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National Banks in Meiji Japan

Banking system framework in late-19C Japan

The National Banks in Meiji Japan were a system of organization of the Japanese banking system created in the 1870s, inspired by the U.S. National Bank Act of the previous decade. Under the system, national banks were individually chartered by the government as banks of issue whose banknotes were all accepted as legal tender.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1872Founded1
  • Industryeconomics of banking1
  • HeadquartersTokyo Prefecture1
  • Legal formpublic enterprise1

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Japanese 1st National Bank Note
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

The National Banks in Meiji Japan were a system of organization of the Japanese banking system created in the 1870s, inspired by the U.S. National Bank Act of the previous decade. Under the system, national banks were individually chartered by the government as banks of issue whose banknotes were all accepted as legal tender.2

Timeline

  1. 1872Founded Founded1

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