The ratings reflect Meiji Yasuda’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as strongest ... with premium income reaching JPY 3.3 trillion and a base profit of JPY 561 billion.

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

A U.S. researcher of Japanese literature has published two books of “waka” poems composed by the emperor and empress of the Meiji Era (1868-1912) with assistance from his poet wife. It was ...