Japan · Financial institution
The Norinchukin Bank
Legal name in the LEI record農林中央金庫
The Norinchukin Bank is a national cooperative financial institution with its head office in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. It is governed by the Norinchukin Bank Act (Act No. 93 of 2001). Its members are agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperatives and their federations, and its capital comes from these members. It provides financing to agriculture, fishery and forestry businesses and their cooperatives, invests the funds of JA Bank and JF Marine Bank, and has branches in New York, London and Singapore. It was founded on 20 December 1923 as Sangyo Kumiai Chuo Kinko and took its present name in 1943.
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
- NOCUJPJTXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under NOCUJPJT directly.
- 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
- 1 branch code
- BIC first registered
- 1981-03-09
- Last updated
- 2023-02-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Member-owned
Institution type
Cooperative bank
Trades as Norinchukin (Nochu Bank)
- Ownership
- The bank is owned by its members: agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperatives and their federations, with 3,155 member shareholders as of 31 March 2026.
- Head office
- 2-1, Otemachi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku (Otemachi One Tower), 100-8155 Tokyo, Japan
- Company register
- Registered Financial Institution, Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Tokin) No. 27; financial institution code 3000
- Former name
- Sangyo Kumiai Chuo Kinko (産業組合中央金庫)
Business lines
The bank acts as the national-level bank for Japan's agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperatives, and it reports its business in four areas: Food and Agriculture, Retail (support for JA Bank and JF Marine Bank), Investment, and Corporate & Shared Services.
Online
- Websites & references
- nochubank.or.jp ↗
nochubank.or.jp/en ↗ English-language site
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- X ↗
Sources · 14 pages consulted
- nochubank.or.jp/en/about/profile.html
- nochubank.or.jp/en/about/officers.html
- nochubank.or.jp/en/index.html
- nochubank.or.jp/index.html
- nochubank.or.jp/en/news_release/uploads/2026/20260805_Financial%20Summary%20for%20the%20First%20Quarter%2
- nochubank.or.jp/en/news_release/uploads/2026/20260521_Announcement%20of%20the%20Bank%E2%80%99s%20manageme
- nochubank.or.jp/en/about/globalnetwork/headoffice.html
- nochubank.or.jp/en/faq/
- nochubank.or.jp/en/about/business/investment.html
- nochubank.or.jp/news/news_release/uploads/2026/20260218_%E5%BD%B9%E5%93%A1%E3%81%AE%E7%95%B0%E5%8B%95%E3%
- fdic.gov/system/files/2024-07/norinchukin-165-2207.pdf
- money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2025-02-20/norinchukin-sees-12-6-billion-loss-in-2024-financial-y
- bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-04/nochu-expects-bigger-first-brands-related-loss-keeps-target
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norinchukin_Bank
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- KITABAYASHI Taro Representative Director and President, Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
- SHINNO Yoshito Chairman of the Supervisory Committee
- Chief financial officer
- NAGANO Masaki Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer (in charge of Corporate & Shared Services), Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
- YASUTAKE Atsushi Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer (in charge of Risk Management Unit), Chief Risk Officer (BCP and financial risks)
- Executive
- CHISHIRO Koji Executive Officer (General Manager of Legal Affairs and Compliance Division), Chief Compliance Officer (non-financial risk)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Japan
- Financial Services Agency Prudential supervisorAML supervisorResolution
- Japan
- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Prudential supervisorAML supervisorResolution
- Japan
- Bank of Japan Central bank
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The Supervisory Committee nominated two outside directors after a revision of the Norinchukin Bank Act, subject to approval by the Council of Delegates.
nochubank.or.jp ↗ -
Other
The bank said it expected further losses from a joint venture on transactions related to First Brands Group.
bloomberg.com ↗ -
Other
The bank entered into a basic agreement on a capital and business alliance with SBI Shinsei Bank.
nochubank.or.jp ↗ -
Leadership
Taro Kitabayashi became President and CEO after Kazuto Oku resigned on 31 March 2025 following losses on foreign bonds.
money.usnews.com ↗ -
Other
The bank recorded a consolidated net loss of JPY 1,807.8 billion for the year to March 2025, after raising capital from member cooperatives.
nochubank.or.jp ↗
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
- NOCUJPJTXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- NOCUBank
- JPCountry · Japan
- JTLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 5493007VSMFZCPV1NB83
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the 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.
- 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
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
The The Norinchukin Bank group has 5 institutions in the directory, in 5 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Norinchukin Bank Europe N.V..
See the The Norinchukin Bank group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 2-1 OTEMACHI 1- CHOME CHIYODA- KU 100-8155 JAPAN
- Operational address
- OTEMACHI ONE TOWER FLOOR 7 2-1 OTEMACHI 1 CHIYODA- KU TOKYO TOKYO 100-8155 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
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>NOCUJPJTXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>5493007VSMFZCPV1NB83</LEI>
</FinInstnId>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
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>NOCUJPJTXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>5493007VSMFZCPV1NB83</LEI>
<Nm>THE NORINCHUKIN BANK</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<Ctry>JP</Ctry>
<AdrLine>2-1 OTEMACHI 1- CHOME CHIYODA- KU 100-8155</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>Swift’s two address fields do not agree on a town, so the full record gives the address as address lines only.
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
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOCUJPJTCLS | OPERATIONS AND PLANNING MANAGEMENT DIVISION | Tokyo | 13-2 YURAKUCHO 1 CHIYODA-KU TOKYO TOKYO 100-0006 JAPAN | — | 2023-02-14 |
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- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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