①A bank may perform the following services:

②In addition to the services set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph, a bank may perform the following services and any other services incidental to banking:

③The term "short-term bonds, etc." as used in item (ii), item (v)-3, and item (xvi) of the preceding paragraph and paragraph (6) means the following bonds:

④The terms "transaction of securities-related derivatives" and "brokerage with written orders" as used in paragraph (2), item (ii) or (xii) mean the transaction of securities-related derivatives as defined in Article 28, paragraph (8), item (vi) (General Rules) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (Act No. 25 of 1948) and the brokerage with written orders provided for in Article 33, paragraph (2) (Prohibition on Engagement in Securities-Related Services by Financial Institutions) of that Act.

⑤The term "government-guaranteed bonds" as used in paragraph (2), item (iv) means corporate bonds and other bond certificates for which the government guarantees redemption of the principal and payment of interest.

⑥The services set forth in paragraph (2), item (v) include the services of performing the actions set forth in Article 2, paragraph (8), items (i) through (vi) and items (viii) through (x) (Definitions) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act for monetary claims that are indicated in the form of certificates prescribed in paragraph 2, item (v) and fall under the category of securities, and the services set forth in paragraph (2), item (v)-3 include the services of performing those actions for short-term bonds, etc.

⑦The terms "special purpose company," "asset securitization plan," "specified bonds," and "specified short-term bonds" as used in paragraph (2), item (v)-2 mean, a special purpose company, asset securitization plan, specified bond, or specified short-term bond as defined in Article 2, paragraph (3), paragraph (4), paragraph (7), and paragraph (8), respectively, of the Act on Securitization of Assets, respectively.

⑧The term "handling of private placements of securities" as used in paragraph (2), item (vi) means handling of the private placement of securities (meaning a private placement of securities as defined in Article 2, paragraph (3) as provided for in of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act).

⑨The term "book-entry transfer business" as used in paragraph (2), item (x)-2 means the book-entry transfer business that a person performs as an account management institution referred to in Article 2, paragraph (4) (Definitions) of the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares.

⑩The term "derivatives transactions" as used in paragraph (2), items (xii) and (xiii) and the term "securities-related over-the-counter derivatives transactions" as used in paragraph (2), items (xvi) and (xvii) mean the derivatives transactions as defined in Article 2, paragraph (20) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and the action set forth in Article 28, paragraph (8), item (iv) of that Act.

In addition to the services a bank performs pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, a bank may perform the following services, to the extent that this does not interfere with the performance of the services set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of that Article:

A bank may not perform services other than those it conducts pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles and those it conducts pursuant to the provisions of the Secured Bond Trust Act or other laws.

①In order to contribute to the protection of depositors, etc. with regard to the acceptance of deposits or installment savings, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "deposits, etc." in this paragraph) (other than the acceptance of specified deposits, etc. as prescribed in Article 13-4), a bank must provide information on the content of contract for deposits, etc. and other information that is to serve as a reference to depositors, etc., pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

②Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, Article 13-4, and other laws, a bank must explain the material matters of its services to customers, appropriately handle customer information it acquires in the course of its services, take measures to ensure precise execution of its services in entrusting them to a third party, and take other measures to ensure sound and appropriate management of its services, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

③The provisions of the preceding paragraph (limited to the parts concerning measures to be taken by a bank to ensure appropriate execution of its services in entrusting them to a third party) do not apply to the following cases:

①A bank must take the measures specified in the following items in accordance with the category of cases set forth in each of those items:

②If a bank takes measures to conclude a basic contract for the implementation of dispute resolution procedures pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it must publicize the trade name or name of the designated dispute resolution organization for banking services that is the other party to the basic contract for the implementation of dispute resolution procedures.

③The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply to the period specified in the following items in accordance with the category of cases set forth in each of those items:

A bank may not become a member with unlimited liability of a membership company or a member in charge of executing the business of a membership company.

①The amount of credit to be granted and financial contribution to be made (meaning granting of credit or making of financial contributions (including anything equivalent to grant of credit or the making of financial contribution) as specified by Cabinet Order; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) by a bank to one person (including any other person that has a unique relationship specified by Cabinet Order with that person; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) must not exceed the amount arrived at by multiplying the amount of the bank's equity capital by the percentage specified by Cabinet Order for each of the category specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter the amount is referred to as the "maximum amount of credit and contribution" in this Article); provided, however, that this does not apply when the total amount of credit granted and financial contribution made by a bank to one person exceeds the maximum amount of credit and contribution as a result of a merger, joint incorporation-type split (meaning an incorporation-type split in which two or more stock companies or limited liability companies jointly implement; the same applies in Article 16-4, paragraph (4), item (iv) and Article 52-22, paragraph (1)), absorption-type split, or acquisition of business by the person to which the credit is granted and financial contribution is made, or due to compelling reasons as specified by Cabinet Order, with the approval by the Prime Minister.

②If a bank has a subsidiary company (other than one specified by Cabinet Office Order) or other persons that has a unique relationship specified by Cabinet Office Order with the bank (hereinafter referred to as a "subsidiary company, etc." in this Article), the total amount of credit granted and financial contribution made to one person by the bank and its subsidiary company, etc. together or by its subsidiary company, etc. must not exceed the amount arrived at by multiplying the total net amount of the equity capital of the bank and its subsidiary company, etc. by the percentage specified by Cabinet Order for each of the category specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as the "consolidated maximum amount of credit and contribution" in this Article). In such a case, the provisions of the proviso to the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis.

③The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to the granting of credit and making of financial contribution in the following cases:

④In the case referred to in paragraph (2), if the total amount of credit that has been granted and financial contribution that has been made to one person by the bank and its subsidiary company, etc. together or by its subsidiary company, etc. exceeds the consolidated maximum amount of credit and contribution, the excess amount for which credit has been granted and financial contribution has been made is deemed to be an amount of credit that has been granted and financial contribution that has been made by that bank.

⑤Irrespective of the name used or the means used, if a bank or its subsidiary company, etc. has granted credit and has made financial contribution for the purpose of evading the application of the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (1) or the first sentence of paragraph (2), and a person other than the named person is the one to which the credit is substantially granted or the financial contribution is substantially made, the granting of credit or the making of financial contribution is deemed to be the credit substantially granted or financial contribution substantially made to the person to which the credit is granted or financial contribution is made by the bank or its subsidiary company, etc., and the aforementioned provisions apply.

⑥Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, Cabinet Order prescribes the amount of credit to be granted and financial contribution to be made, the amount of equity capital prescribed in paragraph (1), the maximum amount of credit and contribution, the total net amount of the equity capital prescribed in paragraph (2), the consolidated maximum amount of credit and contribution, and the particulars necessary for applying the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2).

A bank must not conduct the following transactions or actions with its specified related party (meaning a subsidiary company of the bank, the bank's major shareholder, a bank holding company that has the bank as its subsidiary company, a subsidiary company of the bank holding company (excluding the bank), or a bank agent that has the bank as its principal bank, and other persons that have a unique relationship specified by Cabinet Order with the bank; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and the following Article) or with the customer of its specified related party; provided, however, that this does not apply if there is a compelling reason specified by Cabinet Office Order for the bank to conduct the transaction or the action and the bank has obtained the approval of the Prime Minister, or if the bank conducts the transaction or the action with a subsidiary company of the bank holding company (limited to one that is not a subsidiary company of any other bank or bank holding company) that has the bank in question as its subsidiary company (limited to a bank other than that bank), and this has been approved by the Prime Minister as being unlikely to damage the sound management of the bank or as satisfying other requirements specified by Cabinet Office Order:

A bank must not engage in any of the following actions in connection with its services (for services involved in entering into a contract for specified deposit, etc. prescribed in Article 13-4, excluding the action set forth in item (iv)):

①A bank must properly manage information about the services and establish a system for properly supervising the implementation status of the services and take other necessary measures pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, in order to ensure that the interests of the customers in relation to the services are not unjustly impaired regarding services (limited to the banking, bank agency services, and other services specified by Cabinet Office Order) provided by a bank, a bank agent that has the bank as its principal bank, or the subsidiary financial institution of the bank in connection with transactions conducted by the bank, the bank agent that has the bank as its principal bank, or the parent financial institution etc., or the subsidiary financial institution, etc. of the bank.

②The term "parent financial institution, etc." as used in the preceding paragraph means a bank, financial instruments business operator (meaning a financial instruments business operator as defined in Article 2, paragraph (9) (Definitions) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act; the same applies hereinafter), insurance company (meaning an insurance company as defined in Article 2, paragraph (2) (Definitions) of the Insurance Business Act; the same applies hereinafter), or other persons engaged in financial services specified by Cabinet Order, which Cabinet Order prescribes as holding the majority of the total shareholder voting rights in the relevant bank or as other persons that have a close relationship with that bank.

③The term "subsidiary financial institution, etc." as used in paragraph (1) means a bank, financial instruments business operator, insurance company, or other persons engaged in financial services specified by Cabinet Order, in which Cabinet Order prescribes that the relevant bank holds the majority of the total shareholder or investor voting rights or which Cabinet Order prescribes as other persons that have a close relationship with that bank.

The provisions of Chapter III, Section 1, Subsection 5 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (excluding Article 34-2, paragraphs (6) through (8) (Cases in Which a Professional Investor Is Deemed to Be a Customer Other Than a Professional Investor) and Article 34-3, paragraphs (5) and (6) (When a Customer Other than a Professional Investor Is a Corporation and That Corporation Is Deemed to Be a Professional Investor)) (Professional Investors); Section 2, Subsection 1 of that Chapter (excluding Articles 35 through 36-4 (Scope of Services for Persons Engaged in Type-I Financial Instruments Business or Investment Management Business; Scope of Concurrent Business by Persons Only Engaged in Type-II Financial Instruments Business or Investment Advisory and Agency Business; Establishment of an Operational Control System; Development of Systems to Protect the Interests of Customers, Posting Signs, etc., Prohibition on Lending One's Name, and Prohibition on Corporate Bond Management), Article 37, paragraph (1), item (ii) (Regulation of Advertising); Article 37-2 (Obligation to Clarify the Conditions of Transactions in Advance); Article 37-3, paragraph (1), items (ii) and (vi) and paragraph (3) (Provision of Information, etc. Prior to the Conclusion of a Contract); Article 37-5 (Delivery of Documents in Connection with the Receipt of a Security Deposit); Article 37-7 (Obligation to Conclude a Contract with a designated dispute resolution organization); Article 38, items (i), (ii), (vii) and (viii), Article 38-2 (Prohibited Actions); the proviso to Article 39, paragraph (3), and paragraphs (4), (6) and (7) of that Article (Prohibition on Compensation of Loss); Articles 40-2 through 40-7 (Best Execution Policy; Prohibition of Purchase and Sale If Separate Management Is Not Ensured; Prohibition of Public Offering If Money Has Been Diverted; Prohibition of Purchase and Sale If Provision of Information on the Status of the Business Subject to Investment Is Not Ensured; Prohibition of Public Offering If Information on the Status of the Business Subject to Investment Is Not Provided; Restrictions on the Purchase and Sale of Securities for Professional Investors, Obligation to Notify in Connection with Securities for Professional Investors, Prohibition of Trading Against Self, Obligation to Use an Electronic Data Processing System for Over-the-Counter Transactions of Derivatives)) (General Rules); and provisions of Article 45 (excluding items (iii) and (iv)) (Miscellaneous Provisions) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act apply mutatis mutandis to a bank's conclusion of a contract for specified deposit, etc. (meaning a contract for the acceptance of specified deposits, etc. (meaning those that are specified by Cabinet Office Order as deposits or installment savings, etc. that carry the risk of a loss of the principal due to fluctuations in the money rate, value of currencies, quotations on a financial instruments market as defined in Article 2, paragraph (14) of that Act, or any other index); the same applies hereinafter). In such a case, the term "financial instruments transaction contract" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "contract for specified deposit, etc."; the term "financial instruments business" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "services involved in entering into a contract for specified deposit, etc."; the phrase "act that constitutes a financial instruments transaction" in these provisions (excluding the provisions of Article 34 of that Act) is deemed to be replaced with "conclusion of a contract for specified deposit, etc."; the phrase "contract for the financial instruments business operator, etc. to perform an act that constitutes a financial instruments transaction (meaning an act set forth in the items of Article 2, paragraph (8); the same applies hereinafter) with the customer as the other party or on behalf of the customer" in Article 34 of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "contract for specified deposit, etc. prescribed in Article 13-4 of the Banking Act"; the phrase "matters set forth" in Article 37-3, paragraph (1) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "matters set forth and, to contribute to the protection of depositors, etc. (meaning depositors, etc. as defined in Article 2, paragraph (5) of the Banking Act; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), the content of the relevant contract for specified deposit, etc. and other matters that should serve as a reference for depositors, etc. (referred to as "reference matters, etc." in the following paragraph)"; in paragraph (2) of that Article, the phrase "excluding the matters set forth in items (v) and (vi) of that paragraph and other matters specified by Cabinet Office Order)" is deemed to be replaced with "excluding the matters set forth in items (v) and (vi) of that paragraph and other matters specified by Cabinet Office Order) and the reference matters, etc."; in the proviso to that paragraph, the phrase "the relevant matters" is deemed to be replaced with "these matters"; in Article 39, paragraph (1), item (i) of that Act, the term "a purchase and sale or other transaction of securities (excluding a purchase and sale with a repurchase requirement and a predetermined repurchase price, and other transactions specified by Cabinet Order) or a derivatives transaction (hereinafter referred to as a 'purchase and sale or other transaction of securities, etc.' in this Article)" is deemed to be replaced with "the conclusion of a contract for specified deposit, etc.", the term "securities or derivatives transaction (hereinafter referred to as 'securities, etc.' in this Article)" is deemed to be replaced with "contract for specified deposit, etc.", the term "customer (if a trust company, etc. (meaning a trust company or a financial institution that has obtained the authorization referred to in Article 1, paragraph (1) of the Act on Engagement in Trust Business by Financial Institutions; the same applies hereinafter) conducts the purchase and sale of securities or a derivatives transaction on the account of a person that establishes a trust based on a trust contract, this includes the person that establishes the trust; hereinafter the same applies in this Article)" is deemed to be replaced with "customer", and the term "to supplement its profits" is deemed to be replaced with "to supplement its profits, other than as under the contract for specified deposit, etc."; in Article 39, paragraph (1), item (ii) of that Act, the term "a purchase and sale or other transaction of securities, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "the conclusion of a contract for specified deposit, etc.", the term "securities, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "contract for specified deposit, etc." and the term "in order to add to the profit that the customer has accrued in connection with those securities, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "in order to add to the profit that the customer has accrued in connection with those securities, etc., other than as under the contract for specified deposit, etc."; in item (iii) of that paragraph, the term "a purchase and sale or other transaction of securities, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "the conclusion of a contract for specified deposit, etc.", the term "securities, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "contract for specified deposit, etc." and the term "in order to add to the profit that the customer has accrued in connection with those securities, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "in order to add to the profit that the customer has accrued in connection with those securities, etc., other than as under the contract for specified deposit, etc."; in paragraph (2) of that Article, the term "a purchase and sale or other transaction of securities, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "the conclusion of a contract for specified deposit, etc."; in paragraph (3) of that Article, the term "which is specified by Cabinet Office Order as a potential cause of" is deemed to be replaced with "which is a potential cause of"; in Article 45, item (ii) of that Act, the phrase "Articles 37-2 through 37-6; Article 40-2, paragraph (4); and Article 43-4" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 37-3 (limited to the part related to paragraph (1), item (i), items (iii) through (v) and item (vii), and excluding paragraph (3)); Article 37-4; and Article 37-6"; and any other necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

①A bank must not grant credit to the director or executive officer of the bank under terms and conditions that are disadvantageous to the bank in light of the normal terms and conditions under which the bank grants credit.

②In applying the provisions of Article 369, paragraph (1) (Resolution of Board of Directors Meetings) of the Companies Act to the approval by the board of directors under Article 356, paragraph (1) (Restrictions on Competition and Conflicting Interest Transactions) of that Act as applied following the deemed replacement of the terms pursuant to Article 365, paragraph (1) (Restrictions on Competition and Transactions with Companies with Board of Directors) of that Act and to the approval by the board of directors under Article 356, paragraph (1) of that Act as applied mutates mutandis pursuant to Article 419, paragraph (2) (Executive Officer's Duty to Report to Audit Committee Members) of that Act when a bank director or executive officer is granted credit by that bank, the term "the majority (when a higher percentage is specified in the articles of incorporation, percentage higher than that percentage)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "at least a two-thirds majority (when a higher percentage is specified in the articles of incorporation, that percentage)".

In order to contribute to the sound management of a bank's services, the Prime Minister may establish the following criteria and other criteria as the criteria for a bank to use in determining the soundness of its management:

①A bank's non-business days are limited to Sundays and other days specified by Cabinet Order.

②A bank's business hours are specified by Cabinet Office Order in consideration of the status of financial transactions, etc.

①Except in cases specified by Cabinet Office Order, if a bank temporarily suspends all or part of services at its business office due to a natural disaster or any other compelling reasons, it must immediately file a notification with the Prime Minister of that fact with the reasons attached, as well as issue public notice of that fact and post the fact at that business office, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order. The same applies if a bank resumes all or part of its services at a business office where it has temporarily suspended all or part of its services.

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, a bank that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 57, has established the method set forth in item (i) of that Article as its means of giving public notice must, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order and in addition to what is done pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, make the content of the posting pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph available for public inspection by automatic public transmission (meaning transmission made automatically in response to a request from the public for the purpose of being received directly by the public, excluding that which falls under broadcasting or cable broadcasting; the same applies hereinafter) conducted by connecting to a telecommunications line.

③Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the public notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) and the measures to make it available for public inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are not required if a bank temporarily suspends all or part of its services at an unmanned business office, and in any other case specified by Cabinet Office Order.

④Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the posting at the business office pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph is not required if a bank temporarily suspends part of its services at an unmanned business office or in any other case specified by Cabinet Office Order.