Fujiwara

"Zaibatsus? They all died out after WWII... Our company? It's just one of the banks, nothing special."

- Shiozawa Ryo, Credit Division Head for Fujiwara Bank Fujiwara is one of the bigwigs in the financial world. This is a main bank, one of the characteristics of a Japanese corporate group. The dividends on Japanese stocks are low, so ordinary investors don't get them properly, except for minor speculation. Therefore, corporations do not get much working funds from stock sales, so they depend on bank loans capital.

The bank controls other corporations through the use of loaned cash. It can exert pressure on the company's board of directors to follow policies beneficial to the main bank, or can even takeover through threat of foreclosure. Fujiwara has set up a keiretsu system, and controls corporations that aren't under the Fujiwara name via cash control. They use this power to build up the Fujiwara group, and you can tell a subordinate company by the superior attitude of visiting Fujiwara staff.

Regional Offices
Fujiwara is a banking company that originated in Tokyo, Japan. Ever since it's establishment, the banking company spread allover Japan and later spread all over the world. The Fujiwara Bank can be found in every city that has a population larger than 10,000 people.

Trivia

 * Fujiwara in Japanese is "藤原氏."
 * Fujiwara is the named after the clan of the same name that was a major force in Japan for over 1,200 years.

Reference

 * Pacific Rim Sourcebook
 * Nippon Sourcebook

Fujiwara