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      "foreign-life-affiliate-japan-positioning",
      "AFLAC Japan MetLife Japan Manulife Prudential Gibraltar positioning",
      "外資系生命保険 日本",
      "foreign life affiliates Japan"
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      "https://www.seiho.or.jp/english/about/companies/",
      "https://www.aflac.com/about-aflac/japan.aspx",
      "https://www.fsa.go.jp/policy/economic_value-based_solvency/index.html",
      "https://www.iaisweb.org/activities-topics/insurance-capital-standard",
      "https://www.fsa.go.jp/menkyo/menkyo.html"
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    "Prudential Japan / Gibraltar Life — Lifeplanner channel benchmark",
    "AXA, Zurich, Allianz, AIA — European and pan-Asian challenger positions",
    "Capital structure and parent-group repatriation",
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