Japan Commercial Banking Report

Publication Date	October 2006
Publisher	Business Monitor
Product Type	Report
Pages	46
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	BMI00076

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Summary

Key Issues

Japanese assets, loans and deposits are continuing to grow very slowly. However, despite maintaining one of the smallest growth rates of all the countries we surveyed, investors remain optimistic about the prospects for the commercial banking sector in Japan. Whilst Business Monitor International (BMI) continues to anticipate that from 2006-2010 this modest growth (about 2% pa) will be maintained, much current attention is focused on looming political developments.

The main challenge facing the large commercial banks in Japan is the question of 'how' and 'where' to invest their capital. In general, Japanese companies have little need for funding, and, in any case, as they have access to global capital markets, there is very little demand for loans. Japan is one of the only countries we have looked at that is experiencing falling loans relative to assets.

Changes To This Quarter's Commercial Banking Forecast

We have made a number of improvements to the commercial banking reports this quarter. In particular, we have collated information about banks' capital and bond portfolios.

We have looked at capital primarily because we wanted to produce a clearer picture of the banks' balance sheets and, in particular, the liabilities side. We are now much better able to quantify liabilities that are not deposits.

We collated information about the bond portfolios because we wanted to gain additional insights about the risks with which the banks are involved. Across all the countries that we have surveyed, the commercial banks are major investors in government securities. In some instances, the banks are large holders of bonds - by any standard. In other instances, the banks' holdings of securities represent a very substantial portion of their total assets.

Content

Chapter 1 - Key Issues
- Changes To This Quarter's Commercial Banking Forecast
- Japan Commercial Banking SWOT
Chapter 2 - Latest Developments - Q306
Chapter 3 - International Context - Lending Trends And External Accounts
- Table: Comparison Of Lending Trends And External Accounts - Asia
- Table: Comparison Of Lending Trends And External Accounts - Asia
Chapter 4 - International Context - Total Assets, Loans And Deposits
- Table: Asia - Comparison Of Total Assets, Loans And Deposits
Chapter 5 - International Context - Year-on-Year Growth Rates
- Table: Asia - Comparison of Year-on-Year Growth Rates
Chapter 6 - International Context - Per-Capita Deposits
- Table: Asia - Comparison of Per Capita Deposits (US$)
Chapter 7 - Macroeconomic Trends And Developments
- Economics: CHAPTER - BMI Core Scenario
- Politics: CHAPTER - BMI Core Scenario
- Economic Activity
- Table: Japan - Macroeconomic Forecasts
Chapter 8 - Industry Forecast Scenario
- Comment on the Past
- Table: Levels As At Saturday December 31 2005
- Table: Annual Growth Rate Projections 2006-2010
- Comment On Forecasts
- Comment On Trends
- Table: Asia - Comparison Of Loan/Deposit, Loan/Asset And Loan/GDP Ratios
Chapter 9 - Banks' Bond Portfolios
Chapter 10 - Competitive Landscape
- Table: Competitive Landscape Snapshot Of Japan's Commercial Banks As At March 31 2004
Chapter 11 - Variations In Competitive Landscape
- Table: Variation In Competitive Landscape Year To March 31 2004
Chapter 12 - Market Protagonists
Chapter 13 - Methodology
- Process Used For Commercial Banking Reports
Chapter 14 - Appendix: Regional Demographic Dat
- Table: Manufacturing Wages (ave per annum), US$
- Table: Population
- Table: Household Spending Per Capita, US$
- Table: Private Consumption Per Capita, US$ PPP
- Table: Market Size, GDP, US$bn
Chapter 15 - Country Snapshot: Japan Demographic Data
- Section 1: Population:
- Table: Demographic Indicators (2005)
- Table: Rural/Urban Breakdown
- Section 2: Education & Healthcare
- Table: Education
- Table: Healthcare: Vital Statistics
- Table: Healthcare: Expenditure
- Section 3: Labour Market And Spending Power
- Table: Employment Indicators
- Table: Consumption and Stratification
- Table: Wages per year

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Scope	Expert Insight/Opinion
Level	General Industry Strategies
Data	Detailed Market Forecasts
Profiles	Profiles of Key Companies
Features	Contains SWOT Analysis
Extra Info	Consumer Trends Highlighted