Nippon Life Insurance, Japan's top life insurer, plans to reduce its holdings of foreign bonds that are not currency-hedged in the half-year to March, a top investment planning official said on Monday.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit Aomori and Iwate prefecture in northern Japan early on Wednesday morning but did not cause a tsunami, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.
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European shares notched up another record high on Wednesday as investors looked through rising COVID infections in Asia to new highs on Wall Street, after U.S. lawmakers agreed a trillion dollar boost to the economy.