LTCB put under state control

LTCB put under state control

Takashi Anzai, new president of the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB), speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday Nov. 4. The ailing LTCB began operating as a nationalized bank under new management in a first step toward disposing of its bad loans under banking legislation enacted last month.

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