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Company workers being are idolized by a new generation of Japanese children, a survey has found. | REUTERS
Jiji Mar 17, 2021
Company worker is now the dream occupation of the largest share of children in Japan, an annual survey by Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. showed on Wednesday.
The company said the result can be attributed to the coronavirus pandemic, during which many children see parents who are company employees working at home.
Major Japan life insurers shun investing in nuclear weapons-linked firms
14 Dec 20, Four major Japanese life insurers do not invest in or extend loans to producers of nuclear weapons or companies related to them, Kyodo News learned Saturday, as part of their efforts toward socially responsible investing.The revelation comes as various lenders in Japan, Europe and the United States have refrained from investing in companies involved in the nuclear weapons industry.It also precedes the entry into force in January of a United Nations treaty that will ban such weapons.
The four life insurers which managed a combined ¥151 trillion in assets in fiscal 2019 Nippon Life Insurance Co., Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. and Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. did not disclose lists of targeted companies.
Major Japan life insurers shun investing in nuke weapon-linked firms
Four major Japanese life insurers do not invest in or extend loans to producers of nuclear weapons or companies related to them, Kyodo News learned Saturday, as part of their efforts toward socially responsible investing.
The revelation comes as various lenders in Japan, Europe and the United States have refrained from investing in companies involved in the nuclear weapons industry.
It also precedes the entry into force in January of a U.N. treaty that will ban such weapons.
A U.S. forces B-2 stealth bomber is being refueled in July 2006. (UPI/Kyodo)
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