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MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG; 株式会社三菱UFJフィナンシャル・グループ, Kabushiki gaisha Mitsubishi Yūefujei Finansharu Gurūpu) is a Japanese bank holding and financial services company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. MUFG was created in 2005 by merger between Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (株式会社三菱東京フィナンシャル・グループ, Kabushiki kaisha mitsubishi tōkyō finansharu gurūpu) and UFJ Holdings (株式会社UFJホールディングス; kabushikigaisha yūefujei hōrudingusu). These two groups in turn brought together multiple predecessor banks including Mitsubishi Bank (est. 1880), Yokohama Specie Bank (est. 1880 as a policy bank, reorganized after World War II as Bank of Tokyo), Sanwa Bank (est. 1933 by merger of prior institutions), and Tokai Bank (est. 1941 by merger).

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Basic company information

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Ticker / security symbols
MUFG, MBFJF [1]
Listing exchanges
NYSE, OTC [1]
SEC industry
Commercial Banks, NEC [1]
Business sectors
financial services; financial sector [2]
Company / filing name
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC [1]
Business address
4-5, MARUNOUCHI 1-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO, M0, 100-8330 [1]
Founded
2005-10-01 [2]
Legal form
kabushiki gaisha [2]
Leadership in background record
Nobuyuki Hirano [2]
Official website
www.mufg.jp ↗ [2]
Employees
104,900 · reported year 2016 [2]
Fiscal year end
March 31 (SEC record) [1]
ISIN (reported securities)
JP3902900004; US6068221042 [2]
CIK
0000067088 [1]
SIC code
6029 [1]
Country in background record
Japan [2]

Company positioning and business

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG; 株式会社三菱UFJフィナンシャル・グループ, Kabushiki gaisha Mitsubishi Yūefujei Finansharu Gurūpu) is a Japanese bank holding and financial services company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. MUFG was created in 2005 by merger between Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (株式会社三菱東京フィナンシャル・グループ, Kabushiki kaisha mitsubishi tōkyō finansharu gurūpu) and UFJ Holdings (株式会社UFJホールディングス; kabushikigaisha yūefujei hōrudingusu). These two groups in turn brought together multiple predecessor banks including Mitsubishi Bank (est. 1880), Yokohama Specie Bank (est. 1880 as a policy bank, reorganized after World War II as Bank of Tokyo), Sanwa Bank (est. 1933 by merger of prior institutions), and Tokai Bank (est. 1941 by merger). [3]

MUFG holds assets of around US$2.7 trillion as of 2024 and is the parent company of fully owned MUFG Bank (branded Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ or BTMU until July 2018), Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, and MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation; majority shareholder of Bank Danamon in Indonesia, Bank of Ayudhya in Thailand, and Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS in Japan; and a large minority shareholder in the Master Trust Bank of Japan, Morgan Stanley in the United States, Security Bank in the Philippines, and Vietinbank in Vietnam. It retains strong links with the Mitsubishi Group and is often described as one of that group's "Three Great Houses", together with Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. [3]

MUFG is Japan's largest financial group and one of the world's ten largest bank holding companies holding around US$1.5 trillion (JP¥227 trillion) in deposits as of April 2024. In Japan, it is the largest of the three so-called megabanks with $2.9 trillion in total assets at end-March 2023, ahead of SMBC Group ($2.0 trillion) and Mizuho Financial Group ($1.9 trillion). [3]

Background text: Wikipedia contributors, MUFG. Selected introductory paragraphs, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Official filing data is cited separately.

Management and corporate governance

The Wikidata background record identifies Nobuyuki Hirano in the chief-executive role. This background entry is not an official confirmation of the current board or executive roster. [2]

Understanding company scale

Employees: 104,900 · reported year 2016. [2]

Financial year, securities and disclosures

The SEC submissions record gives MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC a fiscal year end of 0331 (MMDD). Individual filings below identify their own reporting period; the filing date is the publication event, not the financial year end. [1]

Listed securities: MUFG (NYSE), MBFJF (OTC). Multiple symbols may represent different share classes or securities of the same registrant. [4]

History and key events

  1. Founding / inception date recorded in Wikidata. [2]

  2. Form 20-F filed; reporting period ends 2026-03-31. [5]

Financial results and regulatory disclosures

Annual, quarterly and current reports from the collected SEC record. Insider Forms 4 and 144 are excluded. This is a selected list, not a live filing feed.

Source-verified relationships

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC → Listed on → NYSE [1]
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC → Listed on → OTC [1]
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC → SEC industry classification → Commercial Banks, NEC [1]

Companies in the same industry

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Related entities and concepts

Frequently asked questions

When was MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC founded?

Founded: 2005-10-01. The linked source provides the background record. [2]

Which business sectors are recorded for MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC?

Business sectors: financial services; financial sector. The linked source provides the background record. [2]

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Sources and review dates

  1. SEC — MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC filing identity and securities ↗
  2. Wikidata — company background record (CC0) ↗
  3. Wikipedia contributors — MUFG (CC BY-SA 4.0) ↗
  4. SEC securities directory ↗
  5. Company chronology / filing ↗

Reviewed 23 October 2026. Financial periods and historical event dates are shown separately. Figures reflect their stated source dates; this page is not a live quote or investment recommendation.

Content preparation: source-based compilation with AI assistance. See methods and attribution. Named sources identify the underlying records; no individual expert review is claimed.