Who owns Japan Post Insurance?
Japan Post Insurance is not wholly owned by any single company recorded here: Japan Post Holdings (Japan, TSE: 6178) holds a 49.8% stake.[1]
Evidence: Group Identity - Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.. Last checked .
Key facts
- Largest stakeholder
- Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. (49.8% stake) reported
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 2006
- Category
- Finance & insurance › Insurance › Life & health insurance
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 6178
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Japan Post Insurance
JAPAN POST INSURANCE Co., Ltd. is a life insurer with a date of establishment of 1 September 2006; it was renamed from Kampo Co., Ltd. on 1 October 2007. Japan Post Holdings' 2025 disclosure document lists it as a group company with 49.8% of voting rights held by Japan Post Holdings, and says it submits its own securities reports.
Ownership timeline of Japan Post Insurance
Where Japan Post Insurance sits in Japan Post Holdings
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Japan Post Holdings
Japan Post Holdings controls 2 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in life & health insurance, and who owns them
The 33 brands in life & health insurance on Brandtree belong to 19 owners. The largest is Nippon Life, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| LIC | LIC of India | 🇮🇳 India |
| Hanasaku Life Insurance | Nippon Life | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Meiji Yasuda | Meiji Yasuda | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Assupol | Sanlam | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Elips Life | Swiss Re | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| American Income Life | Globe Life | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Singlife | Sumitomo Life | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| CNP Assurances | CNP Assurances | 🇫🇷 France |
About the owner: Japan Post Holdings
Japan Post Holdings is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Japan Post Holdings is the holding company of the Japan Post Group, with its head office at Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and its own corporate profile gives 23 January 2006 as its date of establishment. Its group identity page lists Japan Post Co., Ltd., Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance as the group's units and says "Japan Post" is the post-office name of the group. Toll Group's FY2025 Impact Report describes Japan Post Holdings as listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Japan Post Holdings: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇯🇵 Japan Post Insurance and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Japan Post Insurance is not one of them.
- AIARU Small Amount & Short Term Insurance — Sumitomo Life 🇯🇵
- Hanasaku Life Insurance — Nippon Life 🇯🇵
- MUFG Bank — MUFG 🇯🇵
- Meiji Yasuda — Meiji Yasuda 🇯🇵
- "K" Line — K Line 🇯🇵
- ABEMA — CyberAgent 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who owns Japan Post Insurance?
No single company recorded here owns Japan Post Insurance outright. Japan Post Holdings holds a 49.8% stake.
Does Japan Post Holdings control Japan Post Insurance?
No. A 49.8% holding does not give control, so Japan Post Holdings shares ownership with others.
Where did Japan Post Insurance come from?
Japan Post Insurance originated in Japan in 2006.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Group Identity - Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. — Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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