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U.S. Open tennis runner-up Nishikori returns home

NARITA, Japan - Kei Nishikori (R), the runner-up at the U.S. Open tennis tournament, receives flowers from Nobuo Kuroyanagi, chairman of the Japan Tennis Association, during a press conference at a hotel in Narita near Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2014, after returning home. Nishikori became the first Asian man to play in a Grand Slam singles final.

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Mitsubishi UFJ, Morgan Stanley to set up firm to assist mergers

NEW YORK, United States - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L) and Morgan Stanley Chairman John J. Mack shake hands in New York on June 30. The two companies will set up a joint venture to assist mergers and acquisitions as part of their business strategy to enhance their alliance.

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MUFG records 1st net loss in FY 2008, eyes profit in FY 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi speaks at a press conference at the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on May 19. Japan's largest banking group reported its first red ink in fiscal 2008 since its launch in 2005.

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MUFG, Morgan Stanley to merge Japan brokerage units by spring 2010

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi (R) speaks during a press conference announcing that his company and U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley aim to create a new securities company by merging their Japanese units by the end of March 2010.

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MUFG, Morgan Stanley to merge Japan brokerage units by spring 2010

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Morgan Stanley Japan Securities President Jonathan Kindred, Morgan Stanley Co-President Walid Chammah, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities President Fumiyuki Akikusa shake hands after a press conference announcing their aim to create a new securities company by merging their Japanese units by the end of March 2010.

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MUFG's net profit falls 64% in FY 2008 1st half

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi, president and CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., briefs reporters on the group's earnings report for the first half of fiscal 2008 during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18.

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Mitsubishi UFJ's FY 2007 group net profit down 27.7%

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi, president of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., said in Tokyo on May 20 that group net profit fell 27.7 percent in fiscal 2007 from the year before to 636.62 billion yen.

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Nagayasu to head Bank of Tokyo-M'bishi UFJ from April 1

TOKYO, Japan - Katsunori Nagayasu (R), the newly nominated president of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L), the newly nominated chairman, speak to the press in Tokyo on Jan. 16 after the bank announced the top-level management change. Nagayasu is currently vice president, and Kuroyanagi the president. The two will assume their new posts on April 1.

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Mitsubishi UFJ's 1st-half group net profit plunges 49%

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi, president of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., briefs reporters on the group's earnings report for the first half of fiscal 2007 at the Bank of Japan's headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 21.

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Mitsubishi UFJ reports effective 25.5% fall in FY 2006 net profit

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi answers media questions during a press conference in Tokyo on May 23. He said Mitsubishi UFJ's group net profit in fiscal 2006 posted an effective 25.5 percent drop from the previous year to 881 billion yen as an extra profit on recovery of loan-loss provisions in the previous year diminished with new provisions made in the year.

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Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ ordered to suspend part of operations

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi (C), president of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, and other bank executives bow in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 15. The Financial Services Agency ordered the bank to suspend part of its lending operations for a week over earlier improper lending to a man who was recently convicted of embezzlement.

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Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ ordered to suspend part of operations

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L), president of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 15 after the Financial Services Agency ordered the bank to suspend part of its lending operations for a week over earlier improper lending to a man who was recently convicted of embezzlement.

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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial's net profit totals 507.3 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi, president of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., announces the group's earnings for the first six months of fiscal 2006 at a news conference at the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo on Nov. 20.

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MUFG's net profit tops 1 tril. yen, Mizuho logs record profit

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi (3rd from right) speaks at a press conference on May 22 on the group's business results for fiscal 2005. The world's largest banking group reported more than 1 trillion yen ($8.87 billion) in consolidated net profit for the year to March 31, 2006.

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MUFG's net profit tops 1 tril. yen, Mizuho logs record profit

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi speaks at a press conference on May 22 on the group's business results for fiscal 2005. The world's largest banking group reported more than 1 trillion yen ($8.87 billion) in consolidated net profit for the year, which saw Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. merged with UFJ Holdings Inc.

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Mitsubishi UFJ, Merrill Lynch starts private banking unit

TOKYO, Japan - Robert McCann (L), vice chairman of Merrill Lynch & Co., and Nobuo Kuroyanagi, president of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., shake hands during a ceremony in Tokyo on May 1 to mark the beginning of operations at Mitsubishi UFJ Merrill Lynch PB Securities Co., an equally owned private banking venture between Mitsubishi UFJ group and Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co.

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Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ starts merged operation after 3-month delay

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L), president of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, speaks to reporters at the bank's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 4 after a ceremony marking the start of the bank's operations following the merger of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and UFJ Bank.

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Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ starts merged operation

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L), president of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Chairman Shigemitsu Miki (C), and Vice President Takamune Okihara cut the tape during a ceremony marking the start of merged operations at the bank's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 4. The bank made its debut on Jan. 1 with the merger of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and UFJ Bank.

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MUFG celebrates inauguration as world's largest group in assets

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L), president of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., and Group Chairman Ryosuke Tamakoshi cut the tape in Tokyo on Oct. 3 during a ceremony to commemorate the founding of the world's largest financial group in terms of assets.

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MTFG's Kuroyanagi to become bankers' association head next April

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Bankers Association on Sept. 20 selected Nobuo Kuroyanagi (file photo), president of Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc., as the next chairman who will replace current head Terunobu Maeda.

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Tokyo-Mitsubishi, UFJ delay merger

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi (R), president of Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc., and UFJ Bank President Takamune Okihara hold a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 12. They announced the postponement of the merger of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and UFJ Bank for three months to Jan. 1.

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Mitsubishi Tokyo suffers 39.7% fall in net profit for FY 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi tells a press conference on May 25 that group net profit fell 39.7 percent in fiscal 2004 from a year earlier to 338.42 billion yen due to growing bad-loan disposal costs.

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(2)MTFG, UFJ set merger ratio at 1 to 0.62

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L) and UFJ Holdings Inc. President Ryosuke Tamakoshi pose at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 18. A new company to be formed through their merger on Oct. 1 will be named Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and rank top in the world in terms of assets.

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(1) MTFG, UFJ set merger ratio at 1 to 0.62

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L) shows off the symbol mark of a new banking group to be formed through a merger between his group and UFJ Holdings Inc. on Oct. 1 at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 18. Seated to his right is UFJ Holdings President Ryosuke Tamakoshi.

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Mitsubishi Tokyo's group net profit drops 43% in fiscal 2004 1st half

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24. The company said its group net profit dropped 43.1 percent in the fiscal first half from a year earlier to 171.68

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UFJ, Mitsubishi Tokyo ink basic accord to merge Oct. 1, 2005

TOKYO, Japan - UFJ Holdings Inc. President Ryosuke Tanmakoshi (L) and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi pose for photos at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 12 after signing a basic merger agreement that would clear the way for them to create the largest financial group in the world in October 2005.

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(2)UFJ, Mitsubishi Tokyo ink basic accord to merge Oct. 1, 2005

TOKYO, Japan - UFJ Holdings Inc. President Ryosuke Tamakoshi (L) speaks as Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi listens at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 12. They signed a basic merger agreement that would create the world's largest financial group in October 2005.

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(2)Mitsubishi Tokyo, UFJ announce merger accord

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Mitsubishi Tokyo Bank Chairman Shigemitsu Miki, Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi, UFJ Holdings Inc. President Ryosuke Tamakoshi and UFJ Bank President Takamune Okihara give a joint press conference in Tokyo after signing a memorandum of understanding to launch negotiations with the aim of integrating their operations during the first half of fiscal 2005. The deal will create the world's biggest banking group with total assets of 190 trillion yen, topping the 135 trillion yen of Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

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Mitsubishi Tokyo, UFJ announce merger accord

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) UFJ Bank President Takamune Okihara, UFJ Holdings President Ryosuke Tamakoshi, Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi and Mitsubishi Tokyo Bank Chairman Shigemitsu Miki pose for photos after announcing an agreement on their management integration at a press conference in Tokyo on July 16.

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UFJ proposes merger to M'bishi Tokyo, to be top banking group

TOKYO, Japan - UFJ Bank President Takamune Okihara (in left file photo) has made a formal merger proposal to Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi (in right file photo) during their meeting in Tokyo, UFJ said on July 14. The deal would create the world's largest banking group in terms of assets.

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MTFG's Miki to give presidency to Kuroyanagi

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Shigemitsu Miki (L) tells a press conference on April 28 he will hand over the presidency to board director Nobuo Kuroyanagi (R) as of June 29.

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Kuroyanagi set to head Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi

TOKYO, Japan - The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi plans to promote Vice President Nobuo Kuroyanagi (file photo) to replace President Shigemitsu Miki, who will become chairman, bank sources said Feb. 27.

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UFJ, Mitsubishi Tokyo ink basic accord to merge Oct. 1, 2005

TOKYO, Japan - UFJ Holdings Inc. President Ryosuke Tan\makoshi (L) and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi pose for photos at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 12 after signing a basic merger agreement that would clear the way for them to create the largest financial group in the world in October 2005. (Kyodo)

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(2)UFJ, Mitsubishi Tokyo ink basic accord to merge Oct. 1, 2005

TOKYO, Japan - UFJ Holdings Inc. President Ryosuke Tamakoshi (L) speaks as Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi listens at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 12. They signed a basic merger agreement that would create the world's largest financial group in October 2005. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi Tokyo's group net profit drops 43% in fiscal 2004 1st

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24. The company said its group net profit dropped 43.1 percent in the fiscal first half from a year earlier to 171.68 (Kyodo)

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(1) MTFG, UFJ set merger ratio at 1 to 0.62

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L) shows off the symbol mark of a new banking group to be formed through a merger between his group and UFJ Holdings Inc. on Oct. 1 at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 18. Seated to his right is UFJ Holdings President Ryosuke Tamakoshi. (Kyodo)

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(2)MTFG, UFJ set merger ratio at 1 to 0.62

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L) and UFJ Holdings Inc. President Ryosuke Tamakoshi pose at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 18. A new company to be formed through their merger on Oct. 1 will be named Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and rank top in the world in terms of assets. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi Tokyo suffers 39.7% fall in net profit for FY 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi tells a press conference on May 25 that group net profit fell 39.7 percent in fiscal 2004 from a year earlier to 338.42 billion yen due to growing bad-loan disposal costs. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo-Mitsubishi, UFJ delay merger

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi (R), president of Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc., and UFJ Bank President Takamune Okihara hold a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 12. They announced the postponement of the merger of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and UFJ Bank for three months to Jan. 1. (Kyodo)

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MTFG's Kuroyanagi to become bankers' association head next April

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Bankers Association on Sept. 20 selected Nobuo Kuroyanagi (file photo), president of Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc., as the next chairman who will replace current head Terunobu Maeda. (Kyodo)

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MUFG celebrates inauguration as world's largest group in assets

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L), president of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., and Group Chairman Ryosuke Tamakoshi cut the tape in Tokyo on Oct. 3 during a ceremony to commemorate the founding of the world's largest financial group in terms of assets. (Kyodo)

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Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ starts merged operation

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L), president of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Chairman Shigemitsu Miki (C), and Vice President Takamune Okihara cut the tape during a ceremony marking the start of merged operations at the bank's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 4. The bank made its debut on Jan. 1 with the merger of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and UFJ Bank. (Kyodo)

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Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ starts merged operation after 3-mon

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L), president of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, speaks to reporters at the bank's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 4 after a ceremony marking the start of the bank's operations following the merger of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and UFJ Bank. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi UFJ, Merrill Lynch starts private banking unit

TOKYO, Japan - Robert McCann (L), vice chairman of Merrill Lynch & Co., and Nobuo Kuroyanagi, president of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., shake hands during a ceremony in Tokyo on May 1 to mark the beginning of operations at Mitsubishi UFJ Merrill Lynch PB Securities Co., an equally owned private banking venture between Mitsubishi UFJ group and Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co. (Kyodo)

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MUFG's net profit tops 1 tril. yen, Mizuho logs record profit

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi speaks at a press conference on May 22 on the group's business results for fiscal 2005. The world's largest banking group reported more than 1 trillion yen ($8.87 billion) in consolidated net profit for the year, which saw Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. merged with UFJ Holdings Inc. (Kyodo)

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MUFG's net profit tops 1 tril. yen, Mizuho logs record profit

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi (3rd from right) speaks at a press conference on May 22 on the group's business results for fiscal 2005. The world's largest banking group reported more than 1 trillion yen ($8.87 billion) in consolidated net profit for the year to March 31, 2006. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial's net profit totals 507.3 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi, president of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., announces the group's earnings for the first six months of fiscal 2006 at a news conference at the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo on Nov. 20. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ ordered to suspend part of operations

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L), president of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 15 after the Financial Services Agency ordered the bank to suspend part of its lending operations for a week over earlier improper lending to a man who was recently convicted of embezzlement. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ ordered to suspend part of operations

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Kuroyanagi (C), president of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, and other bank executives bow in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 15. The Financial Services Agency ordered the bank to suspend part of its lending operations for a week over earlier improper lending to a man who was recently convicted of embezzlement. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi UFJ reports effective 25.5% fall in FY 2006 net profi

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi answers media questions during a press conference in Tokyo on May 23. He said Mitsubishi UFJ's group net profit in fiscal 2006 posted an effective 25.5 percent drop from the previous year to 881 billion yen as an extra profit on recovery of loan-loss provisions in the previous year diminished with new provisions made in the year. (Kyodo)