The Bank of Japan's October 2026 Financial System Report assesses Japan's financial system as broadly stable, with the loan market functioning smoothly as firms' loan demand keeps rising and banks remain active lenders. Japanese banks have sufficient capital and stable funding to withstand stresses, including a global financial crisis-level shock and a compound scenario of geopolitical risks, a decline in AI expectations and a substantial rise in interest rates. The report says close monitoring is needed of the Middle East situation, the profitability and financing of AI-related investment, and developments in the foreign non-bank financial intermediary (NBFI) sector. Over the longer term, a structural decline in loan demand from population decline could weaken banks' profitability and loss-absorbing capacity.
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