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UFJ Bank inaugurated through Sanwa, Tokai merger

TOKYO, Japan - Chairman Hideo Ogasawara (L) and President Masashi Teranishi (R) cut tapes to inaugurate UFJ Bank at the bank's Tokyo headquarters building Jan. 15 through the merger of Sanwa Bank and Tokai Bank, both member firms of UFJ Holdings Inc. The merger gives UFJ Bank, with its corporate headquarters in Nagoya, 80 trillion yen in assets on an unconsolidated basis.

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Sanwa, Tokai, Toyo banks to form UFJ Holdings

TOKYO, Japan - Sanwa Bank, Tokai Bank and Toyo Trust & Banking Co. have announced they will set up a joint holding company called ''UFJ Holdings Inc.'' in April 2001. Shaking hands at a news conference Oct. 4 are (from L to R) Tokai Bank President Hideo Ogasawara, Sanwa Bank President Kaneo Muromachi and Toyo Trust & Banking President Shunroku Yokosuka. UFJ, which stands for United Financial of Japan, will be based in Osaka, and the three banks will integrate their operations under the new holding company.

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Toyo Trust to join Sanwa-Tokai alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Shunroku Yokosuka, president of Toyo Trust & Banking Co., Kaneo Muromachi, president of Sanwa Bank, and Hideo Ogasawara, president of Tokai Bank, (from L to R) shake hands at a news conference held at Sanwa Bank's head office in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on July 5. The three banks have basically agreed to have Toyo Trust join the Sanwa-Tokai alliance to be formed in April 2001.

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Asahi to pull out from integration with Sanwa, Tokai

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Bank President Tatsuro Ito speaks at a news conference June 15 on his bank's decision to pull out of a planned integration of operations with two other major commercial banks -- Tokai Bank and Sanwa Bank. He said Asahi will realize its own strategy of evolving into a multiregional bank focusing on the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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UFJ Bank inaugurated through Sanwa, Tokai merger

TOKYO, Japan - Chairman Hideo Ogasawara (L) and President Masashi Teranishi (R) cut tapes to inaugurate UFJ Bank at the bank's Tokyo headquarters building Jan. 15 through the merger of Sanwa Bank and Tokai Bank, both member firms of UFJ Holdings Inc. The merger gives UFJ Bank, with its corporate headquarters in Nagoya, 80 trillion yen in assets on an unconsolidated basis.

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Sanwa, Tokai, Toyo banks to form UFJ Holdings

TOKYO, Japan - Sanwa Bank, Tokai Bank and Toyo Trust & Banking Co. have announced they will set up a joint holding company called ''UFJ Holdings Inc.'' in April 2001. Shaking hands at a news conference Oct. 4 are (from L to R) Tokai Bank President Hideo Ogasawara, Sanwa Bank President Kaneo Muromachi and Toyo Trust & Banking President Shunroku Yokosuka. UFJ, which stands for United Financial of Japan, will be based in Osaka, and the three banks will integrate their operations under the new holding company.

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Toyo Trust to join Sanwa-Tokai alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Shunroku Yokosuka, president of Toyo Trust & Banking Co., Kaneo Muromachi, president of Sanwa Bank, and Hideo Ogasawara, president of Tokai Bank, (from L to R) shake hands at a news conference held at Sanwa Bank's head office in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on July 5. The three banks have basically agreed to have Toyo Trust join the Sanwa-Tokai alliance to be formed in April 2001.

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Asahi to pull out from integration with Sanwa, Tokai

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Bank President Tatsuro Ito speaks at a news conference June 15 on his bank's decision to pull out of a planned integration of operations with two other major commercial banks -- Tokai Bank and Sanwa Bank. He said Asahi will realize its own strategy of evolving into a multiregional bank focusing on the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Sanwa, Tokai, Asahi banks to form banking group

TOKYO, Japan - Sanwa Bank, Tokai Bank and Asahi Bank announce March 14 they will set up a joint holding company in April 2001 to form Japan's 2nd largest banking group. Photo shows the three banks' presidents -- (from L to R) Kaneo Muromachi of Sanwa Bank, Tatsuro Ito of Asahi Bank and Hideo Ogasawara of Tokai Bank -- after making the announcement at a Tokyo hotel.