List of banks in Japan


This is a list of banks in Japan.

Central Bank

National institutions

Current

Current

As of January 2025, there are 100 regional banks, with their head offices usually in the capital cities of the 47 Japanese prefectures, serving mainly their local customers. 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

  • Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
  • Mizuho Trust & Banking Co.
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings
  • * Sumitomo Trust and Banking
  • * The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Co.
  • * Mitsui Asset Trust and Banking Co.
  • The Master Trust Bank of Japan
  • The Nomura Trust & Banking Co.
  • NikkoCiti Trust and Banking
  • ORIX Trust and Banking
  • Shinkin Trust Bank
  • Aozora Trust Bank
  • Nōrinchūkin Trust and Banking
  • Shinsei Trust & Banking Co.
  • JSF Trust and Banking Co.
  • ShinGinkō Tokyo
  • Japan Trustee Services Bank
  • Trust & Custody Services Bank
  • Resona Trust & Banking Co.

    Foreign banks

Members of the International Bankers Association in Japan

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Financial Groups

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".
  • Mizuho Financial Group / Mizuho Bank / Mizuho Corporate Bank
  • *Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank
  • **Dai-Ichi Bank
  • **Nippon Kangyo Bank
  • *Fuji Bank
  • *Industrial Bank of Japan
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group / The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
  • *Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group / The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
  • **The Bank of Tokyo
  • **Mitsubishi Bank
  • *UFJ Holdings / UFJ Bank
  • **Sanwa Bank
  • ***Sanjūyon Bank
  • ***Yamaguchi Bank
  • ***Kōnoike Bank
  • **Tōkai Bank
  • ***Aichi Bank
  • ***Nagoya Bank
  • ***Itō Bank
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
  • *The Sumitomo Bank
  • *Sakura Bank
  • **Mitsui Bank
  • **Taiyō-Kobe Bank
  • ***Taiyō Bank
  • ***Bank of Kobe
  • Resona Holdings / Resona Bank / Saitama Resona Bank
  • *Asahi Bank
  • **Kyōwa Bank
  • **Saitama Bank
  • *Daiwa Bank
  • Mitsui Trust Holdings / The Chūō Mitsui Trust and Banking Co.
  • * 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.