In 2016, the functions of the Bank were broadened with the added responsibility of regulating and supervising the locally incorporated, ultimate and immediate financial holding companies of banks and non-bank deposit taking institutions licensed by the Bank.
Masaaki Shirakawa: Wishing the best for the Bundesbank’s new move in Tokyo Remarks by Mr Masaaki Shirakawa, Governor of the Bank of Japan, at the reception to commemorate 25 years of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Tokyo, Tokyo, 6 September 2012. *  *  *  Good evening ladies and gentlemen.