Tokyo, Japan,- Manulife Japan today announced to be the main sponsor of the 9th annual "Economics Koshien", a national financial quiz tournament for high-school students, organized by the NPO Association for the Promotion of Financial Literacy.  

"Economics Koshien" was launched in 2006 to improve high-school students' understanding of the financial economy. Ever since, 1,662 students from 8,720 high schools in total have taken on the challenge of various financial related quiz questions. This year, 40 preliminaries (39 regional rounds and one internet round) are being held. The winners will participate in the final round, "Manulife Seimei Cup 9th Economics Koshien" at Yoyogi in Tokyo, on Sunday, February 15, 2015.

Manulife decided to support the event given the event's goal to encourage students to learn the basics of the financial economy while having fun. Through this sponsorship, Manulife wishes to contribute to the next generation having higher financial literacy.

For details of the event, please visit http://econ-koshien.com/index.php.

Photos from the final game of "the 8th Economics Koshien"

About NPO Association for the Promotion of Financial Literacy

Association for the Promotion of Financial Literacy is a non-profitable organization found in 2002, aiming to help anybody have a better understanding of the importance of financial literacy and develop it. The association is supported by the fellow members and brings together knowledge and ideas of consumers, business community, educational community and financial community.
http://www.apfl.or.jp/index.html

About Manulife
Manulife is a leading Canada-based financial services group with principal operations in Asia, Canada and the United States. We operate as John Hancock in the U.S. and as Manulife in other parts of the world. We provide strong, reliable, trustworthy and forward-thinking solutions for our customers' significant financial decisions. Our international network of employees, agents and distribution partners offers financial protection and wealth management products and services to millions of clients. We also provide asset management services to institutional customers. Funds under management by Manulife and its subsidiaries were approximately C$663 billion (US$591 billion) as at September 30, 2014.

Manulife Financial Corporation trades as 'MFC' on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under '945' on the SEHK. Manulife can be found on the Internet at manulife.com.

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