Local News

The Yamaguchi Prefecture-based Yamaguchi Financial Group, the parent of the Yamaguchi Bank, announced it will open three new branches of the Kitakyushu Bank when the new bank opens its doors for business in October 2011. These will be added to the 23 existing Yamaguchi Bank branches whose affiliation will change with the new bank’s establishment. Of the new bank’s branches, 13 are in Kitakyushu, five are in Fukuoka City, and one each are in Kurume, Oita City, Nagasaki City, and Kumamoto City. Another branch is planned to open in September in Yukuhashi, Fukuoka Prefecture.