is a Japanese regional bank

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 headquartered in Shizuoka

Shizuoka, Shizuoka

is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and the prefecture's second-largest city in terms of both population and area. It became one of Japan's 19 "designated cities" in 2005.-Geography:...

, Shizuoka Prefecture

Shizuoka Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...

. It has 187 domestic branches, primarily concentrated in the Tokai region

Tokai region

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 between Tokyo

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 and Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

 and overseas offices in Los Angeles

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, New York

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, Brussels

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, Hong Kong

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, Shanghai

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, and Singapore

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.

Profile

As of March 31, 2008:

Assets: Approximately 9,098.4 billion Yen (US$90,812 million)

Employees: 3,287

Branches: 193

President: Katsunori Nakanishi

Member: Regional Banks Association of Japan

SWIFT

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History

The Shizuoka Bank was established on March 1, 1943 with the merger of the and the . It has been listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

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 since October 1961. The Shizuoka Bank maintains strong ties to the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group through joint venture

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 subsidiaries for credit card

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s and stock brokerage

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. Its New York branch was located in the New York World Trade Center

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 at the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks

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, but none of its employees were killed.
In 2002, Shizuoka Bank was praised of the rating agency Fitch, which noted its "overall performance and strength indicators are superior to any of the major Japanese banks."