List of banks in Japan
This is a list of banks in Japan.
Central Bank[edit]
Governmental institutions[edit]
Existing National Institutions[edit]
- Development Bank of Japan, or DBJ Nihon Seisaku Tōshi Ginkō K.K. (株式会社日本政策投資銀行)
- Japan Finance Corporation, or JFC Nihon Seisaku Kin'yū Kōko K.K. (株式会社日本政策金融公庫)
- Japan Bank for International Cooperation, or JBIC Kokusai Kyōryoku Ginkō (国際協力銀行), the internal division of Japan Finance Corporation.
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation Okinawa Shinkō Kaihatsu Kin'yū Kōko (沖縄振興開発金融公庫)
- Shoko Chukin Bank Shōkō Kumiai Chūō Kinko K.K. (株式会社商工組合中央金庫)
- Japan Housing Finance Agency Jūtaku Kin'yū Shien Kikō (独立行政法人住宅金融支援機構)
Postal Savings Bank[edit]
- Japan Post BankYūcho Gin'kō K.K. (株式会社ゆうちょ銀行), former Japan Post's banking division and subsidiary of the successor Japan Post Holding.
Regional Municipalities', Authorities' Mutual Corporation[edit]
- Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities Chihō Kokyōdantai Kin'yū Kikō (地方公共団体金融機構), restructured to Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities.
Defunct National Institutions[edit]
- Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Finance Corporation Nōrin Gyogyō Kin'yū Kōko (農林漁業金融公庫), merged to Japan Finance Corporation.
- Japan Finance Corporation for Small and Medium Enterprise Chūshō Kigyō Kin'yū Kōko (中小企業金融公庫), merged to Japan Finance Corporation.
- National Life Finance Corporation Kokumin Seikatsu Kin'yū Kōko (国民生活金融公庫), merged to Japan Finance Corporation.
- Japan Post Nihon Yūsei Kōsha (日本郵政公社), restructured to Japan Post Bank.
- Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal Enterprises Kōei Kigyō Kin'yū Kōko (公営企業金融公庫)
Megabanks[edit]
Money center banks[edit]
- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings
- Resona Holdings
- Aozora Bank, former Nippon Credit Bank
- Shinsei Bank, former Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan
Regional banks[edit]
There are 50 or so Regional banks (地方銀行), with their head offices in the capital cities of the 47 Prefectures, serving mainly their prefectural customers.[1] Examples of them are:
- Bank of Yokohama in Yokohama, Kanagawa - the largest regional bank in Japan, core arm of Concordia Financial Group.
- Hachijuni Bank in Nagano, Nagano
- Kagoshima Bank in Kagoshima, Kagoshima - Recently merged with Higo Bank (肥後銀行), Kumamoto, Kumamoto, as Kyushu Financial Group.
Trust banks[edit]
- Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group)
- Mizuho Trust & Banking Co. (subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group)
- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings
- The Master Trust Bank of Japan (subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group)
- The Nomura Trust & Banking Co. (subsidiary of Nomura Holdings)
- NikkoCiti Trust and Banking (joint venture of Nikko Cordial and Citigroup)
- ORIX Trust and Banking (subsidiary of ORIX)
- Shinkin Trust Bank (subsidiary of Shinkin Central Bank)
- Aozora Trust Bank (subsidiary of Aozora Bank)
- Nōrinchūkin Trust and Banking (subsidiari of Norinchukin Bank)
- Shinsei Trust & Banking Co. (subsidiary of Shinsei Bank)
- JSF Trust and Banking Co. (subsidiary of Japan Securities Finance Co.)
- ShinGinkō Tokyo (subsidiary of Tokyo Metropolitan Government)
- Japan Trustee Services Bank (joint venture of Resona Holdings and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings)
- Trust & Custody Services Bank (subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group)
- Resona Trust & Banking Co. (subsidiary of Resona Holdings)
Foreign banks[edit]
Members of the International Bankers Association in Japan[2][edit]
Other[edit]
- Banco Itaú
- Bank Muamalat Malaysia
- Bank of China
- Bank of Hawaii
- Bank of New Zealand
- Bank of Taiwan
- BayernLB
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
- Chang Hwa Bank
- First Commercial Bank
- Habib Metropolitan Bank
- Hana Financial Group
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
- Kiup Bank
- Kookmin Bank
- Korea Development Bank
- Korea Exchange Bank
- Mega International Commercial Bank
- SC First Bank
- Shinhan Bank
- Union Bank of California
- Westpac
- Woori Bank
Community banking system[edit]
M&A Tree[edit]
Japan's banking system has consolidated dramatically since the 1990s. The list below gives an account of the banking industry's composition and consolidation. These banks are usually called the "City banks" (都市銀行).
- Mizuho Financial Group (2000) / Mizuho Bank / Mizuho Corporate Bank (2002)
- Dai-Ichi Kangyō Bank (1971)
- Dai-Ichi Bank
- Nippon Kangyō Bank
- Fuji Bank
- Industrial Bank of Japan
- Dai-Ichi Kangyō Bank (1971)
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (2005) / The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (2006)
- Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (2001) / The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (1996)
- The Bank of Tokyo
- Mitsubishi Bank
- UFJ Holdings / UFJ Bank (2002)
- Sanwa Bank (1933)
- Sanjūyon Bank
- Yamaguchi Bank
- Kōnoike Bank
- Tōkai Bank (1941)
- Aichi Bank
- Nagoya Bank
- Itō Bank
- Sanwa Bank (1933)
- Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (2001) / The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (1996)
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (2002)
- The Sumitomo Bank
- Sakura Bank (1990)
- Mitsui Bank
- Taiyō-Kobe Bank (1973)
- Taiyō Bank
- Bank of Kobe
- Resona Holdings / Resona Bank / Saitama Resona Bank (2002)
- Asahi Bank (1991)
- Kyōwa Bank
- Saitama Bank
- Daiwa Bank
- Asahi Bank (1991)
- Mitsui Trust Holdings (2002) / The Chūō Mitsui Trust and Banking Co. (2000)
- The Chūō Trust and Banking Co.
- Mitsui Trust and Banking Co.
Bankruptcy[edit]
- Hokkaidō Takushoku Bank, absorbed into North Pacific Bank and The Chūō Mitsui Trust and Banking Co. (1998)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Types of Banks (Japanese Bankers Association, as of December 2019)
- ^ "Membership List". Archived from the original on 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2011-05-11. International Bankers Association, Japan - Membership Listing, 2011.07.28
- ^ "Our Members | IBA Japan".
