Taiga Uranaka

Japan’s financial regulator will monitor lending to the real estate sector as part of efforts to study risks posed by the country’s rising interest rates.

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's main bank industry group warned that government bond yields are likely to keep rising, running the risk of writedowns and a hit to profits.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency is stepping up its scrutiny of financing for AI data centers by the country’s biggest banks and life insurers, as major financial institutions increase their exposure to the rapidly expanding sector.

Three regional banks in northern Japan are set to begin merger talks, people familiar with the matter said, a fresh sign that industry consolidation is gaining momentum amid the country’s declining population.

The move by three leading banks in neighboring prefectures is likely to send ripples through the industry, adding to a wave of consolidation.

Top executives at Prudential Financial Inc.'s Japan unit will take pay cuts after a panel of outside experts issued a report on widespread employee misconduct involving customers' money.

Japan’s biggest bank is tentatively getting back into the country’s benchmark government bonds, even as it remains concerned that yields could further spike due to fiscal and monetary policies in the nation.

Two local Japanese lenders in Osaka and nearby Shiga prefectures are poised to merge to create the biggest regional banking group in Kansai region, according to people familiar with the matter.

Japanese IT services provider GMO Internet Group Inc. said it has asked the government to deploy active cyber defense as the company works to contain the fallout from a hacking incident.

Japan’s rising interest rates are giving Kyoto Financial Group Inc. more reason to cash in on some of its $6 billion in paper gains on cross-shareholdings.