This is a list of banks in Japan.
Central Bank
Governmental institutions
Existing National Institutions
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Money center banks
- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings
- Resona Holdings
- Aozora Bank, former Nippon Credit Bank
- Shinsei Bank, former Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan
Regional banks
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. 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 [ja] in Kagoshima, Kagoshima - Recently merged with Higo Bank (肥後銀行), Kumamoto, Kumamoto, as Kyushu Financial Group.
Trust banks
- 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
Members of the International Bankers Association in Japan
Other
- 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
M&A Tree
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)
- 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
- Hokkaidō Takushoku Bank, absorbed into North Pacific Bank and The Chūō Mitsui Trust and Banking Co. (1998)
See also
References
- 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".
