TOKYO -- Japanese life insurance companies' real estate portfolios are set to grow for the first time in four years despite concerns of an overheating property market, spurred by a need for higher yields.
Industry's property holdings set to grow for first time in four years

Tokyo's Toranomon area. Dai-ichi Life Insurance has invested in one of the neighborhoods big redevelopment projects. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)
TOKYO -- Japanese life insurance companies' real estate portfolios are set to grow for the first time in four years despite concerns of an overheating property market, spurred by a need for higher yields.