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List of banks in Japan

This is a list of banks in Japan.

Central Bank

Governmental institutions

National institutions

Current

Former

  • Japan Post (Nihon Yūsei Kōsha (日本郵政公社)), restructured to Japan Post Bank in 2007.
  • Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Finance Corporation (AFC; Nōrin Gyogyō Kin'yū Kōko (農林漁業金融公庫)), merged to JFC in 2008.
  • Japan Finance Corporation for Small and Medium Enterprise (JASME; Chūshō Kigyō Kin'yū Kōko (中小企業金融公庫)), merged to JFC in 2008.
  • National Life Finance Corporation (NLFC; Kokumin Seikatsu Kin'yū Kōko (国民生活金融公庫)), merged to JFC in 2008.
  • Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal Enterprises (Kōei Kigyō Kin'yū Kōko (公営企業金融公庫)), abolished and integrated into JFM in 2008.[1]

Current

Former

  • Japan Post (Nihon Yūsei Kōsha (日本郵政公社)), restructured to Japan Post Bank in 2007.
  • Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Finance Corporation (AFC; Nōrin Gyogyō Kin'yū Kōko (農林漁業金融公庫)), merged to JFC in 2008.
  • Japan Finance Corporation for Small and Medium Enterprise (JASME; Chūshō Kigyō Kin'yū Kōko (中小企業金融公庫)), merged to JFC in 2008.
  • National Life Finance Corporation (NLFC; Kokumin Seikatsu Kin'yū Kōko (国民生活金融公庫)), merged to JFC in 2008.
  • Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal Enterprises (Kōei Kigyō Kin'yū Kōko (公営企業金融公庫)), abolished and integrated into JFM in 2008.[1]

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

Current

  • Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities (JFM; Chihō Kokyōdantai Kin'yū Kikō (地方公共団体金融機構))

Former

  • Japan Finance Organization for Municipal Enterprises, established in 2008 and restructured as JFM in 2009.[1]

Current

  • Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities (JFM; Chihō Kokyōdantai Kin'yū Kikō (地方公共団体金融機構))

Former

  • Japan Finance Organization for Municipal Enterprises, established in 2008 and restructured as JFM in 2009.[1]

Megabanks

Money center banks

Regional banks

As of January 2025, there are 100 regional banks (地方銀行), with their head offices usually in the capital cities of the 47 Japanese prefectures, serving mainly their local customers.[2] Some of the larger banks had or have opened offices in nearby countries such as China, the US, or the UK., but the number of these has declined since the 1990s.

Examples of them include:

  • Bank of Yokohama - the largest regional bank in Japan and the core arm of Concordia Financial Group.
  • Hachijuni Nagano Bank in Nagano City.
  • Bank of Kyoto in Kyoto.
  • The 77 Bank in Sendai - the largest regional bank in the Tōhoku region.

Trust banks

Foreign banks

Members of the International Bankers Association in Japan

Source:[3]

Financial Groups

[4]

Commercial Banks

Representative Offices

Financial Groups

[4]

Commercial Banks

Representative Offices

Other

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).

Bankruptcy

See also

References

  1. Overview of JFM Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities, retrieved 2025-01-16^
  2. Types of Banks (Japanese Bankers Association, as of December 2019)^
  3. International Bankers Association, Japan - Membership Listing, 2011.07.28 Membership List retrieved 2011-05-11^
  4. Our Members | IBA Japan^