Tokai Bank

In the second half of the 20th century, it was the dominant bank in the Chūkyō metropolitan area of central Japan, the home of Toyota and other manufacturing firms.

'East Sea', namely the Sea of Japan) Bank was established in 1941, before Japan's entry into World War II though well into the Second Sino-Japanese War.

[2] After the war ended, the Tokai Bank was deemed by the Allied occupation authorities not to have contributed significantly to the war effort, and was thus permitted to keep its management and its name.

Additional offices were opened in the 1970s in Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Zurich, Sydney, and Singapore.

Asahi eventually pulled out of the negotiations, but these were expanded to Toyo Trust and Banking and eventually led to the formation of UFJ Bank in 2002.

Head office building of Tokai Bank upon completion in 1961, later headquarters of UFJ Bank in Nagoya
Former head office building of Nagoya Bank
Former head office building of Aichi Bank in Nagoya, photographed in the 1930s