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Progress After the Privatization of Public Financial Services and Trends by Type of Financial Institution: Listing of Japan Post Bank and Reorganization of Regional Banks

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In October 2007, five companies affiliated with the Japan Post Group became stock companies wholly owned by the government, i.e., privately operated but government owned companies. In October of the following year, policy-based financial institutions (Development Bank of Japan, Shoko Chukin Bank, and Japan Finance Corporation) also became privately operated but government-owned stock companies.

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Fig. S.3.1

Correlation between regional banks’ assets (trillion yen) as of the end of March 2016 and long-term rating as of April 2017. (Black, 73 banks rated by the Japan Credit Rating Agency; Green, 18 banks rated by the Rating and Investment Information. Blue circle, banks that formed alliances; Red circle, banks that were merged) (PDF 39 kb)

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Uno, A. (2020). Progress After the Privatization of Public Financial Services and Trends by Type of Financial Institution: Listing of Japan Post Bank and Reorganization of Regional Banks. In: Japan Post Bank. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1408-1_3

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