A question of priorities

Japan's banks are aware of the need to prepare for Basel II, but it is just one of a number of urgent issues that need to be resolved in the Japanese banking sector.

The clock is ticking towards the proposed implementation date for the new Basel capital Accord in 2006. Yet for many of Japan’s banks, the need to ramp-up resources and investment in preparation for Basel II has been overshadowed by an urgent requirement to restructure balance sheets overwhelmed by non-performing loans and volatile cross-shareholdings.

And with the Japanese government pledging to finally resolve the non-performing loan (NPL) problem, as well as force the unwinding of banks’

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