LTCB nonbank affiliate Japan Leasing goes under

LTCB nonbank affiliate Japan Leasing goes under

Hiroaki Okamoto (C), president of Japan Leasing Corp., one of three nonbank affiliates of the ailing Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB), bows his head low Sept. 28 at the end of a press meeting. He said Japan Leasing went bankrupt as it filed for court protection from its creditors under the Corporate Rehabilitation Law. ==Kyodo

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