1 | Bank of Iwate | HQ: MoriokaThe Bank of Iwate is a key financial institution in Iwate Prefecture, the largest prefecture on Japan's main island of Honshu. The Bank is committed to offering all manner of products and services with an eye to the new financial age, and is boldly stepping forward together with Iwate Prefecture into the 21st century. Group total assets: US$ 27,176 million (as of March 31, 2010). |
2 | Bank of Japan (BOJ) | HQ: TokyoThe Bank of Japan (BOJ) is the central bank of Japan. The missions of the Bank of Japan are: issuance and management of banknotes, implementation of monetary policy, providing settlement services and ensuring the stability of the financial system, treasury and government securities-related operations, international activities, compilation of data, economic analyses and research activities. |
3 | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ | HQ: TokyoThe Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. BTMU is Japan's leading bank with over 800 branches in Japan, 40 million retail customers and over 400,000 corporate customers. As at 31 October 2010 BTMU was ranked by Bloomberg as the largest bank in Japan and the eighth largest in the world. Total assets: JPY 160.8 trillion (as of March 31, 2009). |
4 | Fukushima Bank | HQ: FukushimaFukushima Bank, Ltd. is a Japan-based regional bank. The Bank operates in two business segments. The Bank-relates segment is engaged in the provision of banking services, including deposit, loan and exchange. The Leasing and Others segment is engaged in the leasing services, the credit card services and the credit guarantee services. |
5 | Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. (IBJ) | HQ: TokyoIndustrial Bank of Japan combined with Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and Fuji Bank in 2002 to form Mizuho Financial Group. Mizuho Corporate Bank provides optimal solutions to the increasingly diverse and sophisticated needs of customers in the areas of both finance and business strategies, focusing its efforts on serving major corporations (such as those listed on the first section of domestic stock exchanges), financial institutions and their group companies, public sector entities, and overseas corporations including subsidiaries of Japanese corporations. |
6 | Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) | HQ: TokyoJapan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) is a Japanese public financial institution and export credit agency. The bank is wholly owned by the Japanese government. The main purpose of the institution is to promote economic cooperation between Japan and oversea countries, by providing resources to foreign investments and by fostering international commerce. It also has a major role in promoting Japanese exports and imports, and the country's activities overseas. JBIC is the international wing of Japan Finance Corporation (JFC). |
7 | Japan Post Bank | HQ: TokyoJapan Post Bank Company is a Japanese bank and it was established on October 1, 2007, with the privatization of the postal savings public government owned Japan Post. |
8 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) | HQ: TokyoMitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (MUFG) is a Japanese multinational corporation and also a holding company for The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU). MUFG holds an asset of around US$1.2 trillion and is one of the main companies of the Mitsubishi Group. Its services include commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, leasing and fields of financial services. |
9 | Mizuho Bank | HQ: TokyoMizuho Bank, Ltd. is a Japanese bank that was established by the merger of the Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the retail operations of the Fuji Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan. It forms the core consumer banking unit of Mizuho Financial Group, which is the second-largest financial services company in Japan. |
10 | Mizuho Corporate Bank (MHCB) | HQ: TokyoMizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (MHCB), is the corporate and investment banking subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group. MHCB was created in April 2002 by the transfer of the Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and Fuji Bank's corporate and investment banking division to the Industrial Bank of Japan. |
11 | Mizuho Financial Group | HQ: TokyoMizuho Financial Group, Inc. (MHFG) is a banking holding company and is the second-largest bank by assets in Japan. Mizuho offers a range of financial services, including banking, securities, trust and asset management services, employing more than 68 000 people in 30 countries. Total assets: JPY 154,051 billion (as of December 31, 2010). |
12 | Resona Bank | HQ: OsakaResona Bank, Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resona Holdings, the fourth-largest banking group in Japan. Resona Bank offers banking services to individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). The company also provides real estate, inheritance, and other trust services. |
13 | Shinsei Bank | HQ: TokyoShinsei Bank is a midsize Japanese bank. Shinsei Bank is the successor of the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB), which had a government monopoly on the issuance of many long-term debt securities. In April of 2004, the bank exchanged its long-term credit banking license for a standard commercial banking license. Shinsei Bank divides its business into three components: retail banking, institutional banking and consumer/commercial finance. |
14 | Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation | HQ: TokyoSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries and affiliates in the various business segments. SMBC is a member of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
15 | SURUGA Bank | HQ: NumazuSURUGA Bank Ltd. is a community-oriented commercial bank offering traditional full banking services in Shizuoka and Kanagawa. The Bank offers personal loans, mortgage loans, auto loans, credit cards, and wealth management products. |
16 | The Norinchukin Bank | HQ: TokyoThe Norinchukin Bank is one of Japan's largest and most distinguished banks. The Bank is the central bank for Japan's agricultural, forestry and fishery cooperative systems. Total assets: US$ 738.4 billion (as of March 31, 2010). |

