sweet_gyokuro3h ago

In 1998, Tokyo built a wall between banks and industry. On 31 March 2026, the FSA started taking it down. Nobody has connected this to the cross-shareholding unwind running in the opposite direction. Keiretsu with extra steps.

https://gyokuro.dev/en/posts/keiretsu-with-extra-steps-en/

#Japan #banks #MUFG #SMFG #FSA #MandA #BOJ #macro

Keiretsu with Extra Steps

Japan’s FSA is quietly reversing 28 years of bank-industry separation. The market hasn’t noticed.

Gyokuro Time
The Japan Times22h ago
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is aiming to boost its transaction banking business in Asia, looking to capitalize on its competitive strengths in key regional markets as it strives to catch up with global peers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/02/companies/japan-mufg-transaction-banking-business/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mufg #banks
MUFG to take on global peers for slice of $1.3 trillion transaction-banking pie

Japan's largest lender is looking to capitalize on its competitive strengths in key Asian markets as it strives to catch up with global peers.

The Japan Times
Yonhap Infomax News6d ago
Yen weakness past 160 per dollar intensifies selling pressure on ultra-long Japanese government bonds, with markets watching for potential coordinated FX intervention between Japan and the US as 30-year JGB yields surge 18.18bp amid fiscal concerns and energy inflation risks.
#YonhapInfomax #JapaneseYen #JGB #FXIntervention #MUFG #30YearYield #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=112568
'Yen Weakness, JGB Selling Pressure... Potential for US Coordinated FX Intervention'

Yen weakness past 160 per dollar intensifies selling pressure on ultra-long Japanese government bonds, with markets watching for potential coordinated FX intervention between Japan and the US as 30-year JGB yields surge 18.18bp amid fiscal concerns and energy inflation risks.

Yonhap Infomax
FinWave Japan6d ago

若年層の金融リテラシー向上に向けた新施策💡

#MUFG が「#桃太郎電鉄」を活用した金融経済教育プログラムの提供を開始しました。小中学生を対象に、ゲームでお金の使い方や意思決定を学べる無償の教材となっています🏫

https://finwave.jp/archives/2985

MUFG、新たな「金融経済教育プログラム」に桃太郎電鉄を活用へ - FinWave Japan

☑️ MUFGが小中学生向けの新たな

FinWave Japan
The Japan TimesMar 25
The Tokyo High Court has upheld a lower court ruling sentencing a former MUFG Bank employee to nine years in prison for allegedly stealing customers' assets worth ¥390 million from safe deposit boxes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/25/japan/crime-legal/former-mufg-worker-ruling-upheld/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mufg #banks #japanesecourts
Tokyo High Court upholds nine-year jail term for ex-MUFG banker

The 47-year-old former banker was sentenced to nine years in prison for allegedly stealing assets worth ¥390 million from safe deposit boxes.

The Japan Times
Yonhap Infomax NewsMar 5
MUFG analyst Lee Hardman says dollar strength following Iran war outbreak was amplified by short squeeze of leveraged funds' positions at highest level since March 2022, but expects rally to be short-lived with potential reversal from Q2 as Fed unlikely to raise rates and may cut if energy prices decline
#YonhapInfomax #DollarStrength #ShortSqueeze #LeveragedFunds #MUFG #FederalReserve #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=108250
MUFG - Dollar Strength Amplified by Speculative Short Squeeze, Rally Likely Short-Lived

MUFG analyst Lee Hardman says dollar strength following Iran war outbreak was amplified by short squeeze of leveraged funds' positions at highest level since March 2022, but expects rally to be short-lived with potential reversal from Q2 as Fed unlikely to raise rates and may cut if energy prices decline

Yonhap Infomax
The Japan TimesFeb 27
Japan's Rapidus has locked in another ¥267.6 billion in funding, with ¥100 billion coming from the government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/27/companies/rapidus-new-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #rapidus #banks #chipmakers #mufg #sumitomomitsui #mizuho #tech
Japan's Rapidus receives another ¥267.6 billion in funding

The government now controls 11.5% of the chipmaker, and that figure reaches up to 40% if nonvoting shares are converted.

The Japan Times
YAYAFAFeb 19
お金と仲良くなる物語 #3 番外編 「あざとさが通じない話」【三菱UFJ銀行公式】 https://www.yayafa.com/2727843/ #MUFG #三菱UFJ銀行 #岡田健史 #金融 #銀行
The Japan TimesFeb 6
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group plans to hire bankers to arrange financing deals for data centers as Japan’s biggest bank jumps on the artificial intelligence boom. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/06/companies/mitsubishi-ufj-data-center-finance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mufg #datacenters #banks #ai
MUFG eyes piece of AI boom with hiring for data center financing

Financing AI initiatives is becoming a lucrative business for banks worldwide.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesFeb 4
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s profit rose in the third quarter as higher interest rates boosted lending income. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/04/mufg-profit-rises/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #mufg #banks
MUFG profit rises as BOJ’s rate increases bolster lending income

Net income climbed 6% from a year earlier to ¥520.6 billion ($3.3 billion) in the three months ended Dec. 31.

The Japan Times