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title: "Japan Post Bank, CO., LTD SWIFT/BIC code JPPSJPJKXXX · Japan | Elucidate"
description: "SWIFT/BIC code JPPSJPJKXXX for Japan Post Bank, CO., LTD, Japan. Head-office BIC, LEI 5493006JVO6N2HC2XZ76, addresses and Swift connectivity."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/japan-post-bank-co-ltd-jppsjpjk
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Japan · Financial institution
# Japan Post Bank, CO., LTD
Legal name in the LEI record 株式会社ゆうちょ銀行
Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd. is a Japanese joint-stock company (kabushiki kaisha) with its head office in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was established on 1 September 2006 as Yucho Co., Ltd. It took its current name on 1 October 2007. Japan Post Holdings held about 49.87% of its shares, excluding treasury shares, at the end of March 2026. The bank's shares are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It takes savings deposits and provides remittance, payment, investment trust and loan services to individual customers. Most of these services are delivered through the nationwide post office network, which Japan Post Co. operates as its bank agent.
BIC **JPPSJPJKXXX** LEI **[5493006JVO6N2HC2XZ76](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/5493006JVO6N2HC2XZ76)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** Connected to Swift Swift GPI live member Head-office BIC only [**2** correspondent accounts](https://elucidate.co/directory/japan-post-bank-co-ltd-jppsjpjk#correspondents) [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/japan-post-bank-co-ltd-jppsjpjk#claim)
## Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
## Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- **BIC:** JPPSJPJKXXX head office
- **Connection to Swift:** Connected to Swift
- **Swift GPI:** Live member
- **Payment schemes and systems:** No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- **Branch codes:** None: head-office BIC only
- **BIC first registered:** 2010-01-09
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-14
## Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/japan-post-bank-co-ltd-jppsjpjk#overview-sources)
Photo: Akonnchiroll · [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otemachi_Place_W.jpg) · [original](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Otemachi_Place_W.jpg/960px-Otemachi_Place_W.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
Total assets
JPY 221tn
This entity · 30 Jun 2026 · [interim report ↗](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/en/ir/financial/pdf/en_pr260807.pdf)
Employees
10,659
headcount · This entity · 31 Mar 2026 · [source ↗](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/aboutus/company/outline/abt_cmp_ol_profile.html)
Ownership
Publicly listed
Ticker 7182
Institution type
Postal bank
Trades as ゆうちょ銀行 (Yucho Bank)
- **Ownership:** Japan Post Holdings held about 49.87% of the bank's shares, excluding treasury shares, at 31 March 2026, and the remaining shares trade on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- **Direct parent:** [Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. (日本郵政株式会社) ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/5299003D9N4JBS256X18), Japan 49.87%
- **Major shareholder:** Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. 49.87% · 31 Mar 2026
- **Stock listing:** Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime) 7182
- **Head office:** 2-3-1 Otemachi (Otemachi Place West Tower), Chiyoda-ku, 100-8793 Tokyo, Japan (registered office: 2-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8996, Japan (legal address in the LEI record))
- **Former name:** 株式会社ゆうちょ (Yucho Co., Ltd.)
### Business lines
- Retail banking
- Transaction banking & payments
- Markets & trading
- Brokerage
- Mortgage lending
- Cards
The bank's funding is almost entirely retail savings, which it reports at about 97% of deposits at 30 June 2026. It invests those funds mainly in Japanese government bonds and foreign securities.
### Online
- **Websites & references:** [jp-bank.japanpost.jp ↗](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/) [jp-bank.japanpost.jp/en/ir/en\_ir\_index.html ↗](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/en/ir/en_ir_index.html) English investor relations section [jp-bank.japanpost.jp/sustainability/index.html ↗](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/sustainability/index.html) sustainability site [Wikidata Q907103 ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q907103)
- **Official social accounts:** [X ↗](https://x.com/jpbank_official) · [Facebook ↗](https://www.facebook.com/jpbank.official) · [Instagram ↗](https://www.instagram.com/_jpbank_official/?hl=ja) · [YouTube ↗](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfvF_cSVS_ap21y0dAM06A) · [X (character account, はりちょ) ↗](https://x.com/jpbank_haricho) · [X (ゆうちょPay) ↗](https://x.com/yucho_pay) · [Instagram (ゆうちょPay) ↗](https://www.instagram.com/yucho_pay/?hl=ja) · [YouTube (ゆうちょPay) ↗](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVxU9SGAfDLUhbaYQ5LnDCg) · [LINE (JP BANK Card) ↗](https://lin.ee/xKlMIXW)
Sources · 12 pages consulted
1. [jp-bank.japanpost.jp](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/)
2. [jp-bank.japanpost.jp/aboutus/company/outline/abt\_cmp\_ol\_profile.html](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/aboutus/company/outline/abt_cmp_ol_profile.html)
3. [jp-bank.japanpost.jp/aboutus/company/outline/abt\_cmp\_ol\_directors.html](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/aboutus/company/outline/abt_cmp_ol_directors.html)
4. [jp-bank.japanpost.jp/aboutus/abt\_index.html](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/aboutus/abt_index.html)
5. [jp-bank.japanpost.jp/policy/social/pcy\_scl\_account.html](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/policy/social/pcy_scl_account.html)
6. [jp-bank.japanpost.jp/en/ir/en\_ir\_index.html](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/en/ir/en_ir_index.html)
7. [jp-bank.japanpost.jp/en/ir/financial/pdf/en\_pr260807.pdf](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/en/ir/financial/pdf/en_pr260807.pdf)
8. [jp-bank.japanpost.jp/kojin/sokin/kokusou/kj\_sk\_ks\_gaikoku.html](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/kojin/sokin/kokusou/kj_sk_ks_gaikoku.html)
9. [jp-bank.japanpost.jp/ir/investor/ir\_inv\_index.html](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/ir/investor/ir_inv_index.html)
10. [japanpost.jp/news/pressrelease/20260323\_02/](https://www.japanpost.jp/news/pressrelease/20260323_02/)
11. [japanpost.jp/ir/library/presentation/pdf/2026/presentation20.pdf](https://www.japanpost.jp/ir/library/presentation/pdf/2026/presentation20.pdf)
12. [yuseimineika.go.jp/iinkai/dai284/siryou284-4.pdf](https://www.yuseimineika.go.jp/iinkai/dai284/siryou284-4.pdf)
## Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/japan-post-bank-co-ltd-jppsjpjk#overview-sources)
- **Chief executive:** Takayuki Kasama (笠間 貴之) Director, President & CEO, Representative Executive Officer Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [jp-bank.japanpost.jp ↗](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/aboutus/company/outline/abt_cmp_ol_directors.html)
- **Executive:** Harumi Yano (矢野 晴巳) Director and Representative Executive Vice President (取締役兼代表執行役副社長) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [jp-bank.japanpost.jp ↗](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/aboutus/company/outline/abt_cmp_ol_directors.html)
- **Executive:** Kazuyuki Negishi (根岸 一行) Director (also Director, President and Representative Executive Officer of Japan Post Holdings) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [jp-bank.japanpost.jp ↗](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/aboutus/company/outline/abt_cmp_ol_directors.html)
## Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/japan-post-bank-co-ltd-jppsjpjk#overview-sources)
- **Japan:** Financial Services Agency Prudential supervisor AML supervisor Conduct Resolution
- **Japan:** Bank of Japan Central bank
- **Japan:** Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Other
## Recent events 2 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/japan-post-bank-co-ltd-jppsjpjk#overview-sources)
1. Sep 2026
Other
The bank and three other Japan Post group companies reported to the FSA again on measures for handling non-public financial information.
[jp-bank.japanpost.jp ↗](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/aboutus/abt_index.html)
2. Mar 2025
Investigation
The FSA ordered the bank and three group companies to report on recurrence-prevention measures after misuse of non-public customer financial information.
[japanpost.jp ↗](https://www.japanpost.jp/news/pressrelease/20260323_02/)
3. Mar 2025
Other
Japan Post Holdings sold shares in the bank, reducing its holding to 50.0%, and later to about 49.9% through a share disposal trust.
[japanpost.jp ↗](https://www.japanpost.jp/ir/library/presentation/pdf/2026/presentation20.pdf)
4. Sep 2024
Incident
The group disclosed that post offices used savings customers' non-public financial information without prior consent to solicit insurance sales.
[yuseimineika.go.jp ↗](https://www.yuseimineika.go.jp/iinkai/dai284/siryou284-4.pdf)
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
## Identifiers
Head-office record
- **BIC:** JPPSJPJKXXX
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. JPPS Bank 2. JP Country · Japan 3. JK Location 4. XXX Branch · head office
- **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory
- **LEI:** 5493006JVO6N2HC2XZ76
- **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/5493006JVO6N2HC2XZ76)
- **How the LEI was matched:** BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
## Profile
- **Type:** Financial institution
- **Regulation:** Not on a tracked register
- **Register licences:** None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- **Country · region:** Japan · East Asia & Pacific
- **Trading venues (MIC):** No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- **OFAC sanctions:** No listing cites this BIC
- **EU sanctions:** No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- **Country sanctions:** No country programme
- **Founded:** 2006
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
## Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- **Direct parent:** Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. · Japan[5299003D9N4JBS256X18 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/5299003D9N4JBS256X18)
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
## Addresses
- **Registered address:** OTEMACHI PLACE WEST TOWER 2-3-1 OTEMACHI CHIYODA-KU 100-8793 JAPAN
- **Operational address:** OTEMACHI PLACE WEST TOWER 2-3-1 OTEMACHI CHIYODA- KU CHIYODA-KU 100-8793 JAPAN
## ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- **Identified by:** BIC, with its LEI
- **Roles in CBPR+:** Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
### CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
```xml
JPPSJPJKXXX
5493006JVO6N2HC2XZ76
```
### Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
```xml
JPPSJPJKXXX
5493006JVO6N2HC2XZ76
JAPAN POST BANK, CO., LTD
CHIYODA-KU
JP
OTEMACHI PLACE WEST TOWER 2-3-1 OTEMACHI CHIYODA-KU 100-8793
```
The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
## Network
### Correspondent banking
The bank publishes 2 accounts at other banks, across 2 regions.
### Correspondent accounts
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/japan-post-bank-co-ltd-jppsjpjk#overview-sources)
2 accounts at other banks, in 2 currencies, as the bank publishes them: [jp-bank.japanpost.jp ↗](https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/kojin/sokin/kokusou/kj_sk_ks_gaikoku.html)
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Purpose | Directory check |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USD | [DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS](https://elucidate.co/directory/deutsche-bank-trust-company-americas-bktrus33) United States | BKTRUS33 | — | Designated intermediary bank for inbound USD remittances to Japan Post Bank personal accounts | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | [DEUTSCHE BANK AG](https://elucidate.co/directory/deutsche-bank-ag-deutdeff) Germany | DEUTDEFF | — | Designated intermediary bank for inbound EUR remittances to Japan Post Bank personal accounts | Matches the Swift directory |
The bank's page for receiving international remittances names its designated intermediary banks for inbound USD and EUR payments to personal accounts. It gives each bank's name and BIC but no account numbers. Direction is inferred as nostro, since these are the bank's designated intermediaries. Two rows were published and both are extracted. The page names the beneficiary BIC as JPPSJPJ2 (or JPPSJPJ2XXX), not JPPSJPJK. No yen inbound remittances are accepted. Corporate accounts cannot receive international remittances. Each correspondent BIC is checked against the Swift directory: a BIC missing from it, or registered to a differently named bank, may be a typo or out of date. Confirm settlement instructions with the bank before relying on them.
## Related institutions
### Same name, different BIC
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- [Japan Post Bank, CO., LTD BIC JPPSJPJ2 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Japan · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/japan-post-bank-co-ltd-jppsjpj2)
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