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MUFG has posted strong quarterly earnings after lending income rose due to higher domestic interest rates and robust loan demand.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2026
MUFG profit beats estimates capping bumper quarter for Â鶹´«Ã½ banks
Net income climbed 48% from a year earlier to ?809.4 billion in the three months ended June 30, exceeding analysts¡¯ ?633.4 billion average estimate.
Carsten Stoehr, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking's Asia-Pacific deputy head, has been leading more complex financing deals to increase profitability at the bank.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2026
Credit Suisse veteran shakes up SMBC in new era for Japan banks
Â鶹´«Ã½ second-largest lender is branching out into new products and moving toward riskier, higher-yielding structured credit deals.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's market capitalization reached ?42 trillion, surpassing that of Toyota.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 13, 2026
MUFG becomes Â鶹´«Ã½ most valuable firm for first time
The development comes amid an improved business environment resulting from the Bank of Â鶹´«Ã½ interest rate hikes.
"I want to achieve the goal we set 20 years ago to become one of the world¡¯s top five banks,¡± Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group CEO Junichi Hanzawa said in his first interview since taking the helm.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2026
MUFG¡¯s new CEO rekindles ambition to claim spot among world¡¯s top five banks
The goal reflects growing confidence within Â鶹´«Ã½ biggest banks, which are forecasting another year of record profits as rates rise and loan demand picks up.
MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking and other lenders have agreed to extend the maturity of about ?75 billion ($463 million) in loans to Godiva Japan by nine months.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 30, 2026
Godiva¡¯s Japan lenders agree on 9-month loan extension
The chocolate maker posted a net loss of about ?30 billion for the year ended December 2025.
Godiva Japan, which was taken over by Asian private equity fund MBK Partners in 2019, owes about ?75 billion ($464 million) by the end of this month, according to people familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2026
Godiva Japan said to seek extension on $464 million leveraged buyout loan
Godiva Japan, which was taken over by Asian private equity fund MBK Partners in 2019, owes about ?75 billion ($464 million) by the end of this month, according to informed sources.
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management warned that the Bank of Japan may need a larger or unscheduled rate hike, saying an expected increase this month may not be enough to halt the yen¡¯s slide and weakness in government bonds.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2026
Mitsubishi UFJ says Japan may need jumbo rate hike to boost yen
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management said a larger or out-of-cycle Bank of Japan rate hike can¡¯t be ruled out, warning that an expected increase this month may not be enough to prevent further declines in the yen and Japanese government bonds.
Axiom Space's latest funding round includes support from new backer MUFG Bank, Â鶹´«Ã½ largest bank, along with existing investors, the startup has said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2026
Axiom Space boosts funding to $525 million with MUFG Bank as new investor
The startup is among several firms competing to build a commercial replacement to the International Space Station, which is set to be decommissioned by 2030.
With Anthropic's Claude Mythos, financial institutions will be able to rapidly detect vulnerabilities in their systems and fix them.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 3, 2026
Japanese government and banks granted access to Claude Mythos
The access could help the government and the nation¡¯s megabanks shore up any cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has priced a ?300 billion ($1.9 billion) dual-tranche Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bond deal, adding to a growing pipeline that underwriters estimate could push Japanese bank issuance of the special bond to a record high this year.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 29, 2026
Japanese banks see hybrid bond boom to fund regulatory capital
The issuance of Additional Tier 1 bonds, which are considered among the riskiest forms of bank debt, could rise to a record high in Japan this year.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group said in April that it was aware of new free float rules and speculation on taking PT Bank Danamon Indonesia private, but that nothing had been decided.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2026
MUFG exploring options for stake in Indonesian lender Danamon, sources say
Indonesia has given listed companies up to three years to increase their public floats as part of reforms to boost transparency.
Outstanding loans across all Japanese banks increased by 5.4% year-on-year in April, while deposits grew only 1.9%, prompting major banks to work to meet clients¡¯ needs through various funding measures.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 20, 2026
Japan banks face challenge of loan growth outpacing deposits
For decades, deflation kept loan demand tepid and prompted savers to hoard cash. Now the country is seeing an explosion of borrowing, and deposits aren¡¯t keeping up.
MUFG Bank, Mizuho Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking are all likely to gain access to Anthropic¡¯s artificial intelligence model, Mythos.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2026
Japan megabanks set to win Mythos access after Bessent visit
Mythos access could be granted to MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking and Mizuho Bank as early as the end of May.
Mitsubishi UFJ is enhancing its services partly by leveraging expertise from technology giants.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 7, 2026
MUFG to form strategic partnership with Google
The two firms will develop a service to assist customers in online shopping and payments with the help of artificial intelligence.
Residential buildings in New Delhi. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is seeking to deepen its presence in India¡¯s real estate market, which has attracted global investors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 29, 2026
MUFG to foray into real estate and expand forex derivatives in India
Â鶹´«Ã½ biggest bank is seeking to deepen its presence in the world¡¯s fastest-growing major economy.
Masakazu Osawa, chief executive officer of MUFG Bank, at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on April 17
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 22, 2026
MUFG Bank seeks more acquisitions after $4.3 billion India deal
Nonbank financial companies are potential targets, MUFG banking unit CEO Masakazu Osawa said, without ruling out further forays.
MUFG has about 1,300 staff involved globally in the transaction-banking business.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 2, 2026
MUFG to take on global peers for slice of $1.3 trillion transaction-banking pie
Â鶹´«Ã½ largest lender is looking to capitalize on its competitive strengths in key Asian markets as it strives to catch up with global peers.
The Tokyo High Court has upheld a lower court ruling sentencing a former MUFG banker to nine years in prison for allegedly stealing assets worth ?390 million from safe deposit boxes.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 25, 2026
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.
Rapidus is building a massive plant in Chitose, Hokkaido, for the manufacture of advanced semiconductors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 27, 2026
Â鶹´«Ã½ 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.
Fumitaka Nakahama, head of global corporate and investment banking at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 6, 2026
MUFG eyes piece of AI boom with hiring for data center financing
Financing AI initiatives is becoming a lucrative business for banks worldwide.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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