The story
Founded by Yasuda Zenjirō on Jan 1880.1
In 1881, entrepreneur Zenjiro Yasuda founded the Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company, making it part of the Yasuda zaibatsu.
On January 1, 2004, Meiji Mutual Life Insurance Company and Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company merged to create the Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company.
From Wikipedia’s article on Meiji Yasuda Life, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3