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【Booklet】Beginning of JA insurance<Sangyokumiai (cooperatives) and insurance ⑤>(July 9, 2016)
Toyohiko Kagawa serialized in “Ienohikari (Light of home)” His novel complained cooperatives insurance by credit cooperatives Toyohiko Kagawa wrote a society faction novel in which he themed the cooperatives. It was “The Land of Milk and Honey” that Kagawa serialized in Monthly magazine “Ienohikari (Light of home)” for two years since January 1934. This became a big reputation so that publication number of copies of the magazine reached 1 million copies. The stage of the novel was poor village of Aizu area of Fukushima prefecture. Facing rural lives difficult due to cold weather damage, main character, Tosuke Tanaka, went out to the capital. Soon he took pneumonia and entered to … Continue reading
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【Booklet】Beginning of JA insurance <Sangyokumiai (cooperatives) and insurance ⑥> (July 16, 2016)
Preparation of company acquisitions in top secret In September 1939, one person with knowledge of the insurance industry came to visit Toyohiko Kagawa, who was claiming start of cooperatives insurance. The person informed Kagawa that Tsuneo Kanemitsu, Colonial Affairs minister and member of the House of Lords, could put for sale his managing New Nippon Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. Kagawa had been wished insurance company keenly. The person said, “Would you buy it?” Kagawa immediately reported this story to vice president Kotaro Sengoku and managing director Michinosuke Hamada at sangyokumiaichuokai (general association of cooperatives). He also reported this story to president Yoriyasu Arima. Thinking “opportunity coming,” leaders of … Continue reading
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【Booklet】Beginning of JA insurance <Sangyokumiai (cooperatives) and insurance ⑦> (July 23, 2016)
Failure of companies’ acquisition plan Statement of new concept toward the realization Insurance companies acquisition plan was deadlocked. On 19 February 1940, Yoriyasu Arima, president of sangyokumiaichuokai (general association of cooperatives), met with Agriculture Minister Toshio Shimada to explain post-acquisition management plan, funding method, and the reason and circumstances led to the decision to embark on the insurance management. On 14 February, Tokyo Asahi Shimbun published an editorial as follows; ”We agree with expanding activity form of sangyokumiai (cooperatives) to insurance cooperatives. However, current legislation does not allow this. Why doesn’t the official of sangyokumiai (cooperatives) mobilize the political power of 7 million cooperatives members, in order to acquire the … Continue reading
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【Booklet】Beginning of JA insurance <Sangyokumiai (cooperatives) and insurance ⑧ >(July 30, 2016)
Kyoei Fire was born in merger Based on “Cooperatives organization” Sangyokumiai (cooperatives) reconsidered the policy towards the “next” in light of the failure of the insurance companies acquisition. As a result, the policy was decided as follows; 1) Avoiding life insurance business that had caused strong opposition, to work with leading companies limited to property insurance, 2) In order to avoid politicization, to carry a thing carefully during the closing of the Parliament , and to cancel the work during opening in the Parliament, 3) To adopt individual investment style until getting the approval of the competent authority, 4) To take the prior approval of the authorities concerned. Sangyokumiai asked … Continue reading
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【Booklet】Beginning of JA insurance <Birth of nokyo-kyosai (agricultural cooperatives mutual insurance) ①> (August 26, 2016)
Investigating Committee supposed institutionalization After the war, the Allied Forces General Headquarters (GHQ) carried out the occupation policy one after another such as dissolution of Zaibatsu (financial combine group) and antitrust. There was also GHQ’s intention to unify regulation of the financial institutions including insurance companies. On 5 December 1945 shortly after the war, the Ministry of Finance established Financial System Investigating Committee (the primary). The committee began to consider for all financial institutions system including Bank of Japan, commercial banks, insurance companies, and securities companies. The members from scholars and each industry participated the committee. At the time, Toyohiko Kagawa, who had served as chairman of the Japan Cooperatives … Continue reading
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