Japan - Manulife Life Insurance Company ('Manulife Japan') has been recognized by the Tokyo Prefecture as a 2015 Sports Promotion Company for its sponsorship of the 'Manulife Waku-Waku Charity Run' which the company has been sponsoring since 2008.

The Tokyo Sports Promotion Company designation program was introduced in 2015 by the Tokyo Prefecture to establish Tokyo as a sports city leading up to 2020, when it hosts the Olympics. The program also encourages companies to lead and support more sporting initiatives. Manulife Japan is privileged to be one of 102 Sports Promotion Companies recognized in the first year of the program.

The Manulife Waku-Waku Charity Run, organized by Tokyo Metropolitan Television Broadcasting Corporation (Tokyo MX) and Ajinomoto Stadium, is a charity fun-run that people of all ages, from children to senior adults, can participate in. In 2015, the event was held in Chofu City, Tokyo in April with 13,000 participants. More than 100 employees of Manulife Japan and their families also volunteered to staff the event. A total of 2,366,487 yen was raised from the event and the entire amount was donated to the 'Manulife Children's Treatment Environment Support Project' for the building of playrooms (Waku-Waku Rooms) in various pediatric hospitals across the country that are conducive for the recuperation of children.

Manulife Japan will continue to be active in its social contribution activities.

For details of Manulife Waku-Waku Charity Run, please visit our web site (http://www.manulife.co.jp/run).

About Manulife
 Manulife Life Insurance Company ('Manulife Japan') is a member of the Manulife Financial Group.

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group providing forward-thinking solutions to help people with their big financial decisions. We operate as John Hancock in the United States, and Manulife elsewhere. We provide financial advice, insurance and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2014, we had 28,000 employees, 58,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving 20 million customers. At the end of September 2015, we had $888 billion (US$663 billion) in assets under management and administration, and in the previous 12 months we made more than $23 billion in benefits, interest and other payments to our customers. Our principal operations are in Asia, Canada and the United States where we have served customers for more than 100 years. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we trade as 'MFC' on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges and under '945' in Hong Kong.

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