SBJ Bank (Shinhan Bank Japan)
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SBJ Bank is a Japan-incorporated domestic bank wholly owned by Korea’s Shinhan Bank. SBJ’s company profile gives the legal name as 株式会社SBJ銀行, the English name as Shinhan Bank Japan, the major shareholder as Shinhan Bank with 100% ownership, and the dates 2009-01-08 for establishment and 2009-09-14 for the start of banking operations.↗ The FSA bank-license workbook also lists 株式会社ＳＢＪ銀行, so this page treats SBJ as a Japan-incorporated bank rather than a foreign bank branch.↗ SBJ’s profile footer also states JBA membership, deposit-insurance eligibility, and Kanto Local Finance Bureau registration No. 664.↗
1. Legal Entity And License Boundary
| Item | Reading |
|---|---|
| Legal name | 株式会社SBJ銀行 |
| English / origin | Shinhan Bank Japan |
| FSA category | Other bank / Japan-incorporated domestic bank.↗ |
| Parent boundary | Wholly owned subsidiary of Korea’s Shinhan Bank.↗ |
| Establishment / opening | Established 2009-01-08; banking operations began 2009-09-14.↗ |
| Bank code / SWIFT | Bank code 0472; SWIFT SHBKJPJX.↗ |
| Deposit insurance / JBA | JBA member and deposit-insurance eligible financial institution.↗ |
2. Business Role
- As Shinhan Bank’s Japan-incorporated bank, SBJ provides banking services such as deposits, loans, and foreign exchange. Its profile lists the head office at 5-36-7 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, and capital of JPY 40 billion including capital reserve.↗
- SBJ’s history says Shinhan Bank opened Osaka, Tokyo, and Fukuoka branches in 1986, 1988, and 1997, and that SBJ took over those branch businesses when it was established in 2009.↗
- Treat SBJ as a Korea financial group onshore Japan bank, separate from the foreign-bank branch list. Comparators include Woori Bank Tokyo and Korea Development Bank Tokyo Branch, while the closest subsidiary pattern is Tokyo Star Bank under CTBC.
3. Why Standalone Page Matters
Foreign financial institutions differ materially when they operate as a Japan branch versus a Japan-incorporated bank, especially for regulation, deposit insurance, and legal-entity boundary. SBJ is the latter; the FSA workbook plus SBJ’s own deposit-insurance and JBA disclosures make it an important case of a foreign group choosing a domestic Japanese bank license rather than retreating from Japan.↗↗
Related
Sources
- FSA: bank license workbook,
ginkou.xlsx(株式会社ＳＢＪ銀行 verified 2026-06-24) https://www.fsa.go.jp/menkyo/menkyoj/ginkou.xlsx - SBJ Bank: Company profile (as of 2025-09-30) https://www.sbjbank.co.jp/company/profile/
- SBJ Bank: History (succession of Shinhan’s Osaka, Tokyo, and Fukuoka branch businesses and 2009-09-14 opening) https://www.sbjbank.co.jp/company/history/
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