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Japanese life insurance company
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company (明治安田生命保険相互会社, Meiji Yasuda Seimei Hoken Sōgo Kaisha), doing business as Meiji Yasuda (明治安田), is a Japanese life insurance company, which is headquartered in Tokyo and created in 2004 from the merger of Meiji Life and Yasuda Life. The company is one of the oldest and largest insurers in Japan. The Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company is a member of the Mitsubishi and Fuyo groups and participates in the former's Friday Conference.2 It was founded by Yasuda Zenjirō.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company (明治安田生命保険相互会社, Meiji Yasuda Seimei Hoken Sōgo Kaisha), doing business as Meiji Yasuda (明治安田), is a Japanese life insurance company, which is headquartered in Tokyo and created in 2004 from the merger of Meiji Life and Yasuda Life. The company is one of the oldest and largest insurers in Japan. The Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company is a member of the Mitsubishi and Fuyo groups and participates in the former's Friday Conference. It is the main sponsor of the J1 League since 2015.2
Meiji Yasuda Life sits at the top of its group. 62 entities, 16 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
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What Meiji Yasuda Life reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Founded by Yasuda Zenjirō on Jan 1880.1
In 1881, entrepreneur Zenjiro Yasuda founded the Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company, making it part of the Yasuda zaibatsu.
On January 1, 2004, Meiji Mutual Life Insurance Company and Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company merged to create the Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company.
From Wikipedia’s article on Meiji Yasuda Life, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
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