Japan’s top bond-trading regional bank buys JGBs after decade break
Iyogin Holdings started testing the $7 trillion market in April with small purchases of superlong bonds, according to its CEO.
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Standoff underway after bomb threat reported at bank: Police
Bomb threat sparks a standoff at a Bakersfield Chase Bank, police say a man and others are barricaded inside. Latest updates and safety impact.
Japan's rising bond yields are likely to widen the stock performance gap between regional lenders with weaker investment portfolios and those with stronger holdings, analysts say.
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Japan bond yield surge widens regional bank stock divide
When lenders have holdings that are vulnerable to higher yields, they're punished by investors for the unrealized losses.
Bank deposits in Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures accounted for 50.7% of all deposits across Japan at the end of fiscal 2025, according to data from the Bank of Japan.
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50% of Japan’s bank deposits held in greater Tokyo area
The combined deposits in the capital and Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba prefectures stood at ¥523.1 trillion as of March 31 this year.
Bank lending to Japan's real estate sector remains at a record high, driven by rising property prices, prompting not only major banks but also regional lenders to expand their loan portfolios.
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Bank lending to real estate hits record high in Japan
According to the Bank of Japan, new lending to the sector in 2025 climbed 15.1% from the previous year to ¥17.8 trillion.
Japan’s regional bank M&A wave to create ¥11.6 trillion lender
Aichi Financial Group and San ju San Financial Group have acknowledged that a shrinking population drove their plans to consolidate.
Fukuoka Financial Group, Japan's largest regional lender is aggressively poaching market veterans from other financial institutions as it looks to expand its ¥5.8 trillion ($36 billion) investment portfolio.
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Japan’s largest regional bank takes on big names in hiring spree
Fukuoka Financial Group wants to boost its front office staff to around 100 by March 2028 as it looks to expand its ¥5.8 trillion investment portfolio.
One of Japan’s largest regional banks is testing the country’s choppy bond market by investing in shorter-term notes to secure higher returns, while avoiding longer-dated securities as interest rates rise.
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Short-term Japan bonds hold allure for regional bank managing ¥2.6 trillion
Joyo Bank is testing the country’s choppy bond market by investing in shorter-term notes to secure higher returns, while avoiding longer-dated securities.
Three decades after a bad debt crisis in Japan forced a wave of mergers that created its mega lenders, the focus now is on consolidation in the nation’s $3 trillion regional banking industry.
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Rate hikes drive Japan regional banks toward mergers to survive
Decades after a debt crisis forced a wave of mergers that created mega lenders, the focus now is on consolidation in Japan’s $3 trillion regional banking industry.
Top Japan local bank ready to boost JGB buying when BOJ pivots
Bank of Yokohama is prepared to pile back into the domestic debt market when the central bank’s peak interest rate is in sight.
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