J.P. Morgan's history in Japan dates back to the 1920s. In 1924, the year after the Great Kanto Earthquake, J.P. Morgan underwrote US$150 million in disaster recovery bonds, the first dollar-denominated bonds ever issued by the Japanese government. In subsequent years, the firm has steadily expanded its operations in Japan, offering an array of wholesale financial services through the Investment Bank, Asset Management and Treasury & Securities Services. J.P. Morgan today employs about 1,600 people in Tokyo.

J.P. Morgan's operations in Japan comprise four legal entities; J.P. Morgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Tokyo Branch, J.P. Morgan Trust Bank Limited, and J.P. Morgan Asset Management (Japan) Ltd. We offer specialized services across a range of businesses from Investment Banking, Corporate Banking, Treasury & Securities Services, foreign exchange to asset management in conformity with the nature of each respective industry and with a client base that includes public bodies, financial institutions and multinational corporations.

In Japan, J.P. Morgan has traditionally been playing a leading role in advising on M&A, capital-raising and other financial strategies, securitization, and also in arranging loans backed by real estate or non-performing loans for a host of first-class corporate and institutional clients. Our client needs, however, are increasingly diverse and sophisticated in Japan, as elsewhere. To meet those needs, we build flexibility into its organization in accordance with local regulations, so that its product groups can work together across operations to develop innovative, comprehensive and integrated products and services. We also systematically enhance our products and services to ensure that changing client requirements are effectively addressed.

Those solutions encompass state-of-the-art risk management backed by years of experience.
Consistently high dealer poll rankings and diverse awards in Japan reflect the unrivalled level of service to be expected from J.P. Morgan. On top of annual awards for individual deals, we have been ranked as the top FX bank in Tokyo by Euromoney for three consecutive years, while we constantly win Derivatives House awards from Risk Magazine.

In 2008, J.P. Morgan in Japan also received “Best Foreign Investment Bank” and “Best Cash Management House” from FinanceAsia, as well as “Best M&A House” and “Best Equity House” in Japan from Euromoney.

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