Yoshifumi Nishikawa, the first president of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, died. The president of Japan Post also died at 5:36 on September 12.

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Yoshifumi Nishikawa, who was the first president of "Japan Post", which was established by the privatization of the postal service, died as the first president of "Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation", leading the merger of major banks that transcended the boundaries of the former conglomerate. ..

I was 82 years old.

Mr. Nishikawa joined Sumitomo Bank at that time in 1958, and demonstrated his skills in restructuring the management of the company, and also dealt with the trading company "Itoman" in which an unclear fund transaction became an incident.



In 1997, he became the president of Sumitomo Bank.

We promoted a merger with "Sakura Bank", which is based on Mitsui Bank, etc., beyond the framework of the former conglomerate, and became the first president of "Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation", which was born in 2001.



After that, the management restructuring problem of the major supermarket "Daiei" paved the way for the utilization of the Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan, and the management integration into UFJ by breaking into the integration negotiations between "Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group" and "UFJ Holdings". It was also called the "last bunker" because of its powerful ability, such as offering.



In the privatization of postal services in 2007, he was the first president of Japan Post Holdings, a holding company that unites the group.

According to the bank, Mr. Nishikawa died on the 11th.



I was 82 years old.