(1)New banks, nonlife insurers kick off operations

(1)New banks, nonlife insurers kick off operations

TOKYO, Japan - Hideo Ogasawara, president of UFJ Holding Inc., a holding firm of Sanwa Bank, Tokai Bank and Toyo Trust & Banking Co., speaks at the company's opening ceremony in Tokyo on April 2. Three new megabank groups -- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., formed by the merger of Sumitomo Bank and Sakura Bank, Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc., a merged body of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Co. and Nippon Trust Bank, as well as UFJ Holdings Inc. -- began operations the same day.

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