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Barclays Japan (バークレイズ日本)

Confidence: Likely Updated 2026-05-26 Review by 2026-11-15 Sources 5 Machine-translated Original (JA)
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TL;DR

The Japan base of the UK’s Barclays PLC (G-SIB Bucket 2). 1969 opened a representative office → 1972 Tokyo branch → 1986 first UK bank to list on the TSE → 1987 BZW securities office → 1990 TSE member → 2006 incorporated as Barclays Capital Securities → 2012 renamed Barclays Securities. In the post-Lehman-shock global restructuring, Barclays acquired North America, while nomura-hd acquired Asia-Pacific (including Japan), so the Japan base did not directly benefit from the Lehman integration and pursued a self-driven strategy concentrated on IB / markets. In the 2016 global restructuring it withdrew from the Asian cash-equities business, and it now retains the 4 bases of Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and India as its core Asian markets. Around 500 名 in scale, headquartered on the 31F of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower.

1. Company overview

Parent: Barclays PLC (UK-listed, LSE: BARC, NYSE: BCS) — G-SIB Bucket 2 Country CEO (Japan representative): Kosuke Morimoto

Main Japan entities

EntityFormBusiness
Barclays Bank PLC, Tokyo Branchforeign-bank branchcorporate banking, markets
Barclays Securities Japan Limiteddomestic entity / financial-instruments operatorinvestment banking, equity / bond underwriting, M&A advisory, trading
  • The former Barclays Capital Securities (2006-2012) → renamed to the current name in 2012
  • The former Barclays Investment Trust & Advisory (asset management) — existed in the past
  • The former Barclays Global Investors Trust Bank (BGI) → absorbed and merged into Sumitomo Trust & Banking (now sumitomo-mitsui-trust) in 2008

Barclays Securities (entity information)

ItemContent
Representative directorKentaro Kiso
Head office〒106-6131 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 31F
RegistrationDirector-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Financial Instruments) 第143号
Corporate number4010401086856
Number of employeesJapan group total approx. 500 名
Phone03-4530-1100

Positioning of the Japan base

Barclays PLC (UK-listed, G-SIB Bucket 2)
  └── Asia Pacific (4  core markets after the 2016  restructuring)
        ├── Japan ★ (Tokyo)
        ├── Hong Kong
        ├── Singapore
        └── India

Japan base
  ├── Barclays Bank, Tokyo Branch (foreign-bank branch)
  └── Barclays Securities (domestic entity)
        └── concentrated on the 31F of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower

2. History / key chronology

YearEvent
1969Barclays Bank opened a Tokyo representative office (Barclays’ first Asian base)
1972Upgraded to a Tokyo branch and began operations
1986First to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as a UK bank
1987The representative office of BZW Securities (the predecessor of Barclays Capital Securities) → upgraded to a branch
1990BZW Securities, Tokyo branch, became a full member of the TSE
1995BZW Securities → renamed BZW Japan Securities, Tokyo branch
1998Renamed Barclays Capital Securities, Tokyo branch
2006Barclays Capital Securities → Barclays Capital Securities K.K. (incorporated as a Japan entity)
2008-06-28Delisted from the TSE
2008-09Acquired Lehman Brothers’ Americas business for approx. $17.5 億 (strengthening global IB) — but Asia-Pacific + Europe / Middle East were acquired by nomura-hd, with no direct integration effect on the Japan base
2008BGI Trust Bank → absorbed and merged into Sumitomo Trust & Banking (now sumitomo-mitsui-trust)
2009-06Parent Barclays sold the entire BGI division to BlackRock for approx. $135 億 → Japan also effectively withdrew from asset management
2010-03Otemachi ↔ Roppongi base swap (a partial exchange with Nomura, which had inherited the former Lehman base; Barclays consolidated onto the 31F of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
2012Barclays Capital Securities → renamed Barclays Securities K.K.
2016Global restructuring: withdrew from the Asian cash-equities business, scaled back IB from Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, with Japan retained as a 4 core market. Withdrew from Africa at the same time
2016Advisor to the buy side on the Asahi Group HD acquisition of the CEE beer business (approx. 8900 億円) — the sole large M&A deal
2021-12Asia-revival policy (Bloomberg report), strengthening hiring in Japan and Hong Kong
2024-01Appointed Naohiko Baba as chief economist and head of research
2025-01Hired Yoichi Takemura as head of macro trading for Japan

A point easily misunderstood: Barclays’ Lehman North America acquisition (2008-09) did not bring a direct headcount / business expansion effect to Japan. Asia-Pacific (including Japan) + Europe / Middle East were acquired by nomura-hd. The Japan base’s M&A / IB expansion was carried out on its own.

3. Business segment map

SegmentMain operatorsFeatures
Investment banking (IB)Barclays Securities + Barclays Bank Tokyo BranchM&A advisory, ECM, DCM. Centered on cross-border M&A
MarketsBarclays Securities / Tokyo branchEquities (partial) / bonds / FX / rates / credit / commodities
Corporate bankingBarclays Bank, Tokyo BranchLending / transaction banking for multinational corporations
ResearchBarclays Securities Research DepartmentNaohiko Baba serves as chief economist
Asset management(withdrawn)Sold BGI to BlackRock (2009), trust absorbed into Sumitomo Trust (2008)
RetailNot developedThe UK parent holds UK Barclaycard, but there is no Japan rollout

The parent’s strategic context

  • 2016 CEO Jes Staley’s “Transatlantic + Consumer + Corporate + IB” strategy → withdrew from emerging-market IB, narrowing Asia to 4 core markets
  • 2021- shift to an Asia-revival policy, rebuilding in Japan and Hong Kong
  • 2024- continued concentration on IB + markets

Competitive position in Japan

Major past deals

  • 2016 Advisor to the buy side on the Asahi Group HD acquisition of the CEE beer business (approx. 8900 億円)
  • 2013 Advisor to the sell side on Orix’s acquisition of the Robeco Group (approx. 2400 億円)

5. Regulation / policy

  • Supervisor: Financial Services Agency (FSA) + Kanto Local Finance Bureau
  • Securities-business license: Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Financial Instruments) 第143号 (Barclays Securities)
  • Banking-business license: foreign-bank branch authorization (Tokyo branch)
  • Recent policy issues:
    • 2024 onward, BoJ rate hikes → expanding yen-rate markets opportunities
    • 2025 onward, the Asia IB re-strengthening policy → continued hiring in Japan

Sources

[!info] Verification status confidence: likely (official + public IR + secondary reporting, no internal information, 2026-05-19). The year of establishment, base transitions, representatives, location, and registration number are based on official / public data. The historical strategic context is from Bloomberg / Nikkei Asia reporting. M&A deal details are from M&A Online. League-table rankings vary by point in time; for the latest, refer to public league tables such as MAYNARDS / Refinitiv.