Yoshitaka Kitao

Business / Economy Sep 23, 2020

Japan's SBI, eyeing shake-up of regional banks, may get a Suga boost

by Junko Fujita, Takashi Umekawa and Takahiko Wada

Suga has pledged to strengthen local economies and encourage regional banks to consolidate, a shake-up that many say is long overdue.

Business / Corporate Oct 9, 2019

Japanese investor has $1 billion to plow into shaky regional banks

by Taiga Uranaka and Takako Taniguchi

Yoshitaka Kitao wants to build a financial empire in an area shunned by investors: the downtrodden ranks of Japan's regional banks. The chief executive officer of SBI Holdings Inc. says he has close to $1 billion to plow into any of the 104 local lenders ...