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Joyo Bank

Logo: 株式会社常陽銀行, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Japanese bank founded in 19351

The Joyo Bank, Ltd. (株式会社常陽銀行, Jōyō Ginkō Kabushiki Kaisha) is a Japanese regional bank that is headquartered in Mito city, Ibaraki Prefecture. The bank is relatively large among Japanese regional lenders, and operates branches throughout the Kantō region. In addition to branches in Miyagi, Fukushima, Chiba, Saitama, Tokyo, and Osaka prefectures, the bank also operates a representative office in Shanghai.2 It is part of Mebuki Financial Group.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jul 30, 1935Founded1

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Joyo Bank headoffice
Photo: 妖精書士 ( talk ), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons5

The Joyo Bank, Ltd. (株式会社常陽銀行, Jōyō Ginkō Kabushiki Kaisha) is a Japanese regional bank that is headquartered in Mito city, Ibaraki Prefecture. The bank is relatively large among Japanese regional lenders, and operates branches throughout the Kantō region. In addition to branches in Miyagi, Fukushima, Chiba, Saitama, Tokyo, and Osaka prefectures, the bank also operates a representative office in Shanghai. While the bank has many stakeholders, prominent shareholders include the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, along with several major Japanese insurance companies2

Corporate structure

Joyo Bank is part of a group headed by Mebuki Financial Group. 5 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Mebuki Financial Group 東京都 中央区, Japan
    • Ashikaga Bank 栃木県 宇都宮市, Japan
    • Joyo Bank Ibaraki Prefecture
    • めぶき証券株式会社 Subsidiary · 茨城県 水戸市, Japan
    • 株式会社常陽銀行 Subsidiary · 茨城県 水戸市, Japan

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The Joyo Bank can trace its roots back to the Meiji era in 1878 with the establishment of the Goju Bank (五十銀行, Gojū Ginkō) and the Tokiwa Bank (常磐銀行, Tokiwa Ginkō). These two institutions merged on July 30, 1935 to form the Joyo Bank.

During the 1980s and 1990s, the Joyo Bank opened up representative offices in major markets such as New York City (1987 – 2002), London (1982 – 2000), Hong Kong (1994 – 1999), and Shanghai (est. 1996). Of these, only the Shanghai office remains open.

As of March 31, 2005

Assets: Approximately 6.1 trillion yen (approximately US$56 billion)

Employees: 3,512

Branches: 145 branches, 25 sub-branches, 1 overseas representative office

President: Kunio Onizawa

Member: Regional Banks Association of Japan

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Since this time, the bank has merged with several other regional banks.

From Wikipedia’s article on Joyo Bank, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Jul 30, 1935Founded Founded1

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