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The Bank of Japan is the central bank of Japan. The bank is often called Nichigin for short. It is headquartered in Nihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo.
Headquarters in Chūō, Tokyo
The Osaka branch of the Bank of Japan is seen in the top right of this 1930 aerial photograph. The wide street in front of the bank is part of the Mido-Suji.
Aerial view (1984) with original building and eastern extension (green roofs), new building (top), and southern annex (bottom left)
The National Banks in Meiji Japan were a system of organization of the Japanese banking system created in the 1870s, inspired by the U.S. National Bank Act of the previous decade.
First building of the Dai-Ichi ("First") National Bank in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, photographed across Kaiun Bridge in the late 19th century
Tenth Bank building in Yamanashi (ca. 1888)
Fifteenth National Bank building in Tokyo (1910)
Twenty-seventh Bank building in Tokyo (1910)