Master Trust Bank of Japan
Japanese trust bank
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The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (日本マスタートラスト信託銀行株式会社, Nippon Masutā Torasuto Shintaku Ginkō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a trust bank in Japan. It was founded in 2000 and claims to be the first trust bank in Japan to be exclusively engaged in asset administration business.[1]
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| Founded | 2000 |
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| Headquarters | , Japan |
| Key people | Kaoru Wachi (president) |
| JPY 717 million (2016) | |
| AUM | JPY 371 trillion (2016) |
| Total assets | JPY 6,217.9 billion (2016) |
| Total equity | JPY 21.8 billion (2016) |
| Owner | Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (46.5%) Nippon Life Insurance Company (33.5%) Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company (10.0%) Norinchukin Trust & Banking Co. (10.0%) |
| Parent | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group |
| Website | mastertrust |
The company's shareholders are Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (46.5%), Nippon Life Insurance (33.5%), Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance (10%) and Norinchukin Trust & Banking Co. (10%).[2] Master Trust Bank is treated as a consolidated subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking, and is by extension part of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.[3]
It is one of the three main master trust service providers in Japan, alongside Trust & Custody Services Bank (affiliated with Mizuho) and Japan Trustee Services Bank (affiliated with SMFG).[4]
Shares
By the end of 2016, the Master Trust Bank of Japan had about 4.9 percent of the Japanese advertiser Dentsu, Inc.[5] At the end of 2022, it held circa 15.4 percent shares of Toyo Tires, which according to revenue was the tenth biggest manufacturer of tires in the world.[6][7] Furthermore, it respectively have two more powerful stakes of 17% in the Japanese investment company SoftBank Group and 10% in SoftBank Corp, a consolidated subsidiary of the SoftBank Group.[8][9] In addition as of September 30 2025, the Master Trust Bank of Japan also has another powerful 15% stake in Japan's largest airline and flag carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) where it also has the most shares in the airline.[10]
History
Master Trust Bank was founded in 2000 with investments from Mitsubishi Trust Bank, Nippon Life Insurance, Toyo Trust Bank, Meiji Life Insurance and Deutsche Bank. A month after its founding, it became the first Japanese asset administrator to offer online information reporting services.[11]