Aozora Bank, Ltd. · Tokyo Japan ·(Tokyo: 83040)

Aozora Bank hopes that the storm clouds have passed and blue skies are ahead. Aozora (which means blue sky in Japanese) was the second Japanese credit bank nationalized in the wake of Asia's financial crisis after the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (now Shinsei Bank). Bad loans and Japan's "Big Bang" financial deregulation added to its troubles. Now as a full-service commercial bank Aozora has a network of some 20 branches in Japan and three offices overseas. In addition to insurance and trust services, Aozora Bank provides a wide range of business loans for medium and large corporations, asset management, investment advisory services and securitization. To read the full description, subscribe now.