National Life Finance Corporation (NLFC) (国民生活金融公庫 Kokumin seikatsu kin-yu kohko) was a governmental institution of Japan, which provided business loans to small enterprises that have difficulty obtaining loans from private financial institutions.
[1] On October 1, 2008, NLFC was dissolved and merged into Japan Finance Corporation (JFC) Nihon seisaku kin-yu kohko (日本政策金融公庫).
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