The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Native name	株式会社三菱東京UFJ銀行
Type	Subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Industry	Financial services
Predecessor(s)	The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.; UFJ Bank, Ltd.
Founded	January 1, 2006; (The Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd.: August 25, 1919); (The Sanwa Bank, Ltd.: 1933); (The Tokai Bank, Ltd.: 1941)
Headquarters	Chiyoda, Tokyo (Marunouchi 2-7-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8388, Japan), Japan
Number of locations	868 branches (as of March 31, 2009)
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Katsunori Nagayasu, (President)
Services	Personal banking; Corporate banking; Investment banking
Revenue	¥2.391 trillion (2009) 15%
Operating income	¥103.8 billion (2009) 24%
Profit	¥213.9 billion (2009) 113%
Total assets	¥160.8 trillion (as of March 31, 2009) 3% from year earlier
Total equity	¥6.857 trillion (as of March 31, 2009) 14% from year earlier
Employees	33,827 (as of March 31, 2009)
Parent	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
Subsidiaries	UnionBanCal Corporation; Senshu Ikeda Holdings, Inc.; kabu.com Securities Co., Ltd.
Website	Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

Head Office in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan.

Fuchu Branch

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU; 株式会社三菱東京UFJ銀行, Kabushiki kaisha mitsubishi tōkyō yūefujei ginkō^?) is the largest bank in Japan, which was established on January 1, 2006, with the merger of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. and UFJ Bank Ltd. The bank serves as the core retail and commercial banking arm of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.

Its traditional client base is made up of Japanese corporates, however, overseas corporate lending increased 35% in the nine months until December 31, 2011. The bank has steadily increased its tier 1 capital ratios from 7.76% in 2009 to 13.04% as reported in February 2012, and its credit ratings have been unaffected by developments in Europe – Standard & Poor’s assigned BTMU’s most recent series of senior unsecured bonds an A-plus rating (as at February 2012).^[1]

As of 31 October 2010, BTMU was ranked by Bloomberg as the largest bank in Japan and the eighth largest in the world.^[2]

The bank's head office is in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, with 772 other offices in Japan and 76 offices overseas.^[3]

History[edit]

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi[edit]

BTMU dates back to 1880 as the Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. (株式会社三菱銀行, Kabushiki kaisha mitsubishi ginkō^?) was founded by former samurai Iwasaki Yatarō, and was a core member of Mitsubishi Group companies. Also, in 1880, the Yokohama Specie Bank was established, which was the forerunner of the Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. (株式会社東京銀行, Kabushiki kaisha tōkyō ginkō^?), established in 1945 with most of Yokohama Specie Bank's assets. In April 1996, the Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. and the Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. merged into the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. (株式会社東京三菱銀行, Kabushiki kaisha tōkyō mitsubishi ginkō^?), becoming the world's largest bank in terms of total assets.^[4]

UFJ Bank[edit]

UFJ Bank Ltd. (株式会社UFJ銀行, Kabushiki kaisha yūefujei ginkō^?) was a Japanese bank originally established by the merger in 2002 of the Sanwa Bank, Ltd. (株式会社三和銀行, Kabushiki kaisha sanwa ginkō^?) (based in Osaka), the Tokai Bank, Ltd. (株式会社東海銀行, Kabushiki kaisha tōkai ginkō^?) (based in Nagoya), and Toyo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. (東洋信託銀行株式会社, Tōyo shintaku ginkō kabushiki kaisha^?).