The Bank of Japan 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.
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, is Japan's leading bank with over 800 branches in Japan, 40 million retail customers and over 400,000 corporate customers. BTMU also has offices in more than 40 countries worldwide spanning Asia, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, while BTMU’s subsidiary, Union Bank, N.A. (formerly Union bank of California), has over 300 branches, mainly in California.
Industrial 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.
Mizuho 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.
Mizuho 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.
Shinsei 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.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation is a Japanese bank based in Tokyo, Japan. It is a member of the Sumitomo Group and Mitsui Group. As of the year 2006, SMBC was the third largest bank in Japan and the eighth largest bank in the world. Bank's mission is to provide optimum added value to our customers and together with them achieve growth, to create sustainable shareholder value through business growth, to provide a challenging and professionally rewarding work environment for our dedicated employees.
The Norinchukin Bank was established in 1923 as a quasi-governmental financial institution. Privatized in 1959, the 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. Based on constant funds procurement from member cooperatives, the Bank carries out efficient and flexible asset management by investing in various financial products. This is carried out on a global scale. The profits from these activities are then continuously passed on to its members.
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