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Aozora Bank sign and logo

Aozora Bank sign and logo=November 27,2025,Tokyo

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Aozora Bank sign and logo

Aozora Bank sign and logo=November 27,2025,Tokyo

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Aozora Bank exterior

Aozora Bank exterior=November 27,2025,Tokyo

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Aozora Bank sign and logo

Aozora Bank sign and logo=November 27,2025,Tokyo

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Aozora Bank signage and logo

Aozora Bank signage and logo=Date:Febuary 1, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Aozora Bank President Change Press Conference

Aozora Bank President Change Press Conference. From left, Kei Tanikawa, president of Aozora Bank, Hideto Ohmi, President-Elect=Date:Febuary 1, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Aozora Bank President Change Press Conference

Aozora Bank President Change Press Conference. Hideto Ohmi, President-Elect=Date:Febuary 1, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Shinsei, Aozora banks agree to merge next year

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters of Shinsei Bank in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Informed sources said on June 25 that the bank and Aozora Bank have reached a basic agreement on a merger next year, a move that would create Japan's sixth-largest banking group in terms of assets.

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Shinsei, Aozora banks agree to merge next year

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters of Aozora Bank in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Informed sources said on June 25 that the bank and Shinsei Bank have reached a basic agreement on a merger next year, a move that would create Japan's sixth-largest banking group in terms of assets.

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Shinsei, Aozora banks in merger talks

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in June 1999 shows the head office of Shinsei Bank in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The bank is in merger talks with Aozora Bank.

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Shinsei, Aozora banks in merger talks

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in November 2007 shows the head office of Aozora Bank in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The bank is in merger talks with Shinsei Bank.

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Prince to take helm at Aozora Bank

TOKYO, Japan - Aozora Bank Deputy President Brian Prince (2nd from L), who has become acting president of the bank, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10. Prince will assume the bank's top post after his appointment is approved at a general shareholders meeting in June, succeeding Federico Sacasa. Sacasa stepped down to take responsibility after the bank said it expects its group net loss for the year through March to expand to 196 billion yen due to its exposure to the global financial turmoil.

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Aozora fetches initial 495 yen, below IPO price, in TSE debut

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board at the Tokyo Stock Exchange shows Aozora Bank fetching an initial 495 yen on Nov. 14 during its first trading day on the TSE, well below the offering price of 570 yen.

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Aozora Bank confirms giving Cerberus customer data

TOKYO, Japan - Aozora Bank President Hiroshi Maruyama gives a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 9 following a media report that it provided customer information to U.S. investment fund Cerberus Group, one of its top shareholders. The bank confirmed the report but denied a portion of it saying the action was illegal because some of the information allegedly given to Cerberus is usually kept secret.

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Aozora Bank, reincarnation of failed NCB, begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Marayama (2nd from R), president of Aozora Bank, the reincarnation of failed Nippon Credit Bank, unveils the bank's new corporate logo at a ceremony at the head office in Tokyo's Kudanshita on Jan. 4. Aozora literally means ''blue sky'' in Japanese.

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NCB begins operations under new owners

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Credit Bank (NCB) opens Sept. 4 for its first official day of business under the ownership of a consortium led by Internet investor Softbank Corp., following 21 months of state control that ended Sept. 1. The new management is expected to adopt a plan to rename the institution Aozora Bank in January 2001. Aozora means ''blue sky'' in Japanese. Photo shows new NCB executives (from L to R) of Kokei Higuchi, president of Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Masayoshi Son, president of Softbank Corp., Tadayo Homma, a former executive director of the Bank of Japan, who is expected to become president of the new bank, and Yoshihiko Miyauchi, chairman of Orix Corp.

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NCB to make fresh start as 'Aozora Bank'

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the Tokyo headquarters of the nationalized Nippon Credit Bank (NCB), which was sold to a consortium led by Internet investor Softbank Corp. on Sept. 1. The group plans to rename it ''Aozora Bank'' -- the Japanese word for blue sky -- on Jan. 1 next year.

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Smartphone application screen for Aozora Bank's new money service, BANK

Based on the concept of "money services for a great life," BANK is a new service centered on a smartphone application that was created for adults who cherish the value of "spending money and time wisely to live a happy life. We deliver simple, speedy, and smart services that are "truly useful" and that are close to each individual's lifestyle. Photo taken on July 16, 2019 at Aozora Bank's new service announcement venue, credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun/Communications Images, with instructions from the client to mosaic the account number.

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Smartphone application screen for Aozora Bank's new money service, BANK

Based on the concept of "money services for a great life," BANK is a new service centered on a smartphone application that was created for adults who cherish the value of "spending money and time wisely to live a happy life. We deliver simple, speedy, and smart services that are "truly useful" and that are close to each individual's lifestyle. Photo taken on July 16, 2019 at Aozora Bank's new service announcement venue, credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun/Communications Images, with instructions from the client to mosaic the account number.

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Smartphone application screen for Aozora Bank's new money service, BANK

Based on the concept of "money services for a great life," BANK is a new service centered on a smartphone application that was created for adults who cherish the value of "spending money and time wisely to live a happy life. We deliver simple, speedy, and smart services that are "truly useful" and that are close to each individual's lifestyle. Photo taken on July 16, 2019 at Aozora Bank's new service announcement venue, credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun/Communications Images, with instructions from the client to mosaic the account number.

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Smartphone application screen for Aozora Bank's new money service, BANK

Based on the concept of "money services for a great life," BANK is a new service centered on a smartphone application that was created for adults who cherish the value of "spending money and time wisely to live a happy life. We deliver simple, speedy, and smart services that are "truly useful" and that are close to each individual's lifestyle. Photo taken on July 16, 2019 at Aozora Bank's new service announcement venue, credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun/Communications Images, with instructions from the client to mosaic the account number.

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Smartphone application screen for Aozora Bank's new money service, BANK

Based on the concept of "money services for a great life," BANK is a new service centered on a smartphone application that was created for adults who cherish the value of "spending money and time wisely to live a happy life. We deliver simple, speedy, and smart services that are "truly useful" and that are close to each individual's lifestyle. Photo taken on July 16, 2019 at Aozora Bank's new service announcement venue, credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun/Communications Images, with instructions from the client to mosaic the account number.

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Smartphone application screen for Aozora Bank's new money service, BANK

Based on the concept of "money services for a great life," BANK is a new service centered on a smartphone application that was created for adults who cherish the value of "spending money and time wisely to live a happy life. We deliver simple, speedy, and smart services that are "truly useful" and that are close to each individual's lifestyle. Photo taken on July 16, 2019 at Aozora Bank's new service announcement venue, credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun/Communications Images, with instructions from the client to mosaic the account number.

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Aozora fetches initial 495 yen, below IPO price, in TSE debut

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board at the Tokyo Stock Exchange shows Aozora Bank fetching an initial 495 yen on Nov. 14 during its first trading day on the TSE, well below the offering price of 570 yen. (Kyodo)

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Prince to take helm at Aozora Bank

TOKYO, Japan - Aozora Bank Deputy President Brian Prince (2nd from L), who has become acting president of the bank, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10. Prince will assume the bank's top post after his appointment is approved at a general shareholders meeting in June, succeeding Federico Sacasa. Sacasa stepped down to take responsibility after the bank said it expects its group net loss for the year through March to expand to 196 billion yen due to its exposure to the global financial turmoil. (Kyodo)

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Shinsei, Aozora banks in merger talks

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in November 2007 shows the head office of Aozora Bank in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The bank is in merger talks with Shinsei Bank. (Kyodo)

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Shinsei, Aozora banks in merger talks

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in June 1999 shows the head office of Shinsei Bank in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The bank is in merger talks with Aozora Bank. (Kyodo)

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Aozora Bank pays off balance of public money

Aozora Bank President and CEO Shinsuke Baba meets with reporters in Tokyo on June 29, 2015, as the bank paid off 143.4 billion yen of the outstanding balance of public money the government had injected into its predecessor Nippon Credit Bank. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TV mascot character entertains kids at Fukushima child center

Tsumori Yamori (L), a popular gecko character featured in Japan Broadcasting Corp.'s (NHK) "Minna no Uta" (Songs for Everyone) program for kids, entertains children during a visit to an early childhood education and care center in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 14, 2015. The Aozora Kodomoen facility is run by the town of Naraha but currently operates at a temporary campus in Iwaki as the entire town remains evacuated due to radioactive contamination from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TV mascot character entertains kids at Fukushima child center

Children dance along with Tsumori Yamori (L), a popular gecko character featured in Japan Broadcasting Corp.'s (NHK) "Minna no Uta" (Songs for Everyone) program for kids, during its visit to an early childhood education and care center in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 14, 2015. The Aozora Kodomoen facility is run by the town of Naraha but currently operates at a temporary campus in Iwaki as the entire town remains evacuated due to radioactive contamination from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster in the northeastern Japan region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aozora Bank begins smartphone-based banking services

Aozora Bank President Shinsuke Baba meets the press in Tokyo on July 16, 2019, to announce the bank's new smartphone-based banking services for individual customers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aozora Bank relocates head office to Sophia Univ. campus in Tokyo

Aozora Bank relocated its head office to a 17-story building (L) on the campus of Sophia University in central Tokyo on May 8, 2017, while partnering with the school on a research project and upcoming course on banking. The university said proceeds from rent will fund scholarships for students from regional areas in Japan and abroad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shinsei, Aozora banks agree to merge next year

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters of Shinsei Bank in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Informed sources said on June 25 that the bank and Aozora Bank have reached a basic agreement on a merger next year, a move that would create Japan's sixth-largest banking group in terms of assets. (Kyodo)

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Shinsei, Aozora banks agree to merge next year

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters of Aozora Bank in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Informed sources said on June 25 that the bank and Shinsei Bank have reached a basic agreement on a merger next year, a move that would create Japan's sixth-largest banking group in terms of assets. (Kyodo)

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Aozora Bank confirms giving Cerberus customer data

TOKYO, Japan - Aozora Bank President Hiroshi Maruyama gives a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 9 following a media report that it provided customer information to U.S. investment fund Cerberus Group, one of its top shareholders. The bank confirmed the report but denied a portion of it saying the action was illegal because some of the information allegedly given to Cerberus is usually kept secret. (Kyodo)

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Aozora Bank, reincarnation of failed NCB, begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Marayama (2nd from R), president of Aozora Bank, the reincarnation of failed Nippon Credit Bank, unveils the bank's new corporate logo at a ceremony at the head office in Tokyo's Kudanshita on Jan. 4. Aozora literally means ''blue sky'' in Japanese.

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NCB begins operations under new owners

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Credit Bank (NCB) opens Sept. 4 for its first official day of business under the ownership of a consortium led by Internet investor Softbank Corp., following 21 months of state control that ended Sept. 1. The new management is expected to adopt a plan to rename the institution Aozora Bank in January 2001. Aozora means ''blue sky'' in Japanese. Photo shows new NCB executives (from L to R) of Kokei Higuchi, president of Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Masayoshi Son, president of Softbank Corp., Tadayo Homma, a former executive director of the Bank of Japan, who is expected to become president of the new bank, and Yoshihiko Miyauchi, chairman of Orix Corp.

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NCB to make fresh start as 'Aozora Bank'

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the Tokyo headquarters of the nationalized Nippon Credit Bank (NCB), which was sold to a consortium led by Internet investor Softbank Corp. on Sept. 1. The group plans to rename it ''Aozora Bank'' -- the Japanese word for blue sky -- on Jan. 1 next year.