Standard & Poor's has upgraded the outlook on Japan and with it six of the nation's leading insurers.

The New York-based ratings agency said that improved economic prospects in the island nation prompted the more favorable outlook on sovereign ratings.

Among the factors that have contributed are the restructuring of the private sector, the turnaround in the banking sector through the resolution of bad loan problems, and elimination of deflationary pressure, S&P found.

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