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was a Japanese business executive, a former president of
Nippon Life Insurance , also known as or is the largest Japanese life insurance company by revenue. The company was founded in 1889 as the ''Nippon Life Assurance Co., Inc.'' In structure it is a mutual company. It first paid policyholder dividends in 1898. Overvi ...
, and was conferred with the Grand Cordon of the
Order of the Sacred Treasure The is a Japanese Order (distinction), order, established on 4 January 1888 by Emperor Meiji as the Order of Meiji. Originally awarded in eight classes (from 8th to 1st, in ascending order of importance), since 2003 it has been awarded in six c ...
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Career

Gentaro Kawase was born in
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Shiga Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,398,972 as of 1 February 2025 and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to th ...
.Gentaro Kawase
/ref> He graduated from Hikone Commercial College (later,
Shiga University or is a Japanese national university, national university in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, with campuses in the cities of ÅŒtsu, Shiga, ÅŒtsu and Hikone, Shiga, Hikone. Founded in 1874, it was chartered as a university in 1949. Faculties & Gradua ...
), entered
Nippon Life Insurance , also known as or is the largest Japanese life insurance company by revenue. The company was founded in 1889 as the ''Nippon Life Assurance Co., Inc.'' In structure it is a mutual company. It first paid policyholder dividends in 1898. Overvi ...
in 1937 and moved up through the ranks to the level of manager of securities department, chief treasurer in Tokyo, manager of related business. In 1981, he became the vice president of
Nippon Life Insurance , also known as or is the largest Japanese life insurance company by revenue. The company was founded in 1889 as the ''Nippon Life Assurance Co., Inc.'' In structure it is a mutual company. It first paid policyholder dividends in 1898. Overvi ...
and the president of Nippon Life Insurance in 1982.The Book of 100-year History of Nippon Life Insurance / Shibusawa Sashi Database
/ref> He led Nippon Life Insurance to the largest in the world in all 4 indicators, namely insurance premium income, total assets, total amount of new contracts and total amount of insurance in force, as the full year business result of 1987–88. In 1989, he became the chairman of the board of directors of Nippon Life Insurance. From 1996 to 1998, he was the senior adviser and honorary chairman of Nippon Life Insurance. From 1987 until 1994, he served as the vice-chairman of Kansai Economic Federation. In 1988, he was conferred with the Grand Cordon of the
Order of the Sacred Treasure The is a Japanese Order (distinction), order, established on 4 January 1888 by Emperor Meiji as the Order of Meiji. Originally awarded in eight classes (from 8th to 1st, in ascending order of importance), since 2003 it has been awarded in six c ...
.Gentaro Kawase passed away. / SHIKOKOKU NEWS
/ref> He died at the hospital in
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at 86.


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Interview with Gentaro Kawase, president of Nihon Seimei Hoken
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kawase, Gentaro 1916 births 2003 deaths People from Shiga Prefecture Japanese chief executives