Banks in Japan


Bank of Yokohama	Chiba Bank	Mizuho Bank	Mitsubishi UFJ	Shinsei Bank	Sumitomo Mitsui

77 Bank – The largest bank in the Tohoku region. It was established in 1878 as Japan's 77th national bank. The Bank has over 240 local branches and representative office in Shanghai. As of September 31, 2011, The 77 Bank had ¥6,914 billion in total assets.
Aichi Bank – A regional bank whose business base is Aichi Prefecture, the central prefecture of the Tokai region. It has a domestic service network comprising 105 branches, and also engages in international operations.
Bank of Fukuoka – One of the largest regional banks in Japan. It operates in Kyushu region including Fukuoka, Jumamoto, and Nagasaki prefectures.
Bank of Japan – The central bank of Japan (often called Nichigin), founded in 1882 after Meiji Restoration.
Bank of Kyoto – The largest retail bank in Kyoto Prefecture. The Bank’s operating area consists of Kyoto, Shiga, Osaka, Nara and Hyogo prefectures.
Bank of Nagoya was founded in 1949 and is a commercial bank based in Nagoya city, Aichi prefecture. It offers a wide range of banking facilities through one hundred and eighteen branches and seven sub-branches in Japan and four overseas representative offices in Singapore, New York, Shanghai and Nantong. The Bank has nine consolidated subsidiaries, all based in Nagoya, Japan.
Bank of Saga – A regional bank whose primary business base comprises Saga and Fukuoka prefectures in northern Kyushu. As of March 31, 2010, the Bank of Saga’s balance of deposits amounted to ¥1,861 billion (US$20 billion).
Bank of Yokohama (BOY) – A regional bank based in Yokohama City, Kanagawa. It has 196 domestic branches and 399 ATMs located in Tokyo, Osaka, Aichi, Kanagawa and Gunma and offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong, London and New York. At March 31, 2011, the Bank's assets and deposits amounted to ¥12,521 billion and ¥10,725 billion, respectively.
Chiba Bank – The second-largest regional bank in Japan. The Chiba Bank’s operating area consists of Chiba Prefecture and the neighboring areas of eastern Tokyo, Saitama and Ibaraki Prefecture. At September 30, 2012, the company had total assets of ¥10,958 billion and total deposits of ¥9,564 billion.
Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB) was one of the largest banks in Japan, with operations in more than 30 countries. In 2000, it was acquired by Mizuho Holdings. DKB was formed in 1971 through the merger of Dai Ichi Bank and Nippon Kangyo Bank.
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) – JBIC is the international wing of Japan Finance Corporation (JFC) established on October 1, 2008. JFC is a public corporation wholly owned by the Japanese government. The purpose of the Japan Finance Corporation (JFC) is to contribute to the sound socioeconomic development of Japan and the international community, and to improvement in the lives of Japanese citizens.
Japan Post Bank was established in 2006 and operates as a subsidiary of Japan Post Holdings. As of March 31, 2012, it had total assets of over ¥ 195.8 trillion.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) – The largest banking group in Japan and one of the largest in the world. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ serves as the core retail and commercial banking arm of MUFG.
Mizuho Financial Group – One of the three largest financial institutions in Japan and 12th largest in the world in terms of assets. As of June 30, 2011, the company had total assets of over US$1.94 trillion.
Nanto Bank – A regional bank that mainly operates in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The bank was established in June 1934 and has 132 domestic branches as well as representative offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai. As of March 31, 2011, the Nanto Bank’s total assets amounted to ¥4,608.561 billion.
Nomura Holdings – A financial services company in Japan established on December 25, 1925.
Norinchukin Bank – A cooperative bank serving agricultural, fishing and forestry cooperatives. As of March 31, 2012, the Bank had ¥72,262.9 billion in total assets.
OITA Bank – Founded in 1893, OITA serves the southwestern Kyushu area of Japan. It is increasing its focus on the retail market. The bank has more than 100 local branches.
Resona Bank, ltd. is a subsidiary of Resona Holdings, Inc. As of March 31, 2012, Resona Bank had JPY 28.008 billion (US$338 billion) in total assets.
Resona Group – The fourth-largest banking group in Japan comprising three banks Resona Bank Saitama Resona Bank and Kinki Osaka Bank. As of June 30, 2012, Resona had total assets of US$520.93 billion.
Shinsei Bank was founded as the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan in 1952 and was renamed Shinsei Bank following its privatization in 2000. As of February 2010, the Bank had total assets (consolidated) of 11,506.3 billion yen.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) – One of the biggest financial groups in Japan along with MHFG and MUFG. It is the holding company for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking.

Japan's Biggest Banks

Rank	Company	Total assets, JPY m, 30/06/2012	Total assets, US$bn, 30/06/2012
1	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	222,245,345	2,784.51
2	Mizuho Financial Group	165,058,363	2,068.02
3	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial	138,120,170	1,730.51
4	Resona Holdings	41,577,593	520.926
5	Sumitomo Mitsui Trust	34,317,816	429.968
6	Bank of Yokohama	12,798,518	160.353
7	Fukuoka Financial Group	12,787,626	160.216
8	Chiba Bank	10,919,970	136.816
9	Hokuhoku Financial Group	10,732,435	134.467
10	Shizuoka Bank	9,431,834	118.171
11	Yamaguchi Financial Group	8,802,407	110.285
12	Shinsei Bank	8,563,125	107.287
13	Joyo Bank	8,108,721	101.594
14	Nishi-Nippon City Bank	7,603,127	95.260
15	Sapporo Hokuyo	7,520,380	94.223
16	77 Bank	7,302,298	91.491
17	Bank of Kyoto	7,224,918	90.521
18	Hiroshima Bank	6,812,780	85.357
19	Hachijuni Bank	6,735,905	84.394
20	Gunma Bank	6,540,508	81.946
21	Chugoku Bank	6,412,134	80.338
22	Iyo Bank	5,900,252	73.924
23	Juroku Bank	5,490,998	68.797
24	Senshu Ikeda Holdings	4,958,838	62.129
25	Aozora Bank	4,875,121	61.080
26	Nanto Bank	4,867,109	60.980
27	Daishi Bank	4,658,700	58.369
28	Shiga Bank	4,558,977	57.119
29	Hyakugo Bank	4,598,300	57.612
30	Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank	4,486,613	56.213
31	Higo Bank	4,094,680	51.302
32	San-In Godo Bank	4,039,697	50.613
33	Hyakujushi Bank	3,970,662	49.748
34	Kiyo Holdings	3,854,835	48.297
35	Musashino Bank	3,851,881	48.260

The currency exchange rate on June 30, 2012