The government will urge banks including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. to lend more to small and midsize companies, financial services minister Toshimitsu Motegi said.
The Financial Services Agency will send letters to the nation’s so-called megabanks and to regional banks, asking them to be more flexible in their lending policies, Motegi said at a regular press conference Tuesday in Tokyo.
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