Translation guide
A specialized financial institution that provides long-term loans and credit, historically distinct from ordinary commercial banks in Japan.
Referring to a bank that specializes in long-term lending, such as the former Japanese long-term credit banks.
In Japan, long-term credit banks (長期信用銀行) were a distinct category of banks established under the Long-Term Credit Bank Law of 1952. They specialized in providing long-term industrial financing. The last of these banks converted to ordinary commercial banks or merged in the early 2000s, so the term is now primarily historical.
Today, there are no banks operating as long-term credit banks in Japan. If you are referring to a modern bank that provides long-term loans, it is better to use a descriptive phrase like 長期融資を行う銀行 (bank that provides long-term financing) rather than the historical term.
The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan was a long-term credit bank that once existed.
Long-term credit banks played a role in supplying long-term capital for facilities.