Who owns Japan Post Bank?
Japan Post Bank is not wholly owned by any single company recorded here: Japan Post Holdings (Japan, TSE: 6178) holds a 49.9% stake.[1]
Evidence: Group Identity - Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.. Last checked .
Key facts
- Largest stakeholder
- Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. (49.9% stake) reported
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 2006
- Category
- Finance & insurance › Banks › Retail & commercial banks
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 6178
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Japan Post Bank
JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd. is a bank with a date of establishment of 1 September 2006; it was renamed from Yucho Co., Ltd. on 1 October 2007. Japan Post Holdings' 2025 disclosure document lists 50.0% of its voting rights held by the holding company as of 31 March 2025 and says the shareholding became approximately 49.9% after a stock-disposal trust contribution announced on 15 May 2025.
Ownership timeline of Japan Post Bank
Where Japan Post Bank sits in Japan Post Holdings
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Japan Post Holdings
Japan Post Holdings controls 2 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in retail & commercial banks, and who owns them
The 12 brands in retail & commercial banks on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is Credicorp, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Banco de Crédito del Perú | Credicorp | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Banco Macro | Banco Macro | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Banco Galicia | Grupo Galicia | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Hang Seng Bank | HSBC | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Interbank | IFS | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| MUFG Bank | MUFG | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| OM Bank | Old Mutual | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| FirstBank | PNC | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Japan Post Holdings
Japan Post Holdings is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Japan Post Holdings is the holding company of the Japan Post Group, with its head office at Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and its own corporate profile gives 23 January 2006 as its date of establishment. Its group identity page lists Japan Post Co., Ltd., Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance as the group's units and says "Japan Post" is the post-office name of the group. Toll Group's FY2025 Impact Report describes Japan Post Holdings as listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Japan Post Holdings: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇯🇵 Japan Post Bank and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Japan Post Bank is not one of them.
- AIARU Small Amount & Short Term Insurance — Sumitomo Life 🇯🇵
- Hanasaku Life Insurance — Nippon Life 🇯🇵
- MUFG Bank — MUFG 🇯🇵
- Meiji Yasuda — Meiji Yasuda 🇯🇵
- "K" Line — K Line 🇯🇵
- ABEMA — CyberAgent 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who owns Japan Post Bank?
No single company recorded here owns Japan Post Bank outright. Japan Post Holdings holds a 49.9% stake.
Does Japan Post Holdings control Japan Post Bank?
No. A 49.9% holding does not give control, so Japan Post Holdings shares ownership with others.
Where did Japan Post Bank come from?
Japan Post Bank originated in Japan in 2006.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Group Identity - Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. — Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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