Japan Post Bank

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Japan Post Bank Company, Limited
Type Government-owned corporation
Industry Finance
Founded 1 September 2006
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Key people Koji Furukawa (Chairman and CEO),
Syokichi Takagi (President and COO)
Products Banking
Employees 12,060 (as at 31 March 2010)[1]
Parent Japan Post Holding Co.,Ltd. (%100)
Website www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp
Japan Post Bank Headquarters
Chiyoda, Tokyo

Japan Post Bank Company Limited (株式会社ゆうちょ銀行 Kabushiki-gaisha Yū-cho Ginkō, commonly abbreviated to ゆうちょ銀行 (Yū-cho Ginkō), or just ゆうちょ(Yū-cho)), is a Japanese bank headquartered in Tokyo which is part of the Japan Post Holdings postal and financial services group.[2]

As of November 2008 it was reported as being the world's biggest deposit holder.[3]

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[edit] History

It was established on 1 September 2006,[1] as part of the reorganisation of Japan Post into Japan Post Holdings.


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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Corporate Profile". Japan Post Bank website. http://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/en/aboutus/company/en_abt_cmp_profile.html. Retrieved 31 December 2010. 
  2. ^ "Index of Postal Freedom: Japan". Consumer Postal Council. http://www.postalconsumers.org/postal_freedom_index/Japan_Post.shtml. Retrieved 31 December 2010. 
  3. ^ Finbarr Flynn and Shingo Kawamoto (27 November 2008). "Japan Post Bank Reports 150.1 Billion Yen Half-Year Profit". Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aeorvTng.HAA. Retrieved 31 December 2010. 

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