is a trust bank

Bank

A bank is a financial institution that serves as a financial intermediary. The term "bank" may refer to one of several related types of entities:...

 in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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Shareholders

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation

is the trust banking arm of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, a Japanese financial services group which is the largest in the world measured by assets...

, Tokyo, 46.5%

Nippon Life Insurance Co, Tokyo, 33.5%

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co, Tokyo, 10%

Nochu Trust and Banking, 10%

History

Issuer: Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd., The

Master Trust Bank of Japan is a specialized master trust asset management bank that is capitalized and operated by Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking, Nippon Life, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance and Norinchukin Trust and Banking

Norinchukin Bank

The Norinchukin Bank is a Japanese cooperative bank serving over 5612 agricultural, fishing and forestry cooperatives from its headquarters in Tokyo. Its members include cooperative federations such as the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives and the Japan Fishery Cooperatives...

. The rating for the bank reflects the strong operating base against a background of the large market shares enjoyed by the shareholders above, good financial structure and possibility of support from the shareholders to it.

External links

• The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (in Japanese)