This is a list of banks in Japan.
As of January 2025, there are 100 regional banks (地方銀行), with their head offices usually in the capital cities of the 47 Japanese prefectures, serving mainly their local customers.
[2] Some of the larger banks had or have opened offices in nearby countries such as China, the US, or the UK., but the number of these has declined since the 1990s.
Japan's banking system has consolidated dramatically since the 1990s.
The list below gives an account of the banking industry's composition and consolidation.