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Japan Post Insurance Reveals Large Unrealized Bond Losses but Keeps Earnings Outlook Unchanged

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  • Japan Post Insurance reported about ¥3.48 trillion in unrealized losses on certain bond holdings as of December 31, 2025, far exceeding its prior-year profit levels.
  • Despite the substantial negative valuation on its bond portfolio, the insurer is maintaining its earnings and dividend forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, while monitoring conditions.
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Japan Post Insurance Reveals Large Unrealized Bond Losses but Keeps Earnings Outlook Unchanged

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An update from JAPAN POST INSURANCE Co., Ltd. ( (JP:7181) ) is now available.

Japan Post Insurance disclosed that unrealized losses on certain listed held-to-maturity and policy-reserve-matching bonds totaled ¥3,481.1 billion as of December 31, 2025, a level that far exceeds its consolidated ordinary profit and net income for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025. Despite this sizable negative valuation gap between the book value and market value of these securities and net unrealized losses of roughly ¥3.25 trillion after offsetting gains, the insurer said it is leaving its earnings and dividend forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026 unchanged for now, indicating management does not currently expect the market valuation losses to materially alter its full-year outlook, though it pledged to update investors if disclosure-worthy developments emerge.

The most recent analyst rating on (JP:7181) stock is a Hold with a Yen4855.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on JAPAN POST INSURANCE Co., Ltd. stock, see the JP:7181 Stock Forecast page.

More about JAPAN POST INSURANCE Co., Ltd.

Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd. is a major Japanese life insurer listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, providing insurance products backed by a large portfolio of yen-denominated bonds, including held-to-maturity and policy-reserve-matching securities. The company’s business model relies heavily on managing long-term investment assets to match policy reserves and support stable earnings for policyholders and shareholders.

Average Trading Volume: 802,444

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: Yen1670B

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