Low returns drive Japanese megabanks further overseas
Japan's banks are back as the largest international lenders and are acquiring assets from shrinking Western rivals
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- Few opportunities at home
- Buying Western banks
- Morgan Stanley
- Citigroup
- RBS
- Cross-shareholding divestment?
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