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SBJ Bank (Shinhan Bank Japan)

Confidence: Likely Updated 2026-06-24 Review by 2026-12-24 Sources 3 Machine-translated Original (JA)
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This entry sits under regional-banks INDEX. Read it against Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking (MUTB) for peer / contrast context and banking index for the broader system / regulatory boundary.

TL;DR

SBJ Bank is a Japan-incorporated domestic bank wholly owned by Korea’s Shinhan Bank. SBJ’s company profile gives the legal name as 株式会社SBJ銀行, the English name as Shinhan Bank Japan, the major shareholder as Shinhan Bank with 100% ownership, and the dates 2009-01-08 for establishment and 2009-09-14 for the start of banking operations.^[source:sbj-profile-2025] The FSA bank-license workbook also lists 株式会社ＳＢＪ銀行, so this page treats SBJ as a Japan-incorporated bank rather than a foreign bank branch.^[source:fsa-ginkou-2026] SBJ’s profile footer also states JBA membership, deposit-insurance eligibility, and Kanto Local Finance Bureau registration No. 664.^[source:sbj-profile-2025]

ItemReading
Legal name株式会社SBJ銀行
English / originShinhan Bank Japan
FSA categoryOther bank / Japan-incorporated domestic bank.^[source:fsa-ginkou-2026]
Parent boundaryWholly owned subsidiary of Korea’s Shinhan Bank.^[source:sbj-profile-2025]
Establishment / openingEstablished 2009-01-08; banking operations began 2009-09-14.^[source:sbj-profile-2025]
Bank code / SWIFTBank code 0472; SWIFT SHBKJPJX.^[source:sbj-profile-2025]
Deposit insurance / JBAJBA member and deposit-insurance eligible financial institution.^[source:sbj-profile-2025]

2. Business Role

  • As Shinhan Bank’s Japan-incorporated bank, SBJ provides banking services such as deposits, loans, and foreign exchange. Its profile lists the head office at 5-36-7 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, and capital of JPY 40 billion including capital reserve.^[source:sbj-profile-2025]
  • SBJ’s history says Shinhan Bank opened Osaka, Tokyo, and Fukuoka branches in 1986, 1988, and 1997, and that SBJ took over those branch businesses when it was established in 2009.^[source:sbj-history-2026]
  • Treat SBJ as a Korea financial group onshore Japan bank, separate from the foreign-bank branch list. Comparators include Woori Bank Tokyo and Korea Development Bank Tokyo Branch, while the closest subsidiary pattern is Tokyo Star Bank under CTBC.

3. Why Standalone Page Matters

Foreign financial institutions differ materially when they operate as a Japan branch versus a Japan-incorporated bank, especially for regulation, deposit insurance, and legal-entity boundary. SBJ is the latter; the FSA workbook plus SBJ’s own deposit-insurance and JBA disclosures make it an important case of a foreign group choosing a domestic Japanese bank license rather than retreating from Japan.^[source:fsa-ginkou-2026][source:sbj-profile-2025]

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