Holdings Co.’s insurance unit is conducting a secondary sale of shares held by its parent worth 409 billion yen ($3.7 billion) in a global offering. In its first sale since its listing in November 2015, Japan Post Insurance …

Japan’s Post Holdings Buys 7% of Insurer Aflac

Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. on Wednesday said it will buy 7 percent of U.S. insurer Aflac Inc. for about $2.4 billion, as the postal and financial conglomerate seeks new profit-drivers to counter weak growth prospects. Japan Post, majority-owned by …

Japan Post’s Stock Sale Raises $11B, but Demand Is Subdued

A government sale of Japan Post Holdings Co. stock raised $11 billion in the world’s second-biggest share sale this year, with the postal and financial giant’s attractive dividend yield helping drum up sufficient, albeit subdued, demand. The stock priced at …

Japan Post Plans $9.1B-$12.8B Share Sale as Early as Sept. 11

Japan Post Holdings Co. will announce plans for a share sale by the government as early as Sept. 11, almost two years after the postal and financial-services giant was listed, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Ministry of …

Japan Government Plans to Sell Shares in Bancassurer Japan Post

Japan’s government plans to sell shares in Japan Post Holdings Co. as soon as this month, the first sale since the company’s massive 2015 listing, a government source familiar with the deal said on Friday. The finance ministry will meet …