Maintaining and strengthening business relationships and business strategies through strategic shareholdings
First written in FY2017. 7 of 11 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2019. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2019: 18 of 135 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Based on the above, at a Board of Directors meeting held in May 2026, we verified the rationality and other aspects of the listed shares held as of the end of March 2026.」
The Board of Directors continued its annual review of policy shareholdings. During the fiscal year, the company sold 15 listed issues, leaving 124 issues with a fair-value balance of ¥245,341 million. - 2026-05-21RestatedGeneral Meetings of Shareholders
「Beginning in FY2025, we revised the target so that, by the end of March 2030, the ratio of the market-value-based holdings to consolidated net assets, consisting of the aggregate of listed and unlisted shares held by the Bank of Yokohama, the Bank of East Japan and the Bank of Kanagawa, excluding deemed holdings, would be less than 10%. We will continue efforts to reduce cross-shareholdings.」
The company reaffirmed its previously stated target of reducing cross-shareholdings to less than 10% by the end of March 2030 and its policy of reducing such holdings. - FY2025RaisedAnnual report
「We have revised our target so that the fair-value balance of holdings will be less than 10% of consolidated net assets by the end of March 2030, and will advance efforts to reduce policy shareholdings further than before.」
The previous policy of reducing policy shareholdings was made more specific through a quantitative, time-bound target of bringing them below 10% of consolidated net assets by the end of March 2030. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「For policy shareholdings, our basic policy is to reduce the balance, with a view to limiting financial risks arising from share-price fluctuations and using capital efficiently while taking the cost of capital into account.」
The policy of reducing policy shareholdings was continued. As of the end of March 2024, listed shareholdings totaled 136 issues and ¥198,210 million, and 4 issues were sold during the fiscal year. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「Our basic policy for policy shareholdings (Note 1) is to reduce the balance, with a view to limiting financial risks arising from share-price fluctuations and using capital efficiently while taking the cost of capital into account.」
The company stated that its basic policy was to reduce the balance of policy shareholdings. In the fiscal year ended March 2023, it sold 7 listed issues, and in May 2023 the Board of Directors reviewed the rationality of the holdings. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「Based on the above, at a Board of Directors meeting held in May 2022, we verified the rationality and other aspects of the listed shares held as of the end of March 2022.」
The Board of Directors continued its annual review of policy shareholdings, and during the fiscal year the company sold 11 listed issues for approximately ¥5,000 million. The number of issues held was 137, with a carrying amount of ¥132,401 million. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「Based on the above, at a Board of Directors meeting held in May 2021, we verified the rationality and other aspects of the listed shares held as of the end of March 2021.」
The Board of Directors continued its annual review of policy shareholdings. As of the end of March 2021, listed shareholdings totaled 139 issues and ¥153,795 million, and during the fiscal year the company sold 16 issues for ¥10,021 million. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「Based on the above, at a Board of Directors meeting held in May 2020, we verified the rationality and other aspects of the listed shares held as of the end of March 2020.」
For policy shareholdings, the Board of Directors conducted its annual review based on regional contribution, business relationships, and risk and return commensurate with the cost of capital. The company sold 21 listed shareholdings for ¥21,774 million. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「For each listed shareholding, we regularly verify at Board of Directors meetings its contribution to regional development, the strengthening of long-term, stable business relationships, and its economic rationality, namely, risk and return commensurate with the cost of capital. Based on the above, at a Board of Directors meeting held in May 2019, we verified the rationality and other aspects of the listed shares held as of the end of March 2019.」
For policy shareholdings, the company disclosed the process under which the Board of Directors verifies, for each company, the contribution to the region, business relationships, and risk and return commensurate with the cost of capital, as well as the verification conducted in May 2019. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「Number of issues 387 issues Total amount recognized on the balance sheet ¥227,923 million」
The policy for investment shares held for purposes other than pure investment was reiterated, with the purpose of maintaining long-term, stable relationships with counterparties and strengthening relationships from a business-strategy perspective. The number of issues held was 387, with a carrying amount of ¥227,923 million. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「Number of issues 392 issues Total amount recognized on the balance sheet ¥217,321 million To maintain and strengthen long-term, stable business relationships with counterparties」
For the Bank of Yokohama's investment shares held for purposes other than pure investment, the disclosure states the scale of the holdings, at 392 issues and ¥217,321 million, and the purpose of maintaining and strengthening long-term, stable business relationships.