As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 23, 201227, 2015

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F

¨ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 20122015

OR

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period             to             

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¨ SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report                                

Commission file number 000-54189

KABUSHIKI KAISHA MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Japan

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

7-1, Marunouchi 2-chome

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8330

Japan

(Address of principal executive offices)

Naoki Muramatsu,Kazutaka Yoneda, +81-3-3240-8111, +81-3-3240-7073, same address is same as above

(Name, Telephone, Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Restricted Share Units granting rights to under the UnionBanCal Corporation Stock Bonus Plan

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:

$2,300,000,000 Fixed/Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Securities of MUFG Capital Finance 1 Limited, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.’s Guarantee thereof

€750,000,000 Fixed/Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Securities of MUFG Capital Finance 2 Limited, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.’s Guarantee thereof

Restricted Share Units granting rights to common stock pursuant to the UnionBanCalMUFG Americas Holdings Corporation Stock Bonus Plan

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:

AtAs of March 31, 2012, (1) 14,154,534,2202015, 14,168,853,820 shares of common stock (including 10,471,043151,647,230 shares of common stock held by the registrant and its consolidated subsidiaries as treasury stock), (2) 156,000,000 shares of first series of class 5 preferred stock, and (3) 1,000 shares of class 11 preferred stock.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

For purposes of this Annual Report, we have presented our consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or USU.S. GAAP, except for risk-adjusted capital ratios, business segment financial information and some other specifically identified information. Unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires, all amounts in our financial statements are expressed in Japanese yen.

When we refer in this Annual Report to “MUFG,” “we,” “us,” “our” and the “Group,” we generally mean Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, but from time to time as the context requires, we mean Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. as an individual legal entity. Similarly, references to “MTFG” and “UFJ Holdings” are to Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, Inc. and to UFJ Holdings, Inc., as single entities, respectively, as well as to MTFG and UFJ Holdings and their respective consolidated subsidiaries, as the context requires. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Annual Report to the financial results or business of the “MTFG group” and the “UFJ group” refer to those of MTFG and UFJ Holdings and their respective consolidated subsidiaries. In addition, our “banking“commercial banking subsidiaries” refers to The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., or “BTMU,” and, as the context requires, its consolidated subsidiaries engaged in the commercial banking business. Our “trust banking subsidiaries” refers to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, or “MUTB,” and, as the context requires, its consolidated subsidiaries engaged in the trust banking business. Our “banking subsidiaries” refers to BTMU and MUTB and, as the context requires, their respective consolidated subsidiaries engaged in the banking business. Our “securities subsidiaries” refers to Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd., or “MUSHD,” and as the context requires, its consolidated subsidiaries engaged in the securities business.

References to “MUAH” and “MUB” are to MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation and MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as single entities, respectively, as well as to MUAH and MUB and their respective consolidated

subsidiaries, as the context requires. Effective July 1, 2014, we integrated BTMU’s operations in the Americas region with the operations of UnionBanCal Corporation, or “UNBC,” which is a wholly owned subsidiary of BTMU, and changed UNBC’s corporate name to “MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation.” Union Bank, N.A., which is MUAH’s principal subsidiary, was also renamed “MUFG Union Bank, N.A.,” effective the same day.

References to “KS” or “Krungsri” are to Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited, as a single entity, as well as to KS and its respective consolidated subsidiaries, as the context requires. Effective January 5, 2015, we integrated the operations of the BTMU Bangkok branch with the operations of KS to comply with the Thai regulatory requirement generally referred to as the “one presence” policy, which limits financial conglomerates to a single licensed deposit taking entity in Thailand.

References in this Annual Report to “yen” or “¥” are to Japanese yen, references to “US“U.S. dollars,” “US“U.S. dollar,” “dollars,” “US$“U.S.$” or “$” are to United States dollars, and references to “euro” or “€” are to the currency of the member states of the European Union, and references to “£” are to British pounds sterling. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to the “Great East Japan Earthquake” generally mean the earthquake and the ensuing tsunami in the northeastern region of Japan that occurred on March 11, 2011, as well as the subsequent accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants. Monetary Union.

Our fiscal year ends on March 31 of each year. References to years not specified as being fiscal years are to calendar years.

We usually hold the ordinary general meeting of shareholders of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. in June of each year in Tokyo.

Forward-Looking Statements

We may from time to time make written or oral forward-looking statements. Written forward-looking statements may appear in documents filed with or submitted to the USU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, including this Annual Report, and other reports to shareholders and other communications.

The USU.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a “safe harbor” for forward-looking information to encourage companies to provide prospective information about themselves. We rely on this safe harbor in making these forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements appear in a number of places in this Annual Report and include statements regarding our current intent, business plan, targets, belief or current expectations or the current belief or current expectations of our management with respect to our results of operations and financial condition, including, among other matters, our problem loans and loan losses. In many, but not all cases, we use words such as “anticipate,” “aim,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “probability,” “risk,” “will,” “may” and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management, to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those which are aimed, anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended or planned, or otherwise stated.

Our forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. We identify in this Annual Report in “Item 3.D. Key Information—Risk Factors,” “Item 4.B. Information on the Company—Business Overview,” “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” and elsewhere, some, but not necessarily all, of the important factors that could cause these differences.

We are under no obligation, and disclaim any obligation, to update or alter our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

PART I

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

The selected statement of operationsincome data and selected balance sheet data set forth below havehas been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements.

Except for risk-adjusted capital ratios, which are calculated in accordance with Japanese banking regulations based on information derived from our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Japan, or Japanese GAAP, and the average balance information, the selected financial data set forth below are derived from our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with USU.S. GAAP.

Upon the conversion of the convertible preferred stock issued to us by Morgan Stanley into shares of Morgan Stanley’s common stock on June 30, 2011, we adopted the equity method of accounting for our investment in Morgan Stanley for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. Accordingly, certain financial data for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2010 and 2011 have been retroactively adjusted on a step-by-step basis as if the equity method of accounting had been in effect during the previous reporting periods.

You should read the selected financial data set forth below in conjunction with “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects”Prospects,” “Selected Statistical Data” and our consolidated financial statements and other financial data included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 20-F.Report. These data are qualified in their entirety by reference to all of that information.

		Fiscal years ended March 31,
		2008				2009				2010				2011				2012
		(in millions, except per share data and number of shares)
Statement of operations data:
Interest income(1)		¥	4,366,811			¥	3,895,794			¥	2,757,866			¥	2,550,144			¥	2,595,956
Interest expense			2,087,094				1,599,389				774,400				670,673				640,139
Net interest income			2,279,717				2,296,405				1,983,466				1,879,471				1,955,817
Provision for credit losses			385,740				626,947				647,793				292,035				223,809
Net interest income after provision for credit losses			1,893,977				1,669,458				1,335,673				1,587,436				1,732,008
Non-interest income			1,778,114				175,099				2,469,411				1,694,822				1,440,576
Non-interest expense			3,620,336				3,608,784				2,508,060				2,460,446				2,322,642
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense (benefit)			51,755				(1,764,227	)			1,297,024				821,812				849,942
Income tax expense (benefit)			553,045				(259,928	)			413,105				433,625				429,191
Income (loss) from continuing operations			(501,290	)			(1,504,299	)			883,919				388,187				420,751
Loss from discontinued operations—net			(2,670	)			—				—				—				—
Net income (loss) before attribution of noncontrolling interests			(503,960	)			(1,504,299	)			883,919				388,187				420,751
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests			38,476				(36,259	)			15,257				(64,458	)			4,520
Net income (loss) attributable to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group		¥	(542,436	)		¥	(1,468,040	)		¥	868,662			¥	452,645			¥	416,231
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group		¥	(557,014	)		¥	(1,491,593	)		¥	846,984			¥	431,705			¥	398,291
Amounts per share:
Basic earnings (loss) per common share—income (loss) from continuing operations available to common shareholders of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group		¥	(53.79	)		¥	(137.84	)		¥	68.72			¥	30.55			¥	28.17
Basic earnings (loss) per common share—net income (loss) available to common shareholders of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group			(54.05	)			(137.84	)			68.72				30.55				28.17
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share—income (loss) from continuing operations available to common shareholders of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group			(53.79	)			(137.84	)			68.59				30.43				28.09
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share—net income (loss) available to common shareholders of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group			(54.05	)			(137.84	)			68.59				30.43				28.09
Number of shares used to calculate basic earnings (loss) per common share (in thousands)			10,305,911				10,821,091				12,324,315				14,131,567				14,140,136
Number of shares used to calculate diluted earnings (loss) per common share (in thousands)			10,305,911				10,821,091				12,332,681	(2)			14,144,737	(2)			14,156,820	(2)
Cash dividends per share declared during the fiscal year:
—Common stock		¥	13.00			¥	14.00			¥	11.00			¥	12.00			¥	12.00
		$	0.11			$	0.14			$	0.12			$	0.14			$	0.15
—Preferred stock (Class 3)		¥	60.00			¥	60.00			¥	60.00			¥	30.00				—
		$	0.51			$	0.61			$	0.65			$	0.34				—
—Preferred stock (Class 5)			—				—			¥	100.50	(3)		¥	115.00			¥	115.00
			—				—			$	1.10			$	1.33			$	1.45
—Preferred stock (Class 8)		¥	15.90			¥	7.95				—				—				—
		$	0.14			$	0.07				—				—				—
—Preferred stock (Class 11)		¥	5.30			¥	5.30			¥	5.30			¥	5.30			¥	5.30
		$	0.05			$	0.05			$	0.06			$	0.06			$	0.07
—Preferred stock (Class 12)		¥	11.50			¥	11.50				—				—				—
		$	0.10			$	0.12				—				—				—

		At March 31,
		2008				2009				2010				2011				2012
		(in millions)
Balance sheet data:
Total assets		¥	195,766,083			¥	193,499,417			¥	200,081,462			¥	202,850,243			¥	215,202,514
Loans, net of allowance for credit losses			97,867,139				99,153,703				90,870,295				86,261,519				91,012,736
Total liabilities			186,612,152				187,032,297				190,980,363				194,187,331				206,344,067
Deposits			129,240,128				128,331,052				135,472,496				136,631,704				139,493,730
Long-term debt			13,675,250				13,273,288				14,162,424				13,356,728				12,593,062
Total equity			9,153,931				6,467,120				9,101,099				8,662,912				8,858,447
Capital stock—Common stock			1,084,708				1,127,552				1,643,238				1,644,132				1,645,144

		Fiscal years ended March 31,
		2011				2012				2013				2014				2015
		(in millions, except per share data and number of shares)
Statement of income data:
Interest income(1)		¥	2,550,144			¥	2,595,956			¥	2,427,521			¥	2,522,283			¥	2,894,645
Interest expense			670,673				640,139				556,418				560,972				663,184
Net interest income			1,879,471				1,955,817				1,871,103				1,961,311				2,231,461
Provision (credit) for credit losses			292,035				223,809				144,542				(106,371	)			86,998
Net interest income after provision (credit) for credit losses			1,587,436				1,732,008				1,726,561				2,067,682				2,144,463
Non-interest income			1,694,822				1,440,576				2,067,909				1,821,081				2,845,078
Non-interest expense			2,460,446				2,322,642				2,378,599				2,468,320				2,726,885
Income before income tax expense			821,812				849,942				1,415,871				1,420,443				2,262,656
Income tax expense			433,625				429,191				296,020				337,917				666,020
Net income before attribution of noncontrolling interests			388,187				420,751				1,119,851				1,082,526				1,596,636
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests			(64,458	)			4,520				50,727				67,133				65,509
Net income attributable to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group		¥	452,645			¥	416,231			¥	1,069,124			¥	1,015,393			¥	1,531,127
Earnings applicable to common shareholders of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group		¥	431,705			¥	398,291			¥	1,051,184			¥	994,152			¥	1,522,157
Amounts per share:
Basic earnings per common share—Earnings applicable to common shareholders of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group		¥	30.55			¥	28.17			¥	74.30			¥	70.21			¥	107.81
Diluted earnings per common share—Earnings applicable to common shareholders of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group			30.43				28.09				74.16				69.98				107.50
Number of shares used to calculate basic earnings per common share (in thousands)			14,131,567				14,140,136				14,148,060				14,158,698				14,118,469
Number of shares used to calculate diluted earnings per common share (in thousands)(2)			14,144,737				14,156,820				14,169,080				14,180,080				14,137,645
Cash dividends per share paid during the fiscal year:
—Common stock		¥	12.00			¥	12.00			¥	12.00			¥	14.00			¥	18.00
		$	0.14			$	0.15			$	0.15			$	0.14			$	0.16
—Preferred stock (Class 3)		¥	30.00				—				—				—				—
		$	0.34				—				—				—				—
—Preferred stock (Class 5)(3)		¥	115.00			¥	115.00			¥	115.00			¥	115.00			¥	57.50
		$	1.33			$	1.45			$	1.42			$	1.14			$	0.57
—Preferred stock (Class 11)(4)		¥	5.30			¥	5.30			¥	5.30			¥	5.30			¥	2.65
		$	0.06			$	0.07			$	0.07			$	0.05			$	0.03

		Fiscal years ended March 31,
		2011				2012				2013				2014				2015
		(in millions, except percentages)
Other financial data:
Average balances:
Interest-earning assets		¥	180,260,385			¥	184,179,147			¥	193,824,256			¥	212,176,348			¥	237,247,664
Interest-bearing liabilities			161,344,664				165,420,569				173,399,441				189,413,309				210,101,348
Total assets			204,781,984				211,835,389				225,682,785				247,729,744				277,557,493
Total equity			8,987,129				8,594,310				9,244,530				10,683,098				13,002,955
Return on equity and assets:
Earnings applicable to common shareholders as a percentage of average total assets			0.21	%			0.19	%			0.47	%			0.40	%			0.55	%
Earnings applicable to common shareholders as a percentage of average total equity			4.80	%			4.63	%			11.37	%			9.31	%			11.71	%
Dividends per common share as a percentage of basic earnings per common share			39.28	%			42.60	%			16.15	%			19.94	%			16.70	%
Average total equity as a percentage of average total assets			4.39	%			4.06	%			4.10	%			4.31	%			4.68	%
Net interest income as a percentage of average total interest-earning assets			1.04	%			1.06	%			0.97	%			0.92	%			0.94	%
Credit quality data:
Allowance for credit losses		¥	1,240,456			¥	1,285,507			¥	1,335,987			¥	1,094,420			¥	1,055,479
Allowance for credit losses as a percentage of loans			1.42	%			1.39	%			1.36	%			0.99	%			0.89	%
Impaired loans		¥	1,893,098			¥	2,031,868			¥	2,200,766			¥	1,861,027			¥	1,686,806
Impaired loans as a percentage of loans			2.16	%			2.20	%			2.23	%			1.69	%			1.43	%
Allowance for credit losses related to impaired loans as a percentage of impaired loans			39.30	%			42.92	%			43.39	%			40.32	%			36.00	%
Net loan charge-offs		¥	342,100			¥	173,370			¥	112,862			¥	153,748			¥	150,666
Net loan charge-offs as a percentage of average loans			0.39	%			0.20	%			0.12	%			0.15	%			0.13	%
Average interest rate spread			0.99	%			1.02	%			0.93	%			0.89	%			0.90	%
Risk-adjusted capital ratio calculated under Japanese GAAP(5)			14.89	%			14.91	%			16.68	%			15.53	%			15.68	%

Exchange Rate Information

The tables below set forth, for each period indicated, certain information concerning the noon buying rate in New York City for cable transfers in Japanese yen as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, expressed inexchange of Japanese yen per US$1.00.U.S. $1.00 based on exchange rate information found on Bloomberg. On July 10, 2012,13, 2015, the noon buyingclosing exchange rate was ¥79.44¥123.43 to US$U.S.$1.00 and the inverse noon buying rate was US$1.26U.S.$0.81 to ¥100.00.

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Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described in this section, which is intended to disclose all of the risks that we consider material based on the information currently available to us, as well as all the other information in this Annual Report, including our consolidated financial statements and related notes, “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects,” “Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Credit, Market and Other Risk” and “Selected Statistical Data.”

Our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected by any of the factors discussed below. The trading price of our securities could decline due to any of these factors. This Annual Report also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including the risks faced by usthose described in this section and elsewhere in this Annual Report. See “Forward-Looking Statements.”

Risks Related to Our Business

Because a large portion of our assets are located in Japan andas well as our business operations are conducted primarily in Japan, we may incur further losses if economic conditions in Japan worsen.

Our performance is particularly affected by the general economic conditions of Japan where we are headquartered and conduct a significant amount of our business. As of March 31, 2010, 2011 and 2012, 74.5%, 71.9% and 69.1%2015, 60.3% of our total assets were related to Japanese domestic assets, respectively, including Japanese national government and Japanese government agency bonds, which accounted for 73.8%, 77.5% and 81.1%70.0% of our total investment securities portfolio and 20.2%, 22.6% and 23.0%13.0% of our total assets, respectively. Moreover, 72.8%Interest and non-interest income in Japan represented 52.6% of our total interest and non-interest income for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 related to such income in Japan.2015. Furthermore, as of March 31, 2012,2015, our domestic loans in Japan accounted for approximately 73.8%59.1% of our total loans outstanding.

The Japanese economy slowed down in the quarter ended June 30, 2011 following the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011 and again in the third quarter ended December 31, 2011 as overseas economies deteriorated and the Japanese yen appreciated against other major currencies. The exchange rate between the Japanese yen and the US dollar fluctuated during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, with the yen appreciating to the highest rate for the fiscal year of ¥75.32 to the US dollar on October 31, 2011. As of July 10, 2012, the exchange rate was ¥79.25 to US$1. The Japanese economy may further deteriorate if, for example, the yen continues to appreciate or remains at current levels against other currencies, consumer spending in Japan is negatively affected by various factors such as tax rate increases, or the global economy worsens due to the ongoing sovereign debt crisis in Europe. Shortages in electricity supply and electricity rate increases could also further adversely affect the Japanese economy. Growing global competition may adversely affect Japanese companies and, as a result, the Japanese economy as a whole. In addition, thereThere is significant uncertainty surrounding political decision-making over,Japan’s economy. For example, Japan’s fiscal health and sovereign creditworthiness may deteriorate if the Japanese government’s economic measures and the executionBank of measuresJapan’s monetary policies prove ineffective or result in response to, issues that could have a significant impact on Japan’s economy, including Japan’s energy, tax and social security policies, issuancenegative consequences. If the prices of Japanese government bonds decline rapidly, resulting in an unexpectedly sudden increase in interest rates, our investment securities portfolio as well as responses to the Great East Japan Earthquake.our lending, borrowing, trading and other operations may be negatively impacted. In recent periods, severalmajor credit rating agencies have downgraded the credit ratings of Japan’s sovereign debt, including a downgrade by Moody’s Japan K.K., or Moody’s,Investor Service, Inc. in August 2011December 2014 and a downgrade by Fitch Ratings, Japan Limited,Ltd. in April 2015.

Instability in the Japanese stock market and foreign currency exchange rates may also have a significant adverse impact on our asset and liability management as well as our results of operations. Various other factors, including stagnation or Fitch,deterioration of economic and market conditions in May 2012.Forother countries, and growing global competition, may also have a material negative impact on the Japanese economy. For a detailed discussion on the business environment in Japan and abroad, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Business Environment” and “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Recent Developments.Environment.”

Since the accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants in March 2011, the Japanese electric utility industry has been experiencing significant difficulties and has been influenced by evolving public policy. In particular, The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated, or TEPCO, and the Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund, which is a government-supported fund, drafted a Comprehensive Special Business Plan to address TEPCO’s problems following the accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants. That plan was approved by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry in May 2012. The plan provides for a ¥1 trillion capital injection into TEPCO by the Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund in July 2012. In addition, as part of the plan, TEPCO has requested its primary lenders, which includes us, to (1) maintain all existing credit lines until TEPCO can procure financing independently through corporate bond issuances, (2) re-lend any previous loans that TEPCO may have repaid between March 11 and September 30, 2011, and (3) provide additional debt financing of up to approximately ¥1 trillion in aggregate (including the amount provided in response to the request as described in (2) above). No request for debt-forgiveness was made to the lenders as part of the plan. We are carefully monitoring TEPCO’s progress under the plan, and are currently considering providing the requested financial support to TEPCO if TEPCO’s operations and financial standing are in accordance with the plan without any material change. Assuming that we had provided the additional debt financing requested by TEPCO under the plan as of March 31, 2012, our aggregate loans outstanding to the Japanese electric utility industry would have been approximately 2% of our total outstanding loans as of such date.

Since, as described above, our domestic loans in Japan accounted for a significant portion of our loan portfolio, deteriorating or stagnant economic conditions in Japan have resulted in, and will likely furthermay cause indirect adverse effects on our financial results, such as increases in credit costs, as the credit quality of some borrowers could deteriorate. For example, due to the intensifying global competition and weakening consumer spending in recent periods, some Japanese companies, including electronics manufacturers, have experienced significant financial difficulties. For a further discussion, see “—Risks Related to Our Business—We may suffer additional credit-related losses in the future if our borrowers are unable to repay their loans as expected or if the measures we take in reaction to, or in anticipation of, our borrowers’ deteriorating repayment abilities prove inappropriate or insufficient.”

In addition, our Japanese domestic marketable equity securities portfolio and Japanese government bond portfolio may be adversely affected, depending on how the Japanese economy performs in general and what governmental policies may be adopted in the future. Deteriorating or stagnant economic conditions in Japan may also result in a decrease in the volume of financial transactions in general, which in turn may reduce our domestic income from fees and commissions. For a further discussion of our results of operations on a geographic basis, see “Item 5.A. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Operating Results—Geographic Segment Analysis.”

If the global economy deteriorates further, our credit-related losses may increase, and the value of the financial instruments we hold may decrease, resulting in losses.

Global economic conditions remain volatile, and it is uncertain how the global economy will evolve over time. Especially,The shift in the financialmonetary policy in the United States, the prolonged economic stagnation in Europe, slowing economic growth in China in the midst of a shift in the government’s economic policy, and the political turmoil caused by the credit crises in some European countries hasvarious regions around world could negatively impactedimpact wider markets, including those of both emerging and developed countries. As of March 31, 2012,2015, based principally on the domicile of the obligors, assets related to Europe accounted for approximately 8.7%9.9% of our total assets, assets related to Asia and Oceania excluding Japan accounted for approximately 5.8%9.3% of our total assets, and assets related to the United States accounted for approximately 13.2%16.5% of our total assets. If the global economy deteriorates or the global economic recovery significantly slows down again, the availability of credit may become limited, and some of our borrowers may default on their loan obligations to us, increasing our credit losses. In addition, concerns over the sovereign debt problem in some European countries may limit liquidity in the global financial markets. Some of our credit derivative transactions may also be negatively affected, including the protection we sold through single name credit default swaps, and index and basket credit default swaps, and credit linked notes.swaps. The notional amounts of these protections sold as of March 31, 20122015 were ¥2.63 trillion, ¥0.67 trillion¥2,583.2 billion and ¥0.04 trillion,¥791.1 billion, respectively. In addition, if credit market conditions worsen, our capital funding structure may need to be adjusted or our funding costs may increase, which could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

Furthermore, we have incurred losses, and may incur further losses, as a result of changes in the fair value of our financial instruments resulting from weakening market conditions. For example, declines in the fair value of our investment securities, particularly equity investment securities, resulted in our recording impairment losses of ¥117.5¥124.2 billion, ¥139.0¥6.5 billion and ¥195.7¥5.9 billion for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2010, 20112013, 2014 and 2012,2015, respectively. As of March 31, 2012,2015, approximately 43%33.7% of our total assets were financial instruments for which we measure fair value on a recurring basis, and less than 0.5% of our total assets were financial instruments for which we measure fair value on a nonrecurringnon-recurring basis. Generally, in order to establish the fair value of these

instruments, we rely on quoted market prices. If the value of these financial instruments declines, a corresponding write-down may be recognized in our consolidated statements of income. In addition, because we hold a large amount of investment securities, short-term fluctuations in the value of our securities may trigger losses or exit costs for us to manage our risk. For more information on our valuation method for financial instruments, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Critical Accounting Estimates.”

Our business operations are exposed to risks of natural disasters, terrorism and other disruptions caused by external events.

As a major financial institution incorporated in Japan and operating in major international financial markets, our business operations, ATMs and other information technology systems, personnel, and facilities and other physical assets are subject to the risks of earthquakes, typhoons, floods and other natural disasters, terrorism and other political and social conflicts, health epidemics, and other disruptions caused by external events, which are beyond our control. As a consequence of such external events, we may be required to incur significant costs and expenses for remedial measures or compensation to customers or transaction counterparties for resulting losses. We may also suffer loss of business. In addition, such external events may have various other significant adverse effects, including deterioration in economic conditions, declines in the business performance of our borrowers and decreases in stock prices, which may result in higher credit costs or impairment or valuation losses on the financial instruments we hold. These effects could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

As with other Japanese companies, we are exposed to heightened risks of large-scale natural disasters, particularly earthquakes. In particular, a large-scale earthquake occurring in the Tokyo metropolitan area could result in market disruptions or significant damage to, or losses of, tangible or human assets relating to our business and counterparties because many of our important business functions and many of the major Japanese companies and financial markets are located in the area. In addition, such an earthquake could cause a longer-term economic slowdown and a downgrade of Japan’s sovereign credit rating due to increases in government spending for disaster recovery measures.

Our risk management policies and procedures may be insufficient to address the consequences of these external events, resulting in our inability to continue to operate a part or the whole of our business. In addition, our redundancy and backup measures may not be sufficient to avoid a material disruption in our operations, and our contingency and business continuity plans may not address all eventualities that may occur in the event of a material disruption caused by a large-scale natural disaster such as the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, which led to tsunamis, soil liquefaction and fires, as well as electricity power supply shortages and electricity power conservation measures resulting from the suspension of the operations of the nuclear power plants.

We may suffer additional credit-related losses in the future if our borrowers are unable to repay their loans as expected or if the measures we take in reaction to, or in anticipation of, our borrowers’ deteriorating repayment abilities prove inappropriate or insufficient.

When we lend money or commit to lend money, we incur credit risk orwhich is the risk of losses if our borrowers do not repay their loans. We may incur significant credit losses or have to provide for a significant amount of additional allowance for credit losses if:

As a percentage of total loans, impaired loans, which primarily include nonaccrual and restructured loans and accruing loans contractually past due 90 daystroubled debt restructurings, or moreTDRs, ranged from 1.70%1.43% to 2.36%2.23% as of the five most recent fiscal year-ends, reaching its highest level of 2.36% asyear-ends. As of March 31, 2011 and 2012. Nonaccrual and restructured2015, impaired loans and accruing loans contractually past due 90 days or more increased to ¥2.2 trillion at March 31, 2012, from ¥2.1 trillion at March 31, 2011, primarily due to an increase in such loans inwere ¥1,686.8 billion, representing 1.43% of our domestic loan portfolio.total outstanding loans. If the recessioneconomic conditions in Japan worsens again,or other parts of the world to which we have significant credit risk exposure worsen, our

problem loans and credit-related expenses may increase. An increase in problem loans and credit-related expenses would adversely affect our results of operations, weaken our financial condition and erode our capital base. For a discussion of our problem loans, see “Item 5.B. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Financial Condition” and “Selected Statistical Data—Loan Portfolio.”

Due to the nuclear power plant accidents in Fukushima Prefecture following the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, certain areas in eastern Japan were affected by radiation contamination, and the Kanto region of Japan, where Tokyo is located, experienced electricity supply shortages. Electricity is expected to fall short in supply in wider regions of Japan. Electricity supply shortages are expected to have a significant negative impact on the recovery efforts in the northeastern region of Japan and could also disrupt the economic and industrial activities in other regions of Japan. Increased costs are expected to secure alternative sources of electricity, parts and other materials, and to provide financial support or compensation for affected individuals and companies. In addition, electricity rates have been raised, and may be further raised, which will affect our borrowers in Japan. As a result, our borrowers’ financial condition and creditworthiness could deteriorate, and our credit-related expenses with respect to our domestic credit portfolio could increase.

We may provide additional loans, equity capital or other forms of support to troubled borrowers in order to facilitate their restructuring and revitalization efforts. We may also forbear from exercising some or all of our rights as a creditor against them, and we may forgive loans to them in conjunction with their debt restructurings. We may take these steps even when such steps might not be warranted from the perspective of our short-term or narrow economic interests or a technical analysis of our legal rights against those borrowers, in light of other factors such as our longer-term economic interests, and our commitment to support the Japanese economy. These practices may substantially increase our exposure to troubled borrowers and increase our losses. Credit losses may also increase if we elect, or are forced by economic or other considerations, to sell or write off our problem loans at a larger discount, in a larger amount or in a different time or manner, than we may otherwise want.

Although we, from time to time, enter into credit derivative transactions, including credit default swap contracts, to manage our credit risk exposure, such transactions may not provide the protection against credit defaults that we intended due to counterparty defaults or similar issues. The credit default swap contracts could also result in significant losses. As of March 31, 2012,2015, the total notional amount of the protection we sold through single name credit default swaps, index and basket credit default swaps, and credit-linked notes was ¥3.3¥3.37 trillion. In addition, negative changes in financial market conditions may restrict the availability and liquidity of credit default swaps. For more information on our credit derivative transactions, see Note 2123 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report.

Our loan losses could prove to be materially different from our estimates and could materially exceed our current allowance for credit losses, in which case we may need to provide for additional allowance for credit losses and may also record credit losses beyond our allowance. Our allowance for credit losses in our loan portfolio is based on evaluations aboutof customers’ creditworthiness and the value of collateral we hold. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, we recorded ¥87.0 billion of provision for credit losses. Negative changes in economic conditions, government policies or our borrowers’ repayment abilities could require us to provide for additional allowance. For example, borrowerscompanies in wider regions of Japan may be adversely affectedthe Japanese electronics manufacturing industry in particular have experienced significant declines in sales and financial difficulties due to increased global competition. Moreover, the Japanese electric utility companies, including The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated, have been significantly affected by the accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants in March 2011 and subsequent developments, including the suspension of all of the nuclear power plants for seismic safety inspections and other reasons, higher fuel prices in recent periods and compensation issues for affected individuals and companies,companies. Other borrowers in Japan may be adversely affected by electricity power supply shortages and electricity rate increases, and other indirect consequences of the Great East Japan Earthquake beyond our expectations, as well as changes in governmental policies in the future.increases. As a result, our borrowers may incur financial and nonfinancialnon-financial losses that exceed our estimations. In such case, we may need to provide for additional allowance for credit losses. Also, the regulatory standards or guidance on establishing allowances may also change, causing us to change some of the evaluations used in determining the allowances. As a result, we may need to provide for additional allowance for credit losses.

When there is an improvement in asset quality, a credit for credit losses is recorded to reverse the allowance for credit losses to a level management deems appropriate. For a discussionexample, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, we recorded ¥106.4 billion of credit for credit losses, which was included in our consolidated statements of income. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, we recorded additional credit for credit losses with respect to some segments of our allowance policy,loan portfolio, while we recorded provision for credit losses for our entire loan portfolio. However, we have historically more often provided for credit losses rather than recording credit for credit losses, and in future periods we may need to recognize a provision for credit losses, which may have a significant negative effect on our results of operations.

For more information on our loan portfolio, see “Item 5.B. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Financial Condition.Condition—Loan Portfolio.”

If the Japanese stock market or other global markets decline in the future, we may incur losses on our securities portfolio and our capital ratios will be adversely affected.

A decline in Japanese stock prices could reduce the value of the Japanese domestic marketable equity securities that we hold, which accounted for 5.6%12.2% of our total investment securities portfolio, or 1.6%and 2.3% of our total assets, as of March 31, 2012.2015. The Nikkei Stock Average, which is the average of 225 blue chip stocks listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, fluctuated throughout the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, with the closing price of the Nikkei Stock Average2015 declining to ¥8,160.01anintra-day low of ¥13,885.11 on November 25, 2011.April 11, 2014 and rising to an intra-day high of ¥19,778.60 on March 23, 2015. As of July 10, 2012,6, 2015, the closing price of the Nikkei Stock Average was ¥8,857.73. Fluctuations¥20,112.12. Recent fluctuations in the Nikkei Stock Average have mainly reflected the volatility in the global economy and weak investor sentiment that remains cautiousas investors continue to observe the changes in lighteconomic and monetary policies mainly in Japan, the United States, the Eurozone and Asian countries. In addition, weakening or stagnant economic conditions in these and other regions may have a significant negative impact on Japanese companies, which in turn will cause their stock prices to decline. Concerns over the impact of uncertainties surroundinggeopolitical tensions and conflicts in various parts of the world on Japanese companies may also adversely affect stock prices in Japan. In addition, the global financial and capital markets and, to some extent, the appreciating Japanese yentrend towards further reduction in risk assets could result in lower stock prices, and the growing global competition adversely affecting Japanese companies.recent trend in Japan towards strengthening corporate governance may subject public companies to stricter scrutiny. If stock market prices further decline or do not improve, we may incur additional losses on our securities portfolio. Because we hold a large amount of Japanese domestic marketable equity securities, even short-term fluctuations in the value of our securities may trigger losses or exit costs for us to manage our risk. Further declinesDeclines in the Japanese stock market or other global markets may also materially and adversely affect our capital ratios and financial condition. For a detailed discussion of our holdings of marketable equity securities and the effect of market declines on our capital ratios, see “Item 5.B. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Capital Adequacy” and “Selected Statistical Data—Investment Portfolio.”

If our strategic alliance with Morgan Stanley fails, we could suffer financial or reputational loss.

We have entered into a global strategic alliance with Morgan Stanley, under which we operate two joint venture securities companies in Japan, engage in joint corporate finance operations in the United States and pursue other cooperative opportunities. We hold approximately 21.8% of the voting rights in Morgan Stanley as of March 31, 2012 and continue to hold approximately $0.5 billion, or ¥53.6 billion, of perpetual non-cumulative non-convertible preferred stock with a 10% dividend. In addition, we currently have two representatives on Morgan Stanley’s board of directors.

We initially entered into this strategic alliance in October 2008 with a view towards long-term cooperation with Morgan Stanley, and currently plan to deepen the strategic alliance, given that the voluntary conversion of the convertible preferred stock to the common stock was completed in June 2011. However, due to any unexpected changes in social, economic or financial conditions, changes in the regulatory environment, or any failure to integrate or share staff, products or services, or to operate, manage or implement the business strategy of the securities joint venture companies or other cooperative opportunities as planned, we may be unable to achieve the expected synergies from this alliance.

If our strategic alliance with Morgan Stanley is terminated, it could have a material negative impact on our business strategy, financial condition, and results of operations. For example, because we conduct our securities operations in Japan through the joint venture companies we have with Morgan Stanley, such termination may result in our inability to attain the planned growth in this line of business.

In addition, with our current investment in Morgan Stanley, we have neither a controlling interest in, nor control over the business operations of Morgan Stanley. If Morgan Stanley makes any business decisions that are inconsistent with our interests, we may be unable to achieve the goals initially set out for the strategic alliance. Furthermore, although we do not control Morgan Stanley, given the magnitude of our investment, if Morgan Stanley encounters financial or other business difficulties, we may suffer a financial loss on our investment or damage to our reputation. Because of a decline in the quoted market price of Morgan Stanley’s common stock that we determined to be other than temporary in light of the increasingly stringent regulatory environment and the existing adverse economic events in Europe, we recorded an impairment loss of ¥579.5 billion on our investment in Morgan Stanley’s common stock for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.

In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, Morgan Stanley became an equity-method affiliate in our consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, Morgan Stanley’s performance will have a more significant impact on our results of operations as a result of equity method accounting. Further, fluctuations in Morgan Stanley’s stock price or in our equity ownership interest in Morgan Stanley may cause us to recognize additional losses on our investment in Morgan Stanley.

For a detailed discussion of our strategic alliance with Morgan Stanley, see See also “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Recent Developments.”

Because of our loans to consumers and our shareholdings in companies engaged in consumer lending, changes in the business or regulatory environment for consumer finance companies in Japan may further adversely affect our financial results.

We have a large loan portfolio in the consumer lending industry as well as large shareholdings in subsidiaries and equity method investees in the consumer finance industry. Our domestic loans to consumers amount to approximately one-fifth of our total outstanding loans. Of this amount, the consumer loans provided by Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS, Co., Ltd., which is our primary consumer financing subsidiary, were ¥757.9 billion as of March 31, 2012, compared to ¥872.0 billion as of March 31, 2011. Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS’s consumer loan portfolio has been adversely affected by a series of regulatory reforms recently implemented in Japan.

The Japanese government implemented regulatory reforms affecting the consumer lending industry in recent years. In December 2006, the Diet passed legislation to reform the regulations relating to the consumer lending business, including amendments to the Law Concerning Acceptance of Investment, Cash Deposit and Interest Rate, etc., which, effective June 18, 2010, reduced the maximum permissible interest rate from 29.2% per annum to 20% per annum. The regulatory reforms also included amendments to the Law Concerning Lending Business which, effective June 18, 2010, abolished the so-called “gray-zone interest.Environment.” Gray-zone interest refers to interest rates exceeding the limits stipulated by the Interest Rate Restriction Law (between 15% per annum to 20% per annum depending on the amount of principal). Prior to June 18, 2010, gray-zone interest was permitted under certain conditions set forth in the Law Concerning Lending Business. As a result of the regulatory reforms, all interest rates are now subject to the lower limits imposed by the Interest Rate Restriction Law, compelling lending institutions, including our consumer finance subsidiaries and equity method investees, to lower the interest rates they charge borrowers. The new regulations that became effective on June 18, 2010 also have had a further negative impact on the business of consumer finance companies as one of the new regulations requires, among other things, consumer finance companies to limit their lending to a single customer to a maximum of one third of the customer’s annual income regardless of the customer’s repayment capability, significantly affecting consumer financing companies.

The new regulations and regulatory reforms affecting the consumer finance business were one of the main factors that contributed to the decrease in interest income attributable to our consumer finance business. Our interest income attributable to the consumer finance business was approximately ¥190 billion and ¥160 billion for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009 and 2010, respectively. However, following the regulatory changes in June 2010, our interest income attributable to the consumer finance business decreased to approximately ¥130 billion and ¥120 billion for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2011 and 2012, respectively.

In addition, as a result of decisions by the Supreme Court of Japan prior to June 18, 2010 imposing stringent requirements under the Law Concerning Lending Business for charging gray-zone interest rates, consumer finance companies have experienced a significant increase in borrowers’ claims for reimbursement of previously collected interest payments in excess of the limits stipulated by the Interest Rate Restriction Law.

Following the various legal developments in June 2010 and other industry developments, Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS revised its estimate by updating management’s future forecast to reflect new reimbursement claims information and other data. As of March 31, 2010, 2011 and 2012, we had ¥84.2 billion, ¥136.9 billion and ¥99.4 billion of allowance for repayment of excess interest, respectively. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2010,

2011 and 2012, we recorded provisions for repayment of excess interest of ¥44.8 billion, ¥85.7 billion and nil, respectively. For the same periods, one of our equity method investees engaged in consumer lending, ACOM CO., LTD., had a negative impact of ¥23.1 billion, ¥96.4 billion and ¥19.3 billion, respectively, on Equity in losses of equity method investees—net in our consolidated statements of income. We intend to carefully monitor future developments and trends.

These developments have adversely affected, and these and any future developments may further adversely affect, the operations and financial condition of our subsidiaries, equity method investees and borrowers which are engaged in consumer lending, which in turn may affect the value of our related shareholdings and loan portfolio. In particular, in March 2011, we made a capital contribution of approximately ¥85.0 billion to Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS.

Increases in interest rates could adversely affect the value of our bond portfolio.

The aggregate carrying amount of the Japanese government and corporate bonds and foreign bonds, including USU.S. Treasury bonds, that we hold has increased in recent fiscal years to 24.8% of our total assetsheld as of March 31, 2012.2015 was 14.0% of our total assets. In particular, the Japanese national government and Japanese government agency bonds accounted for 23.0%13.0% of our total assets as of March 31, 2012.2015. For a detailed discussion of our bond portfolio, see “Selected Statistical Data—Investment Portfolio.”

The Bank of Japan has been maintaining a very low policy rate (uncollateralized overnight call rate) of 0.10% in an effort to lift the economy out of deflation. Short-term interest rates in Japan continue to decline because of the Bank of Japan’s so-called “monetary easing“quantitative and qualitative monetary easing” policy.” Central As part of this policy, the Bank of Japan has been purchasing Japanese government bonds with an aim to increase the Bank of Japan’s aggregate holding of such bonds by approximately ¥80 trillion each year. The central bank’s policies, however, may change, resulting in an interest rate increase. Separate from the central bankbank’s monetary policies, interest rates on the Japanese national government and Japanese government agency bonds could also significantly increase if there is a disruption in the market forevent that Japanese national government bonds caused by shiftsdecline in investor attitude, fluctuationsvalue due to such factors as a decline in other comparable debt instrumentsconfidence in the Japanese government’s fiscal administration, further issuances of government bonds in connection with emergency economic measures and a heightened market expectation for tapering or adversecessation of the quantitative and qualitative easing measures in Japan, or in the event that interest rates on U.S. Treasury securities rise due to such factors as changes in the perception of Japan’s sovereign risk. An increaselow interest rate policy in the United States. If relevant interest rates increase for these or other reasons, particularly if such increase is unexpected or sudden, we may have aincur significant negative effectlosses on the valuesales of, and valuation losses on, our bond portfolio. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Business Environment.”

Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates may result in transaction losses on translation of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies as well as foreign currency translation losses with respect to our foreign subsidiaries and equity method investees.

Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates against the Japanese yen create transaction gains or losses on the translation into Japanese yen of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies. To the extent that our foreign currency-denominated assets and liabilities are not matched in the same currency or appropriately hedged, we could incur losses due to future foreign exchange rate fluctuations. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012,2015, the average balance of our foreign interest-earning assets was ¥53.3¥90.42 trillion and the average balance of our foreign interest-bearing liabilities was ¥34.5¥58.10 trillion, representing 29.0%38.1% of our average total interest-earning assets and 20.9%27.7% of our average total interest-bearing liabilities during the same period. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012,2015, net foreign exchange gains,losses, which primarily include net transaction gainslosses on the translation into Japanese yen of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, and net gainslosses on currency derivativesderivative instruments entered into for trading purposes, and net gains on translation into Japanese yen of securities accounted for under the fair value option, were ¥34.3¥113.1 billion, compared to net foreign exchange gains of ¥260.7¥61.8 billion for the previous fiscal year. In addition, we may incur foreign currency translation losses with respect to our foreign subsidiaries and equity method investees due to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The average exchange rate for the fiscal year ended March 31, 20122015 was ¥79.08¥109.93 per US$U.S.$1.00, compared to the average exchange rate¥100.24 per U.S.$1.00 for the previous fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 of ¥85.72 per US$1.00.year. The change in the average exchange rate of the Japanese yen against the USU.S. dollar and other foreign currencies had the effect of decreasingincreasing total revenue by ¥100.8¥202.8 billion, increasing net interest income by ¥55.0¥85.5 billion and income before income tax expense by ¥45.6¥105.2 billion, respectively, for the fiscal year ended March 31,

2012. 2015. As the Bank of Japan has continued to implement itsanti-deflation monetary measures under the “quantitative and qualitative monetary easing” policy and the Abe administration has continued to implement economic measures under its “Abenomics” policy, the exchange rate between the Japanese yen and U.S. dollar has been fluctuating, with the Japanese yen depreciating from ¥103.23 to the U.S. dollar on April 1, 2014 to ¥125.86 to the U.S. dollar on June 5, 2015. As of July 6, 2015, the exchange rate was ¥122.57 to the U.S. dollar. For more information on foreign exchange gains and losses and foreign currency translation gains and losses, see “Item 5.A.5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Operating Results—Results of Operations”Business Environment” and “Item 5.A. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Operating Results—EffectResults.”

We may become subject to regulatory actions or other legal proceedings relating to our transactions or other aspects of Changeour operations, which could result in Exchange Ratessignificant financial losses, restrictions on our operations and damage to our reputation.

We conduct our business subject to ongoing regulation and associated regulatory and legal risks. Global financial institutions, including us, currently face heightened regulatory scrutiny as a result of the concerns developing in the global financial sector, and growing public pressure to demand even greater regulatory surveillance following several high-profile scandals and risk management failures in the financial industry. In the current regulatory environment, we are subject to various regulatory inquiries or investigations from time to time in connection with various aspects of our business and operations. In addition, multiple government authorities with overlapping jurisdiction more frequently conduct investigations and take other regulatory actions in coordination with one another or separately on the same or related matters.

In November 2014, BTMU entered into a consent agreement with the New York State Department of Financial Services, or DFS, to resolve issues relating to instructions given to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, or PwC, and the disclosures made to DFS in connection with BTMU’s 2007 and 2008 voluntary investigation of BTMU’s U.S. dollar clearing activity toward countries under U.S. economic sanctions. BTMU had hired PwC to conduct a historical transaction review report in connection with that investigation, and voluntarily submitted the report to DFS’s predecessor entity in 2008. Under the terms of the agreement with DFS, BTMU made a payment of $315 million to DFS, and agreed to take actions on persons involved in the matter at that time, relocate its U.S. Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering, or BSA/AML, and Office of Foreign Currency Translation.Assets Control, or OFAC, sanctions compliance programs to New York, and extend, if regarded as necessary by DFS, the period during which an independent consultant is responsible for assessing BTMU’s internal controls regarding compliance

with applicable laws and regulations related to U.S. economic sanctions. In June 2013, BTMU reached an agreement with DFS regarding inappropriate operational processing of U.S. dollar clearing transactions with countries subject to OFAC sanctions during the period of 2002 to 2007. Under the terms of the June 2013 agreement, BTMU made a payment of $250 million to DFS and retained an independent consultant to conduct a compliance review of the relevant controls and related matters in BTMU’s current operations. In December 2012, BTMU agreed to make a payment of approximately $8.6 million to OFAC to settle potential civil liability for apparent violations of certain U.S. sanctions regulations from 2006 to 2007. BTMU continues to cooperate closely with all relevant regulators and is undertaking necessary actions.

We have received requests and subpoenas for information from government agencies in some jurisdictions that are conducting investigations into past submissions made by panel members, including us, to the bodies that set various interbank benchmark rates. We are cooperating with these investigations and have been conducting an internal investigation among other things. In connection with these matters, we and other panel members are involved as defendants in a number of civil lawsuits, including putative class actions, in the United States.

These developments or other similar matters may result in additional regulatory actions against us or agreements to make significant additional settlement payments. These developments or other matters to which we are subject from time to time may also expose us to substantial monetary damages, legal defense costs, criminal and civil liability, and restrictions on our business operations as well as damage to our reputation. The outcome of such matters, including the extent of the potential impact of any unfavorable outcome on our financial results, however, is inherently uncertain and difficult to predict. The extent of financial, human and other resources required to conduct any investigations or to implement any corrective or preventive measures is similarly uncertain and could be significant.

Legal and regulatory changes could have a negative impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

As a global financial services provider, our business is subject to ongoing changes in laws, regulations, policies, voluntary codes of practice and interpretations in Japan and other markets where we operate. Major global financial institutions currently face an increasingly stricter set of laws, regulations and standards as a result of the concerns enveloping the global financial sector. There is also growing political pressure to demand even greater internal compliance and risk management systems following several high-profile scandals and risk management failures in the financial industry. We may not be able to enhance our compliance risk management systems and programs, which, in some cases, are supported by third-party service providers, in a timely manner or as planned. Our risk management systems and programs may not be fully effective in preventing all violations of laws, regulations and rules.

Our failure or inability to comply fully with the stricter set of laws and regulations could lead to fines, public reprimands, damage to reputation, civil liability, enforced suspension of operations or, in extreme cases, withdrawal of authorization to operate, adversely affecting our business and results of operations. Legal or regulatory compliance failure may also adversely affect our ability to obtain regulatory approvals for future strategic initiatives. Furthermore, failure to take necessary corrective action, or the discovery of violations of laws in the process of further review of any of the matters mentioned above or in the process of implementing any corrective measures, could result in further regulatory action.

We could also be required to incur significant expenses to comply with new or revised regulations. For example, if we adopt a new information system infrastructure in the future, we may be required to incur significant additional costs for establishing and implementing effective internal controls, which may materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Future developments or changes in laws, regulations, policies, voluntary codes of practice and their effects are expected to require greater capital resources and significant management attention, and may require us to

modify our business strategies and plans. For example, since March 31, 2013, Japanese banking institutions with international operations have become subject to stricter capital adequacy requirements adopted by the Financial Services Agency of Japan, an agency of the Cabinet Office, or the FSA, based in part on the international regulatory framework generally known as “Basel III.” For more information, see “—Risks Related to Our Business—We may not be able to maintain our capital ratios above minimum required levels, which could result in the suspension of some or all of our operations.” and “Item 4.B. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Supervision and Regulation—Japan.”

Furthermore, regulatory reforms recently implemented, proposed and currently being debated in the United States may also significantly affect our business operations. For example, in February 2014, the Federal Reserve Board, or FRB, approved final rules strengthening supervision and regulation of large U.S. bank holding companies and foreign banking organizations, or FBOs. These final rules require a large FBO with $50 billion or more in U.S. combined assets excluding the assets held by its U.S. branches or agencies, such as us, to organize all of its U.S. bank and non-bank subsidiaries under a U.S. intermediate holding company that would be subject to U.S. capital requirements, capital stress testing, liquidity buffer requirements, and other enhanced prudential standards comparable to those applicable to top-tier U.S. bank holding companies of the same size. The rules will become effective in July 2016, and significant resources and management attention for establishing an appropriate governance structure with an effective internal control system may be required to ensure compliance with the rules. See “Item 4.B. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Supervision and Regulation—United States.”

Global financial regulatory reform measures may also have a significant impact on our business operations. For example, various international organizations, including the Financial Stability Board and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, are currently considering ways to address, among other things, the introduction of total loss-absorbing capacity requirements and capital requirements for the interest rate risk for the banking book as well as revisions to methods of calculating the amount of risk-weighted assets. We intend to continue to monitor developments relating to global regulatory reforms.

Any adverse changes in the business of Union Bank,MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary in the United States, could significantly affect our results of operations.

Union Bank, N.A.,MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation, or Union Bank,MUAH, which is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary in the primary subsidiary ofUnited States formerly called UnionBanCal Corporation, or UNBC, which is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary in the United States. Union Bank has historically contributed to a significant portion of our net income. UNBCMUAH reported net lossincome of $65$628 million, $667 million and $825 million for the fiscal yearyears ended December 31, 2009, net income of $573 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010,2012, 2013, and net income of $778 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.2014 respectively. Any adverse developments which could arise at Union BankMUAH may have a significant negative impact on our results of operationoperations and financial condition. The risks relating to Union BankMUAH have increased as Union BankMUAH has been expanding its business through acquisitions of community banks withinand other financial-related businesses in the United States. In April 2010, Union Bank acquired approximately $600 million in total assets and assumed more than $400 million in deposits of Tamalpais Bank, a California-based bank, and acquired approximately $3.2 billion in total assets and assumed approximately $2.5 billion in deposits of Frontier Bank, a Washington-based bank, pursuant to its respective purchase and assumption agreements with the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. In March 2012, UNBC entered into a definitive agreement to acquire approximately $5.9 billion in assets and assume approximately $4.6 billion in deposits of Pacific Capital Bancorp, a bank holding company headquartered in California. In May 2012, Union Bank signed a definitive agreement to acquire Smartstreet, an Atlanta-based financial services division of PNC Bank, N.A., with approximately $1 billion in deposits and comprehensive receivables offering and lockbox operations. If Union BankMUAH is unable to achieve the benefits expected from its business strategies, including its business expansion strategy through acquisitions of community banks and other financial-related businesses, we may suffer an adverse financial impact. For more information, see “Item 4.B. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Global Business Group—MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (MUB).”

Other factors that have negatively affected, and could continue to negatively affect, Union Bank’sMUAH’s results of operations include adversedifficult economic conditions, such as a downturn in the real estate and housing industries in California and other states within the United States, the fiscal challenges being experienced by the U.S. federal and California state governments, substantial competition in the banking markets in California and other states within the United States and uncertainty over the USU.S. economy, as well as the threat of terrorist attacks, fluctuating oil prices, rising interest rates, negative trends in debt ratings, additionaland interest rate uncertainties. Since the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009, the U.S. banking industry has operated in an extremely low interest rate environment as a result of the highly accommodative monetary policy of the FRB, which has placed downward pressure on the net interest margins of U.S. banks, including MUAH. Interest rates in the United States may increase, however, as discussions continue on when to further taper or end this monetary policy.

Significant costs which may arise from enterprise-wide compliance and risk management requirements, or failure to comply, with applicable laws and regulations, such as the USU.S. Bank Secrecy Act and related amendments under the USA PATRIOT Act, and any adverse impact of the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street ReformAct. In addition, the FRB and Consumer Protection Actother U.S. bank regulators have adopted final rules to implement the Basel III global regulatory framework for U.S. banks and bank holding companies which require higher quality of 2010, orcapital, as well as significantly revise the calculations for risk-weighted assets. The FRB has also adopted final rules to implement various enhanced prudential standards required by the Dodd-Frank Act.Act for larger U.S. bank holding companies, such as MUAH. These standards require the larger bank holding companies to meet enhanced capital, liquidity and leverage standards. Further, the FRB has adopted final regulations applicable to FBOs operating in the United States, which require MUFG’s and BTMU’s U.S. operations, including those of MUAH, to be restructured and, subject to certain exceptions, conducted under a single U.S. intermediate holding company, or IHC, with its own capital and liquidity requirements. Any actions management may take in response to these proposed regulatory changes may involve the issuance of additional capital or other measures. For more information, see “Item 4.B. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Supervision and Regulation—United States.”

We may incur further losses as a resultMUFG Union Bank, N.A., or MUB, which is the principal subsidiary of financial difficulties relating to other financial institutions, both directlyMUAH, and through the effect they may have on the overall banking environment and on their borrowers.

Some domestic and foreign financial institutions, including banks, non-bank lending and credit institutions, securities companies and insurance companies, have experienced declining asset quality and capital adequacy and other financial problems. This may lead to severe liquidity and solvency problems, which have in the past resulted in the liquidation, government control or restructuring of affected institutions. In addition, allegations or governmental prosecution of improper trading activities or inappropriate business conduct of a specific financial institution could also negatively affect the public perception of other global financial institutions individually and the global financial industry as a whole. These developments may adversely affect our financial results.

Financial difficulties relating to financial institutions could adversely affect us because we have extended loans, some of which may need to be classified as nonaccrual and restructured loans, to banks, securities companies, insurance companies and other financial institutions that are not our consolidated subsidiaries. Our loans to banks andreportedly other financial institutions have been more than 5%the targets of our total loansvarious denial-of-service or other cyberattacks as part of each year-end in

what appears to be a coordinated effort to disrupt the three fiscal years ended March 31, 2012, with the percentage increasing from 8.0% to 8.9% between March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2012. We may also be adversely affected because we are a shareholderoperations of some other banks and financial institutions thatand potentially test their cybersecurity in advance of future and more advanced cyberattacks. These denial-of-service attacks may require substantial resources to defend against and affect customer satisfaction and behavior. Moreover, MUB’s information security measures may not be sufficient to defend against cyberattacks and other information security breaches, in which case the consequences could be significant in terms of financial, reputational and other losses. In addition, there have been increasing efforts to breach data security at financial institutions as well as other types of companies, such as large retailers, or with respect to financial transactions, including through the use of social engineering schemes such as “phishing.” Even if cyberattacks and similar tactics are not directed specifically at MUB, such attacks on other large institutions could disrupt the overall functioning of the U.S. or global financial system and undermine consumer confidence in banks generally to the detriment of other financial institutions, including MUB.

Any adverse changes in the business of Bank of Ayudhya, an indirect subsidiary in Thailand, could significantly affect our consolidated subsidiaries, including our shareholdingsresults of operations.

Any adverse changes in Japanese regional banks and our 21.8% votingthe business or management of Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited, or KS, a major subsidiary in Thailand in which we hold a 76.88% ownership interest in Morgan Stanley as of March 31, 2012. If some2015, may negatively affect our financial condition and results of theoperations. Factors that may negatively affect KS’s financial institutions to which we have exposure, experience financial difficulties, we may need to provide financial support to them even when such support might not be warranted from the perspectivecondition and results of our narrow economic interests because such institutions may be systematically important to the Japanese or global financial system.

We may also be adversely affected because we enter into transactions, such as derivative transactions, in the ordinary course of business, with other banks and financial institutions as counterparties. For example, we enter into credit derivatives with banks, broker-dealers, insurance and other financial institutions for managing credit risk exposures, for facilitating client transactions, and for proprietary trading purpose. The notional amount of the protection we sold through these instruments was ¥3.3 trillion as of March 31, 2012.

In addition, financial difficulties relating to financial institutions could indirectly have an adverse effect on us because:operations include:

In connection with our acquisition of KS, we recorded ¥217.4 billion of goodwill. If the business of KS deteriorates, we may be required to record impairment losses, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Recent Developments” and “—Risks Related to Our Business—If the goodwill recorded in connection with our acquisitions becomes impaired, we may be required to record impairment losses, which may adversely affect our financial results and the price of our securities.”

Our strategy to expand the range of our financial products and services and the geographic scope of our business globally may fail if we are unable to anticipate or manage new or expanded risks that entail such expansion.

We continue to seek opportunities to expand the range of our products and services beyond our traditional banking, trust, and trustsecurities businesses, through development and introduction of new products and services or through acquisitions of or investments in financial institutions with products and services that complement our business. For example, taking advantage of our financial holding company status which enables us to underwrite securities, we are currently seeking to expand our corporate banking operations in the United States. In addition, the sophistication of financial products and management systems has been growing significantly in recent years. As a result, we are exposed to new and increasingly complex risks.risks, while market and regulatory expectations that we manage these risk properly continue to rise. Some of the activities that our subsidiaries are expected to engage in, such as derivatives and foreign currency trading, present substantial risks. In some cases, we have only limited experience with the risks related to the expanded range of these products and services. In addition, we may not be able to successfully develop or operate the necessary information systems. As a result, we may not be able to foresee the risks relating to new products and services.

As we expand the geographic scope of our business, we will also be exposed to risks that are unique to particular jurisdictions or markets. For example, in an effort to further develop our operations in Asia, BTMU entered into a capital and business alliance with Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade in December 2012 and acquired approximately 20% of the ordinary shares of the Vietnamese bank in May 2013. In addition, BTMU purchased 72.01% of the outstanding shares of KS in December 2013 and acquired additional shares in January 2015, increasing BTMU’s ownership interest to 76.88%. In some cases, we hold minority stakes in financial institutions as we seek to enter new markets or jurisdictions by collaborating with a local business partner. In such circumstances, the controlling shareholder may make or cause to be made business decisions that are inconsistent with our interests and, as a result, we may be unable to achieve the goals initially set out for the expansion strategy. In addition, we may be unable to staff our newly expanded operations with qualified individuals familiar with local legal and regulatory requirements and business practices, exposing us to legal, regulatory, operational and other risks.

Our risk management systems may prove to be inadequate and may not work in all cases or to the degree required. The substantialincreasing market, credit, compliance and regulatory risks in relation to the expanding scope of our products, services and trading activities or expanding our business beyond our traditional markets, could result in us

incurring substantial losses. In addition, our efforts to offer new services and products or penetrate new markets may not succeed if product or market opportunities develop more slowly than expected, if our new services or products are not well accepted among customers, or if the profitability of opportunities is undermined by competitive pressures. For a detailed discussion ofmore information on our risk management systems,recent acquisition transactions, see “Item 11. Quantitative5. Operating and Qualitative Disclosures about Credit, MarketFinancial Review and Other Risk.Prospects—Recent Developments.”

Unanticipated economic changes in, and measures taken in response to such changes by, emerging market countries could result in additional losses.

We are increasingly active, through a network of branches and subsidiaries, in emerging market countries, particularly countries in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. For example, based principally on the domicile of the obligors, assets related to Asia and Oceania excluding Japan increased 13.8%

17.4% from ¥10.91¥22.31 trillion as of March 31, 20112014 to ¥12.41¥26.19 trillion as of March 31, 2012,2015, accounting for 5.8%9.3% of our total assets as of March 31, 2012.2015. The economies of emerging market countries can be volatile and susceptible to adverse changes and trends in the global financial markets. For example, a decline in the value of local currencies of these countries could negatively affect the creditworthiness of some of our borrowers in these countries. The loans we have made to borrowers and banks in these countries are often denominated in USU.S. dollars, Euroeuro or other foreign currencies. These borrowers often do not hedge the loans to protect against fluctuations in the values of local currencies. A devaluation of the local currency would make it more difficult for a borrower earning income in that currency to pay its debts to us and other foreign lenders. In addition, some countries in which we operate may attempt to support the value of their currencies by raising domestic interest rates. If this happens, the borrowers in these countries would have to devote more of their resources to repaying their domestic obligations, which may adversely affect their ability to repay their debts to us and other foreign lenders. The limited credit availability resulting from these conditions may adversely affect economic conditions in some countries. This could cause a further deterioration of the credit quality of borrowers and banks in those countries and cause us to incur further losses. In addition, should there be excessively rapid economic growth and increasing inflationary pressure in some of the emerging market countries, such developments could adversely affect the wider regional and global economies. Some emerging market countries may also change their monetary or other economic policies in response to economic and political instabilities or pressures, which are difficult to predict. As of March 31, 2012,2015, based on the domicile of the obligors, our assets in Europe, Asia and Oceania excluding Japan, and other areas excluding Japan and the United States, were ¥18.62¥27.72 trillion, ¥12.41¥26.19 trillion and ¥7.01¥11.37 trillion, representing 8.7%9.9%, 5.8%9.3% and 3.3%4.0% of our total assets, respectively. See “Item 5.B. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Financial Condition.”

If our strategic alliance with Morgan Stanley fails, we could suffer financial or reputational loss.

We have a global strategic alliance with Morgan Stanley, under which we operate two joint venture securities companies in Japan, engage in joint corporate finance operations in the United States and pursue other cooperative opportunities. We hold approximately 21.9% of the voting rights in Morgan Stanley as of March 31, 2015 and continue to hold approximately $521.4 million of perpetual non-cumulative non-convertible preferred stock with a 10% dividend. In addition, we currently have two representatives on Morgan Stanley’s board of directors.

We initially entered into this strategic alliance in October 2008 with a view towards long-term cooperation with Morgan Stanley, and currently plan to deepen the strategic alliance. However, due to any unexpected changes in social, economic or financial conditions, changes in the regulatory environment, or any failure to integrate or share staff, products or services, or to operate, manage or implement the business strategy of the securities joint venture companies or other cooperative opportunities as planned, we may be unable to achieve the expected synergies from this alliance.

If our strategic alliance with Morgan Stanley is terminated, it could have a material negative impact on our business strategy, financial condition, and results of operations. For example, because we conduct our securities operations in Japan through the joint venture companies we have with Morgan Stanley, such termination may result in our inability to attain the planned growth in this line of business.

In addition, with our current investment in Morgan Stanley, we have neither a controlling interest in, nor control over the business operations of Morgan Stanley. If Morgan Stanley makes any business decisions that are inconsistent with our interests, we may be unable to achieve the goals initially set out for the strategic alliance. Furthermore, although we do not control Morgan Stanley, given the magnitude of our investment, if Morgan Stanley encounters financial or other business difficulties due to adverse changes in the economy, regulatory environment or other factors, we may suffer a financial loss on our investment or damage to our reputation. For example, we recorded an impairment loss of ¥579.5 billion on our investment in Morgan Stanley’s common stock for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.

We apply equity method accounting to our investment in Morgan Stanley in our consolidated financial statements. As a result, Morgan Stanley’s performance affects our results of operations. In addition fluctuations in Morgan Stanley’s stock price or in our equity ownership interest in Morgan Stanley may cause us to recognize additional losses on our investment in Morgan Stanley.

We may incur further losses as a result of financial difficulties relating to other financial institutions, both directly and through the effect they may have on the overall banking environment and on their borrowers.

Some domestic and foreign financial institutions, including banks, non-bank lending and credit institutions, securities companies and insurance companies, have experienced declining asset quality, capital adequacy and other financial problems. This or similar future developments may lead to severe liquidity and solvency problems, which have in the past resulted in the liquidation, government control or restructuring of affected institutions. In addition, allegations or governmental prosecution of improper trading activities or inappropriate business conduct of a specific financial institution could also negatively affect the public perception of other global financial institutions individually and the global financial industry as a whole. These developments may adversely affect our financial results.

Financial difficulties relating to financial institutions could adversely affect us because we have extended loans, some of which may need to be classified as impaired loans, to banks, securities companies, insurance companies and other financial institutions that are not our consolidated subsidiaries. Our loans to banks and other financial institutions have been more than 5% of our total loans as of each year-end in the three fiscal years ended March 31, 2015, with the percentage increasing from 12.5% to 13.8% between March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2015. We may also be adversely affected because we are a shareholder of some other banks and financial institutions that are not our consolidated subsidiaries, including our shareholdings in Japanese regional banks and our 21.9% voting interest in Morgan Stanley as of March 31, 2015. If some of the financial institutions to which we have exposure experience financial difficulties, we may need to provide financial support to them even when such support might not be warranted from the perspective of our narrow economic interests because such institutions may be systematically important to the Japanese or global financial system.

We may also be adversely affected because we enter into transactions, such as derivative transactions, in the ordinary course of business, with other banks and financial institutions as counterparties. For example, we enter into credit derivatives with banks, broker-dealers, insurance companies and other financial institutions for managing credit risk exposures, for facilitating client transactions, and for proprietary trading purposes. The notional amount of the protection we sold through these instruments was ¥3.37 trillion as of March 31, 2015.

In addition, financial difficulties relating to financial institutions could indirectly have an adverse effect on us because:

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negative media coverage of the financial industry, regardless of its accuracy and applicability to us, could affect customer or investor sentiment, harm our reputation and have a materially adverse effect on our business or the price of our securities.

Because of our loans to consumers and our shareholdings in companies engaged in consumer lending, changes in the business or regulatory environment for consumer finance companies in Japan may further adversely affect our financial results.

We have a large loan portfolio in the consumer lending industry as well as large shareholdings in subsidiaries and equity method investees in the consumer finance industry. Our domestic loans to consumers amount to approximately one-seventh of our total outstanding loans. Of this amount, the consumer loans provided by Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS, Co., Ltd., which is our primary consumer financing subsidiary, were ¥564.6 billion as of March 31, 2015, compared to ¥608.6 billion as of March 31, 2014.

Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS’s consumer loan portfolio has been adversely affected by a series of regulatory reforms recently implemented in Japan, which has affected the consumer lending industry in recent years. In December 2006, the Japanese Diet passed legislation to reform the regulations relating to the consumer lending business, including amendments to the Act Regulating the Receipt of Contributions, the Receipt of Deposits, and Interest Rates, which, effective June 18, 2010, reduced the maximum permissible interest rate from 29.2% per annum to 20% per annum. The regulatory reforms also included amendments to the Money Lending Business Act, which, effective June 18, 2010, abolished the so-called “gray-zone interest.” Gray-zone interest refers to interest rates exceeding the limits stipulated by the Interest Rate Restriction Act (between 15% per annum to 20% per annum depending on the amount of principal). Prior to June 18, 2010, gray-zone interest was permitted under certain conditions set forth in the Money Lending Business Act. As a result of the regulatory reforms, all interest rates are now subject to the lower limits imposed by the Interest Rate Restriction Act, compelling lending institutions, including our consumer finance subsidiaries and equity method investees, to lower the interest rates they charge borrowers. The regulations that became effective on June 18, 2010 also have had a further negative impact on the business of consumer finance companies as one of the new regulations requires, among other things, consumer finance companies to limit their lending to a single customer to a maximum of one third of the customer’s annual income regardless of the customer’s repayment capability, significantly affecting consumer financing companies.

The regulations and regulatory reforms affecting the consumer finance business were one of the main factors that contributed to the decrease in interest income attributable to our consumer finance business. Our interest income attributable to the consumer finance business was approximately ¥190 billion and ¥160 billion for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009 and 2010, respectively. However, following the regulatory changes in June 2010, our interest income attributable to the consumer finance business decreased to approximately ¥120 billion, ¥100 billion and ¥100 billion for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, our interest income attributable to the consumer finance business was approximately ¥90 billion.

In addition, as a result of decisions by the Supreme Court of Japan prior to June 18, 2010 imposing stringent requirements under the Money Lending Business Act for charging gray-zone interest rates, consumer finance companies have experienced a significant increase in borrowers’ claims for reimbursement of previously collected interest payments in excess of the limits stipulated by the Interest Rate Restriction Act.

Following the various legal developments in June 2010 and other industry developments, Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS revised its estimate of allowance for repayment of excess interest by updating management’s future forecast to reflect new reimbursement claims information and other data. As of March 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015, we had ¥77.6 billion, ¥54.1 billion and ¥36.3 billion of allowance for repayment of excess interest, respectively. For the same periods, one of our equity method investees engaged in consumer lending, ACOM CO., LTD., had

a negative impact of ¥17.0 billion, ¥18.0 billion and ¥19.7 billion, respectively, on net equity in losses of equity method investees in our consolidated statements of income. We intend to carefully monitor future developments and trends.

These developments have adversely affected, and these and any future developments may further adversely affect, the operations and financial condition of our subsidiaries, equity method investees and borrowers which are engaged in consumer lending, which in turn may affect the value of our related shareholdings and loan portfolio.

Our business may be adversely affected by competitive pressures, which have partly increased due to regulatory changes and recent market changes in the financial industry domestically and globally.

In recent years, the Japanese financial system has been undergoing significant changes and regulatory barriers to competition have been reduced. In particular, any further reform of the Japanese postal savings system, under which the Japan Post Group companies, including Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd., were established in October 2007, could substantially increase competition within the financial services industry as Japan Post Bank, with the largest deposit base and branch network in Japan, may begin to offer financial services in competition with our business operations generating fee income. In May 2012, amendments to the postal privatization law became effective under which Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance may enter into new businesses upon obtaining government approvals,approvals. In December 2014, plans were announced for the public listing in Japan of shares of Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post Bank and ifJapan Post Insurance in or after the middle of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016, but remain subject to further government action. If the government’s equity holdings decrease to a certain level, the two companiesJapan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance will be allowed to enter into new businesses upon submission of a notice to the government. As a result, the Japan Post Group companies may seek to enter into new businesses,financial businesses.

Competition may further increase as U.S. and European financial institutions have recently been regaining and enhancing their competitive strength and advances in information and communications technology have allowed non-financial institutions to enter the financial services industry. We also face intensifying competition in areas of our strategic expansion. For example, the Japanese mega banks, including sales of various types of insuranceus, and housing loans. The privatization ofother major international banks have been expanding their operations in the Japan Post Group companies remains subject to political negotiationsAsian market, where leading local banks have recently been growing and government action.increasing their presence. In addition, there has been significant consolidation and convergence among financial institutions domestically and globally, and this trend may continue in the future and further increase competition in the market. A number of large commercial banks and other broad-based financial services firms have merged or formed strategic alliances with, or have acquired, other financial institutions both in Japan and

overseas. As a result of the strategic alliance and the joint venture companies that we formed with Morgan Stanley, we may be newly perceived as a competitor by some of the financial institutions with which we had a more cooperative relationship in the past. If we are unable to compete effectively in this more competitive and deregulated business environment, our business, results of operations and financial condition will be adversely affected. For a more detailed discussion of our competition in Japan, see “Item 4.B. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Competition—Japan.Competition.”

Regulatory matters and any future regulatory matters or regulatory changes could have a negative impact on our business and results of operations.

As a global financial services provider, our business is subject to increasing regulations and associated regulatory risks, as well as ongoing changes in laws, regulations, policies, voluntary codes of practice and interpretations in Japan and other markets where we operate. We may not be able to improve our compliance risk management systems and programs in a timely manner, and our risk management systems and programs may not be fully effective in preventing all violations of laws, regulations and rules.

Major global financial institutions currently face heightened regulatory scrutiny as a result of the concerns enveloping the global financial sector, and there is growing political pressure to demand even greater regulatory surveillance following several high-profile scandals and risk management failures in the financial industry. Because of our transactions or relationships with other global financial institutions or our activity or participation in the global financial market, we may become subject to various regulatory actions and other legal proceedings arising from such role.

Our failure or inability to comply fully with applicable laws and regulations could lead to fines, public reprimands, damage to reputation, civil liability, enforced suspension of operations or, in extreme cases, withdrawal of authorization to operate, adversely affecting our business and results of operations. Regulatory matters may also adversely affect our ability to obtain regulatory approvals for future strategic initiatives. Furthermore, failure to take necessary corrective action, or the discovery of violations of laws in the process of further review of any of the matters mentioned above or in the process of implementing any corrective measures, could result in further regulatory action.

We could also be required to incur significant expenses to comply with new or revised regulations. For example, if we adopt a new information system infrastructure in the future, we may be required to incur significant additional costs for establishing and implementing effective internal controls, which may materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Future developments or changes in laws, regulations, policies, voluntary codes of practice and their effects are expected to require greater capital resources and significant management attention, and may require us to modify our business strategies and plans. For example, the regulations relating to the consumer lending business which became effective in June 2010 impose, among other things, a limit on the amount of loans available to individual borrowers, which have negatively affected our profitability. For more information on regulatory changes in the consumer finance industry, see “—Risks Related to Our Business—Because of our loans to consumers and our shareholdings in companies engaged in consumer lending, changes in the business or regulatory environment for consumer finance companies in Japan may further adversely affect our financial results.”

Furthermore, regulatory reforms recently implemented, proposed and currently being debated in the United States may also significantly affect our business operations. For example, the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act generally known as the “Volcker Rule” are designed to restrict banking entities’ proprietary trading and private fund investment activities. The Volcker Rule is subject to final rule-making and interpretation, including with respect to the scope of its applicability to activities outside of the United States, and the impact of the rule on our business operations remain uncertain. The Volcker Rule and other reform measures may ultimately be implemented in a manner that requires us to materially alter our business model or incur significant costs or losses. See “Item 4.B. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Supervision and Regulation—United States.”

Future changes in accounting standards could have a negative impact on our business and results of operations.

Future developments or changes in accounting standards are unpredictable and beyond our control. For example, Japanese and other international organizations that set accounting standards have released revisions to accounting standards applicable to retirement benefit obligations. In May 2012, the Accounting Standards Board of Japan published revised accounting standards that will require companies preparing their financial statements in accordance with Japanese GAAP to record as liabilities on balance sheets actuarial losses and unrecognized past service cost, which are currently not recorded as liabilities on balance sheets. Most of the revised accounting standards will be effective for the annual reporting period beginning on or after April 1, 2013. The revised accounting standards could have a negative impact on our capital ratios since we calculate our capital ratios in accordance with Japanese banking regulations based on information derived from our financial statements prepared in accordance with Japanese GAAP. For more information, see “—Risks Related to Our Business—We may not be able to maintain our capital ratios above minimum required levels, which could result in the suspension of some or all of our operations.”

In addition, in response to the recent instabilities in global financial markets, several international organizations which set accounting standards have released proposals to revise standards on accounting for financial instruments. Accounting standards applicable to financial instruments remain subject to debate and revision by international organizations which set accounting standards. If the current accounting standards change in the future, the reported values of some of our financial instruments may need to be modified, and such modification could have a significant impact on our financial results or financial condition. For more information, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Critical Accounting Estimates.”

We could also be required to incur significant expenses to comply with new accounting standards and regulations. For example, if we adopt a new accounting system in the future, we may be required to incur significant additional costs for establishing and implementing effective internal controls, which may materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Transactions with counterparties in countries designated by the USU.S. Department of State as state sponsors of terrorism may lead some potential customers and investors in the United States and other countries to avoid doing business with us or investing in our shares.

We, through our banking subsidiaries, engage in business activities with entities in or affiliated with Iran, including transactions with counterparties owned or controlled by the Iranian government, and our commercial banking subsidiary has a representative office in Iran. The USU.S. Department of State has designated Iran and other countries as “state sponsors of terrorism,” and USU.S. law generally prohibits USU.S. persons from doing business with such countries. We currently have business activities with entities in or affiliated with such countries in accordance with our policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with regulations applicable in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

We have loan transactions with counterparties in or affiliated with Iran, the outstanding balance of which was approximately $8.0$1.0 million, representing less than 0.001%0.0001% of our total assets, as of March 31, 2012.2015. We do not have any loans outstanding to the financial institutions specifically listed by the USU.S. government. In addition to such loan transactions, our other transactions with counterparties in or affiliated with countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism consist of receiving deposits or holding assets on behalf of individuals residing in Japan who are citizens of countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism, and processing payments to or from entities in or affiliated with these countries on behalf of our customers, that may be engagedand issuing letters of credit and guarantees in connection with transactions with entities in or other relationshipsaffiliated with such entities. Wecountries by our customers. These transactions do not believe these transactions have a material impact on our business or financial condition. For a further discussion of transactions required to be disclosed under the U.S. Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, see “Item 4.B. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Supervision and Regulation—United States—Disclosure pursuant to Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.”

We are aware of initiatives by USU.S. governmental entities and non-government entities, including institutional investors such as pension funds, to adopt or consider adopting laws, regulations or policies prohibiting transactions with or investment in, or requiring divestment from, entities doing business with Iran and other

countries identified as state sponsors of terrorism. It is possible that such initiatives may result in our being unable to gain or retain entities subject to such prohibitions as customers, counter-parties or investors in our shares. In addition, depending on socio-political developments, our reputation may suffer due to our transactions with counterparties in or affiliated with these countries. The above circumstances could have an adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

Global financial institutions, including us, have become subject to an increasingly complex set of sanctions laws and regulations in recent years, and this regulatory environment is expected to continue. Moreover, the measures proposed or adopted vary across the major jurisdictions, increasing the cost and resources necessary to design and implement an appropriate global compliance program. The USU.S. federal government and some state governments in the United States have enacted legislation designed to limit economic and financial transactions with Iran by limiting the ability of financial institutions that may have engaged in any one of a broad range of activities related to Iran to conduct various transactions in the relevant jurisdictions. The Japanese government has also implemented a series of measures under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, such as freezing the assets of designated financial institutions and others that could contribute to Iran’s nuclear activities, and our most recently modified policies and procedures take into account the newcurrent Japanese regulatory requirements. There remains a risk of potential USU.S. regulatory action against us, however, if USU.S. regulators perceive the modified policies and procedures not to be in compliance with applicable regulations.

We may not be able to maintain our capital ratios above minimum required levels, which could result in the suspension of some or all of our operations.

We, as a holding company, and our Japanese banking subsidiaries are required to maintain risk-weighted capital ratios above the levels specified in the capital adequacy guidelines of the Financial Services AgencyFSA which have been revised as of Japan.March 31, 2013, as described below. As of March 31, 2012,2015, our total risk-adjusted capital ratio was 14.91%15.68% compared to the minimum risk-adjusted capital ratio required of 8.00%, and our Tier I1 capital ratio was 12.31%12.62% compared to the minimum Tier I1 capital ratio required of 4.00%6.00%, and our Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio was 11.14% compared to the minimum Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio required of 4.50%. Our capital ratios are calculated in accordance with Japanese banking regulations based on information derived from our financial statements prepared in accordance with Japanese GAAP. In addition, some of our subsidiaries are also subject to the capital adequacy rules of various foreign countries, including the United States where each of MUFG, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., or BTMU, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, or MUTB, and UNBCMUAH is a financial holding company under the USU.S. Bank Holding Company Act. We or our banking subsidiaries may be unable to continue to satisfy the capital adequacy requirements because of:

The Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision has made a series of announcements regarding the new global regulatory framework, which has been referred to as “Basel III,” to strengthen the regulation, supervision and risk management of the banking sector. Various Basel III measures are expected to be introducedbeing phased in phases starting infrom the calendar year 2013, including those designed to raise the level of minimum capital requirements and to establish an internationally harmonized leverage ratio and a global minimum liquidity standard. In addition, in July 2011, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has proposed additional loss absorbency requirements to supplement the common equityCommon Equity Tier I1 capital requirement ranging from 1% to 2.5%3.5% for global systemically important banks, or G-SIBs, depending on the bank’s systemic importance, to be introduced in

phases starting in calendar 2016. In November 2011, theimportance. The Financial Stability Board tentatively identified us as a globally systemically important financial institution, or G-SIFI.G-SIB in its most recent annual report published in November 2014, and indicated that, as aG-SIB, we would be required to hold an additional 1.5% of Common Equity Tier 1 capital. The group of banks identified as G-SIBs is expected to be updated annually, and the group ofG-SIBs identified in November 2014 is the first group of G-SIBs to which the stricter capital requirements will initially be applied. The stricter capital requirements are expected to be implemented in phases between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2018 and will become fully effective on January 1, 2019. Based on the Basel III framework, the Japanese capital ratio framework which is currently based on Basel II, has been revised to implement the more stringent requirements, which will be effective as ofare being implemented in phases beginning on March 31, 2013. Likewise, local banking regulators outside of Japan, such as those in the United States, have begun, or are expected, to revise the capital and liquidity requirements imposed on our subsidiaries and operations in those countries to implement the more stringent requirements of Basel III as adopted in those countries.

Under the capital adequacy guidelines of the FSA, which have been revised in connection with the adoption of Basel III, there is a transitional measure relating to the inclusion as a capital item of capital raising instruments issued in or prior to March 2013, and such instruments can be included as a capital item when calculating capital

ratios to the extent permitted by the transitional measure. Such capital raising instruments may require refinancing upon the expiration of the transition period during which such instruments can be included as a capital item in the calculation of capital ratios. However, in order for newly issued capital raising instruments, other than common stock, to be included as a capital item in the calculation of capital ratios under the capital adequacy guidelines, such instruments must have a clause in their terms and conditions that requires them to be written off or converted into common stock upon the occurrence of certain events, including when the issuing financial institution is deemed non-viable or when the issuing financial institution’s capital ratios decline below prescribed levels. As a result, under certain market conditions, we may be unable to refinance or issue capital raising instruments under terms and conditions similar to those of capital raising instruments issued in or prior to March 2013. If such circumstances arise, our and our banking subsidiaries’ capital could be reduced, and our and our bank subsidiaries’ capital ratio could decrease.

In addition, under the FSA’s capital adequacy guidelines, deferred tax assets can be included as a capital item when calculating capital ratios up to a prescribed amount. However, this upper limit is expected to be reduced in phases. If and to the extent the amount of deferred tax assets exceeds this limit and cannot be included in Common Equity Tier 1 capital, our and our banking subsidiaries’ capital ratios can decrease.

If our capital ratios fall below required levels, the Financial Services Agency of JapanFSA could require us to take a variety of corrective actions, including withdrawal from all international operations or suspension of all or part of our business operations. In addition, if the capital ratios of our subsidiaries subject to capital adequacy rules of foreign jurisdictions fall below the required levels, the local regulators could also take action against them that may result in reputational damage or financial losses to us. Since maintaining our capital ratios at acceptable levels is crucial to our business, our management devotes a significant amount of attention and resources to capital ratio related issues and may also significantly alter our business strategy or operations if our capital ratios decline to unacceptable levels. For a discussion of our capital ratios and the related regulatory guidelines, see “Item 4.B. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Supervision and Regulation” and “Item 5.B. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Capital Adequacy.”

If the goodwill recorded in connection with our acquisitions becomes impaired, we may be required to record impairment losses, which may adversely affect our financial results and the price of our securities.

In accordance with USU.S. GAAP, we account for our business combinations using the acquisition method of accounting. We recorded the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the assets and liabilities of the acquired companies as goodwill. USU.S. GAAP requires us to test goodwill for impairment at least annually, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that goodwill may be impaired. As of March 31, 2012,2015, the total balance of goodwill was ¥354.3¥807.6 billion.

For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014 and 2015, we recognized ¥7.8 billion and ¥3.4 billion, respectively, in impairment of goodwill relating to various reporting units in the Integrated Trust Assets Business Group segment. We readjusted its future cash flow projection of the reporting units in this segment, considering the relevant subsidiaries’ recent business performance. As a result, the fair values of these reporting units, which were based on discounted future cash flows, fell below the carrying amounts of the reporting units, and the impairment losses were recognized on the related goodwill. The impairment losses were included in Other non-interest expenses in our consolidated statements of income included elsewhere in this Annual Report.

We may be required to record additional impairment losses relating to goodwill in future periods if the fair value of any of our reporting units declines below the fair value of related assets net of liabilities. Any additional impairment losses will negatively affect our financial results, and the price of our securities could be adversely affected. For a detailed discussion of our periodic testing of goodwill for impairment and the goodwill recorded, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Critical Accounting Estimates—Accounting for Goodwill and Intangible Assets.”

A further downgrade of our credit ratings could trigger additional collateral obligations under our derivative contracts and increase our funding costs.

In August 2011, Moody’s Japan K.K. announced that it downgraded the long-term credit ratings of BTMU and MUTB by one-notch from Aa2 to Aa3, and the long-term credit rating of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holding Co., Ltd, or MUSHD by one-notch from A1 to A2. OnIn July 20, 2012, Fitch Rating Japan Limited downgraded the ratings assigned to BTMU and MUTB by one-notch from A to A-.A-, although Fitch subsequently upgraded them. In December 2014, Moody’s announced that it downgraded the long-term credit ratings of BTMU and MUTB by one-notch from Aa3 to A1, the long-term credit rating of MUSHD by one-notch from A2 to A3, and the short-term credit rating of MUSHD by one-notch from P-1 to P-2. A further credit rating downgrade by Moody’s, Fitch, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services LLC or any other credit rating agency may have an adverse impact on us. Substantially all of the derivative contracts with collateral obligations entered into by BTMU, MUTB and MUSHD are subject to a Credit Support Annex, or CSA, as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., or ISDA. Following the downgrades by Moody’s in August 2011,and Fitch, some of our existing CSAs were modified to require, and some of the new CSAs that we entered into required, additional collateral at lower thresholds. The downgrades by Fitch on July 20, 2012 may result in additional modifications in the future.

Assuming all of the relevant credit rating agencies downgraded the credit ratings of BTMU, MUTB and MUSHD by one-notch on March 31, 2012,2015, we estimate that our three main subsidiaries under their derivative contracts as of the same date would have been required to provide additional collateral of approximately ¥9.6¥7.7 billion. Assuming a two-notch downgrade by all of the relevant credit rating agencies occurred on the same

date, we estimate that the additional collateral requirements for BTMU, MUTB and MUSHD under their derivative contracts as of the same date would have been approximately ¥17.0¥17.3 billion. In addition, a further downgrade of the credit ratings of our major subsidiaries could result in higher funding costs. For additional information on the impact of recent downgrades, see “Item 5.5.B. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Financial Condition—Sources of Funding and Liquidity.”

Failure to safeguard personal and other confidential information may result in liability, reputational damage or financial losses.

As our operations expand in volume, complexity and geographic scope, we are exposed to increased risk of confidential information in our possession being lost, leaked, altered or falsified as a result of human or system error, misconduct, unlawful behavior or scheme, unauthorized access or natural or human-caused disasters. Our information systems and information management policies and procedures may not be sufficient to safeguard confidential information against such risks.

As a financial institution in possession of customer information, we are required to treat personal and other confidential information as required by the Act on the Protection of Personal Information of Japan, as well as the Banking Law and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law. In the event that personal information in our possession about our customers or employees is leaked or improperly accessed and subsequently misused, we may be subject to liability and regulatory action. We may have to provide compensation for economic loss and emotional distress arising out of a failure to protect such information. In addition, such incidents could create a negative public perception of our operations, systems or brand, which may in turn decrease customer and market confidence and materially and adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

Moreover, any loss, leakage, alteration or falsification of confidential information, or any malfunction or failure of our information systems, may result in significant disruptions to our business operations or plans or may require us to incur significant financial, human and other resources to implement corrective measures or enhance our information systems and information management policies and procedures.

Our operations are highly dependent on our information and communications systems and are subject to an increasing risk of cyber-attacks and other information security threats.

Our information and communications systems constitute a core infrastructure for our operations. Given our global operations with an extensive network of branches and offices, the proper functioning of our information and communications systems is critical to our ability to efficiently and accurately process a large volume of transactions, ensure adequate internal controls, appropriately manage various risks, and otherwise service our clients and customers. Cyber-attacks and other forms of unauthorized access and computer viruses, which are becoming increasingly more sophisticated and more difficult to predict, detect and prevent, could cause disruptions to, and malfunctions of, such systems and result in unintended releases of confidential and proprietary information stored in or transmitted through the systems, interruptions in the operations of our clients, customers and counterparties, and deterioration in our ability to service our clients and customers. These consequences could result in financial losses, including costs and expenses incurred in connection with countermeasures and improvements as well as compensation to affected parties, lead to regulatory actions, diminish our clients’ and customers’ satisfaction with and confidence in us, and harm our reputation in the market, which could in turn adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Risks Related to Owning Our Shares

It may not be possible for investors to effect service of process within the United States upon us or our directors corporate auditors or other management members, or to enforce against us or those persons judgments obtained in USU.S. courts predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the USU.S. federal or state securities laws.

We are a joint stock company incorporated under the laws of Japan. Almost all of our directors corporate auditors or other management members reside outside the United States. Many of our assets and the assets of these persons are located in Japan and elsewhere outside the United States. It may not be possible, therefore, for USU.S. investors to effect service of process within the United States upon us or these persons or to enforce, against us or these persons, judgments obtained in the USU.S. courts predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the USU.S. federal or state securities laws.

We believe there is doubt as to the enforceability in Japan, in original actions or in actions brought in Japanese courts to enforce judgments of USU.S. courts, of claims predicated solely upon the USU.S. federal or state securities laws mainly because the Civil Execution Act of Japan requires Japanese courts to deny requests for the enforcement of judgments of foreign courts if foreign judgments fail to satisfy the requirements prescribed by the Civil Execution Act, including:

Judgments obtained in the USU.S. courts predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the USU.S. federal or state securities laws may not satisfy these requirements.

Risks Related to Owning Our ADSs

As a holder of ADSs, you have fewer rights than a shareholder of record in our shareholder register since you must act through the depositary to exercise these rights.

The rights of our shareholders under Japanese law to take actions such as voting, receiving dividends and distributions, bringing derivative actions, examining our accounting books and records and exercising appraisal

rights are available only to shareholders of record. Because the depositary, through its custodian, is the record holder of the shares underlying the American Depositary Shares, or ADSs, only the depositary can exercise shareholder rights relating to the deposited shares. ADS holders, in their capacity, will not be able to directly bring a derivative action, examine our accounting books and records and exercise appraisal rights. We have appointed The Bank of New York Mellon as depositary, and we have the authority to replace the depositary.

Pursuant to the deposit agreement among us, the depositary and a holder of ADSs, the depositary will make efforts to exercise voting or any other rights associated with shares underlying ADSs in accordance with the instructions given by ADS holders, and to pay to ADS holders dividends and distributions collected from us. However, the depositary can exercise reasonable discretion in carrying out the instructions or making distributions, and is not liable for failure to do so as long as it has acted in good faith. Therefore, ADS holders may not be able to exercise voting or any other rights in the manner that they had intended, or may lose some or

all of the value of the dividends or the distributions. Moreover, the depositary agreement that governs the obligations of the depositary may be amended or terminated by us and the depositary without your consent, notice, or any reason. As a result, you may be prevented from having the rights in connection with the deposited shares exercised in the way you had wished or at all.

ADS holders are dependent on the depositary to receive our communications. We send to the depositary all of our communications to ADS holders, including annual reports, notices and voting materials, in Japanese. ADS holders may not receive all of our communications with shareholders of record in our shareholder register in the same manner or on an equal basis. In addition, ADS holders may not be able to exercise their rights as ADS holders due to delays in the depositary transmitting our shareholder communications to ADS holders. For a detailed discussion of the rights of ADS holders and the terms of the deposit agreement, see “Item 10.B. Additional Information—Memorandum and Articles of Association.Association—American Depositary Shares.”

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

MUFG is a bank holding company incorporated as a joint stock company (kabushiki kaisha) under the Company Law of Japan. We are the holding company for The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., or BTMU, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, or MUTB, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd., or MUSHD, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd., or MUMSS, Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co., Ltd., or Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS, and other companies engaged in a wide range of financial businesses.

On April 2, 2001, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd., Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation, or Mitsubishi Trust Bank, and Nippon Trust Bank Limitedand Banking Co., Ltd. established Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, Inc., or MTFG, to be a holding company for the three entities. Before that, each of the banks had been a publicly traded company. On April 2, 2001, through a stock-for-stock exchange, they became wholly ownedwholly-owned subsidiaries of MTFG, and the former shareholders of the three banks became shareholders of MTFG. Nippon Trust Bank Limitedand Banking was later merged into Mitsubishi Trust Bank.

On June 29, 2005, the merger agreement between MTFG and UFJ Holdings was approved at the general shareholders meetings of MTFG and UFJ Holdings. As the surviving entity, Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, Inc.MTFG was renamed “Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.” The merger of the two bank holding companies was completed on October 1, 2005.

On September 30, 2007, MUSHD, which was then called “Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd.,” or MUS, became our wholly ownedwholly-owned subsidiary through a share exchange transaction.

On October 13, 2008, we formed a global strategic alliance with Morgan Stanley and, as part of the alliance, made an equity investment in Morgan Stanley in the form of convertible and non-convertible preferred stock, and subsequently appointed a representative to Morgan Stanley’s board of directors.

On October 21, 2008, we completed a tender offer for outstanding shares of ACOM CO., LTD. common stock, raising our ownership in ACOM to approximately 40%.

On November 4, 2008, BTMU completed the acquisition of all of the shares of common stock of UnionBanCal Corporation, or UNBC, not previously owned by BTMU and, as a result, UNBC became a wholly ownedwholly-owned indirect subsidiary of MUFG.

On May 1, 2010, we and Morgan Stanley integrated our securities and investment banking businesses in Japan into two joint venture securities companies, one of which is MUMSS. MUMSS was created by spinning off the wholesale and retail securities businesses conducted in Japan from MUSHD and subsequently assuming certain operations in Japan from a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley.

Pursuant to an agreement between us and Morgan Stanley on April 21,On June 30, 2011, we converted all of theour Morgan Stanley’s convertible preferred stock we previously held into Morgan Stanley’s common stock, on June 30, 2011, resulting in our holding approximately 22.4% of the voting rights in Morgan Stanley, andStanley. Further, we appointed a second representative to Morgan Stanley’s board of directors on July 20, 2011. Following the conversion on June 30, 2011, Morgan Stanley became our equity-method affiliate. As of March 31, 2012,2015, we held approximately 21.8%21.9% of the voting rights in Morgan Stanley and had two representatives appointed to Morgan Stanley’s board of directors. We and Morgan Stanley continue to pursue a variety of business opportunities in Japan and abroad in accordance with the global strategic alliance.

On December 18, 2013, we acquired approximately 72.0% of the total outstanding shares of Krungsri, or KS, through BTMU. As a result of the transaction, KS has become a consolidated subsidiary of BTMU.

On July 1, 2014, we integrated BTMU’s operations in the Americas region with UNBC’s operations, and changed UNBC’s corporate name to “MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation,” or MUAH. On the same day, Union Bank, N.A., which is MUAH’s principal subsidiary and our primary operating subsidiary in the United States, was also renamed “MUFG Union Bank, N.A.,” or MUB. MUAH currently oversees BTMU’s operations in the Americas region as well as the operations of MUB.

On January 5, 2015, BTMU integrated its Bangkok branch with KS through a contribution in kind of the BTMU Bangkok branch business to KS, and BTMU received newly issued shares of KS common stock. As a result of this transaction, BTMU’s ownership interest in KS increased to 76.88%.

On June 25, 2015, our shareholders approved an amendment to our articles of incorporation to adopt our current governance framework with a board of directors and board committees, including statutorily mandated nominating committee, audit committee and compensation committee, each consisting of members of the board of directors. We previously had a governance framework with a board of directors and a board of corporate auditors. See “Item 6.C. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—Board Practices.”

Our registered address is 7-1, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8330, Japan, and our telephone number is 81-3-3240-8111.

For a discussion of recent developments, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Recent Developments.”

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

BTMU is a major commercial banking organization in Japan that provides a broad range of domestic and international banking services from its offices in Japan and around the world. BTMU’s registered head office is located at 7-1, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8388, Japan, and its telephone number is81-3-3240-1111. BTMU is a joint stock company (kabushiki kaisha) incorporated in Japan under the Company Law.

BTMU was formed through the merger, on January 1, 2006, of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and UFJ Bank Limited after their respective parent companies, MTFG and UFJ Holdings, merged to form MUFG on October 1, 2005.

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi was formed through the merger, on April 1, 1996, of The Mitsubishi Bank, Limited and The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd.

The origins of Mitsubishi Bank can be traced to the Mitsubishi Exchange Office, a money exchange house established in 1880 by Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of the Mitsubishi industrial, commercial and financial group. In 1895, the Mitsubishi Exchange Office was succeeded by the Banking Division of the Mitsubishi Goshi Kaisha, the holding company of the “Mitsubishi group” of companies. Mitsubishi Bank had been a principal bank to many of the Mitsubishi group companies but broadened its relationships to cover a wide range of Japanese industries, small and medium-sized companies and individuals.

Bank of Tokyo was established in 1946 as a successor to The Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd., a special foreign exchange bank established in 1880. When the government of Japan promulgated the Foreign Exchange Bank Law in 1954, Bank of Tokyo became the only bank licensed under that law. Because of its license, Bank of Tokyo received special consideration from the Ministry of Finance in establishing its offices abroad and in many other aspects relating to foreign exchange and international finance.

UFJ Bank was formed through the merger, on January 15, 2002, of The Sanwa Bank, Limited and The Tokai Bank, Limited.

Sanwa Bank was established in 1933 when the three Osaka-based banks, the Konoike Bank, the Yamaguchi Bank, and the Sanjyushi Bank merged. Sanwa Bank was known as a city bank having the longest history in Japan, since the foundation of Konoike Bank can be traced back to the Konoike Exchange Office established in 1656. The origin of Yamaguchi Bank was also a money exchange house, established in 1863. Sanjyushi Bank was founded by influential fiber wholesalers in 1878. The corporate philosophy of Sanwa Bank had been the creation of the premier banking services especially for small and medium-sized companies and individuals.

Tokai Bank was established in 1941 when the three Nagoya-based banks, the Aichi Bank, the Ito Bank, and the Nagoya Bank merged. In 1896, Aichi Bank took over businesses of the Jyuichi Bank established by wholesalers in 1877 and the Hyakusanjyushi Bank established in 1878. Ito Bank and Nagoya Bank were established in 1881 and 1882, respectively. Tokai Bank had expanded the commercial banking business to contribute to economic growth mainly of the Chubu area in Japan, which is known for its manufacturing industries, especially automobiles.

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation

MUTB is a major trust bank in Japan, providing trust and banking services to meet the financing and investment needs of clients in Japan and the rest of Asia, as well as in the United States and Europe. MUTB’s registered head office is located at 4-5, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8212, Japan, and its telephone number is 81-3-3212-1211. MUTB is a joint stock company(kabushiki kaisha) incorporated in Japan under the Company Law.

MUTB was formed on October 1, 2005 through the merger of Mitsubishi Trust Bank and UFJ Trust Bank Limited. As the surviving entity, Mitsubishi Trust Bank was renamed “Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation.”

Mitsubishi Trust Bank traces its history to The Mitsubishi Trust Company, Limited, which was founded by the leading members of the Mitsubishi group companies in 1927. The Japanese banking and financial industry was reconstructed after World War II and, in 1948, Mitsubishi Trust Bank was authorized to engage in the commercial banking business, in addition to its trust business, under the new name Asahi Trust & Banking Corporation. In 1952, the bank changed its name again to “The Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation.”

Nippon Trust Bankand Banking and The Tokyo Trust Bank, Ltd., which were previously subsidiaries of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, werewas merged into Mitsubishi Trust Bank on October 1, 2001.

UFJ Trust Bank was founded in 1959 as The Toyo Trust & Banking Company, Limited, or Toyo Trust Bank. The Sanwa Trust & Banking Company, Limited, which was a subsidiary of Sanwa Bank, was merged into Toyo Trust Bank on October 1, 1999. The Tokai Trust & Banking Company, Limited, which was a subsidiary of Tokai Bank, was merged into Toyo Trust Bank on July 1, 2001. Toyo Trust Bank was renamed “UFJ Trust Bank Limited” on January 15, 2002.

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd.

MUSHD is a wholly ownedwholly-owned subsidiary of MUFG. MUSHD functions as an intermediate holding company of MUFG’s global securities business. MUSHD’s registered head office is located at 5-2, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan, and its telephone number is 81-3-6213-2550. MUSHD is a joint stock company (kabushiki kaisha) incorporated in Japan under the Company Law. MUSHD has major overseas subsidiaries in London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore Shanghai and Geneva.

In April 2010, MUSHD, which was previously called “Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd.,” or MUS, became an intermediate holding company by spinning off its securities and investment banking business operations to a wholly ownedwholly-owned operating subsidiary established in December 2009, currently MUMSS. Upon the consummation of the corporate spin-off transaction, the intermediate holding company was renamed “Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd.” and the operating subsidiary was renamed “Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd.” The operating subsidiary was subsequently renamed MUMSS in May 2010 upon integration of our securities operations in Japan with those of Morgan Stanley.

MUS was formed through the merger between Mitsubishi Securities Co., Ltd. and UFJ Tsubasa Securities Co., Ltd. on October 1, 2005, with Mitsubishi Securities being the surviving entity. The surviving entity was renamed “Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd.” and, in September 2007, became our wholly-owned subsidiary through a share exchange transaction.

Mitsubishi Securities was formed in September 2002 through a merger of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi’s securities subsidiaries and affiliate, KOKUSAI Securities Co., Ltd., Tokyo-Mitsubishi Securities Co., Ltd. and Tokyo-Mitsubishi Personal Securities Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi Trust Bank’s securities affiliate, Issei Securities Co., Ltd. In July 2005, MTFG made Mitsubishi Securities a directly-held subsidiary by acquiring all of the shares of Mitsubishi Securities common stock held by Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and Mitsubishi Trust Bank.

Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.

MUMSS is our core securities and investment banking subsidiary. MUMSS was created in May 2010 as one of the two Japanese joint venture securities companies in May 2010 between Morgan Stanley and us as part of our global strategic alliance. MUMSS succeeded to the investment banking operations conducted in Japan by a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley and the wholesale and retail securities businesses conducted in Japan by MUS. MUFG, through MUSHD, holds 60% voting and economic interests in MUMSS. MUMSS’s registered head office is located at5-2 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0005 Japan, and its telephone number is 81-3-6213-8500. MUMSS is a joint stock company (kabushiki kaisha) incorporated in Japan under the Company Law. For more information on our global strategic alliance with Morgan Stanley,joint venture securities companies, see “—B. Business Overview—Global Strategic Alliance with Morgan Stanley” and “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Recent Developments.Stanley.”

Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS is a major credit card company in Japan that issues credit cards, including those issued under the MUFG, NICOS, UFJ and DC brands, and provides a broad range of credit card and other related services for its card members in Japan. Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS is a consolidated subsidiary of MUFG. Mitsubishi

UFJ NICOS’s registered head office is located at 33-5, Hongo 3-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8411, Japan, and its telephone number is 81-3-3811-3111. Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS is a joint stock company (kabushiki kaisha) incorporated in Japan under the Company Law.

On August 1, 2008, Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS became a wholly ownedwholly-owned subsidiary of MUFG through a share exchange transaction. On the same day, we entered into a share transfer agreement with The Norinchukin Bank, or Norinchukin, under which we sold some of our shares of Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS common stock to Norinchukin. Currently, Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS is a consolidated subsidiary of MUFG. In March 2011, we and Norinchukin made additional equity investments in Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS in proportion to our and Norinchukin’s respective beneficial ownership of approximately 85% and 15%, respectively.

Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS was formed through the merger, on April 1, 2007, of UFJ NICOS Co., Ltd. and DC Card Co., Ltd. As the surviving entity, UFJ NICOS Co., Ltd. was renamed “Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co., Ltd.”

UFJ NICOS was formed through the merger, on October 1, 2005, of Nippon Shinpan Co., Ltd. and UFJ Card Co., Ltd. Originally founded in 1951 and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1961, Nippon Shinpan was a leading company in the consumer credit business in Japan. Nippon Shinpan became a subsidiary of MUFG at the time of the merger with UFJ Card.

Prior to the merger between MTFG and UFJ Holdings in October 2005, DC Card was a subsidiary of MTFG while UFJ Card was a subsidiary of UFJ Holdings.

We are one of the world’s largest and most diversified financial groups with total assets of ¥215¥280.89 trillion as of March 31, 2012.2015. The Group is comprised of BTMU, MUTB, MUMSS (through MUSHD), Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS and other subsidiaries and affiliates, for which we are the holding company. As a bank holding company, we are regulated under the Banking Law of Japan. Our services include commercial banking, trust banking,

securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, leasing and many more fields of financial services. The Group has the largest overseas network among the Japanese banks, comprised of offices and subsidiaries, including Union Bank,MUB and KS, in more than 40 countries.

While maintaining the corporate cultures and core competencies of BTMU, MUTB, MUMSS (through MUSHD) and Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS, we, as the holding company, seek to work with them to find ways to:

InSince April 2004, we introducedhave adopted an integrated business group system comprising threeour core business areas: Retail, Corporate, and Trust Assets. These three businessesareas, which serve as the Group’s core sources of net operating profit. As of March 31, 2015, we had five business segments: Integrated Retail Banking Business, Integrated Corporate Banking Business, Integrated Trust Assets Business, Integrated Global Business and Integrated Global Markets Business. In addition to these five integrated business groups, Krungsri, our banking subsidiary in Thailand, was treated as a business segment. For further information on our business segments, see “Item 5.A. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Operating Results—Business Segment Analysis.”

As we began to implement our new medium-term management strategy in the current fiscal year ending March 2011,31, 2016, we made changes to our business segments. Specifically, effective this current fiscal year, the sales and trading business of MUMSS was transferred fromIntegrated Retail Banking Business Group, the Integrated Corporate Banking Business Group, to Global Markets, as described below. In July 2011, we addedthe Integrated Trust Assets Business Group, the Integrated Global Business Group (MUFG Global) as a fourth area by shifting some of our global operations mainly fromand the Integrated Global Markets Business Group are renamed the Retail Banking Business Group, the Corporate Banking Business Group. This change in our business segment was implemented to more effectively coordinateGroup, the Trust Assets Business Group, the Global Business Group and enhance our group-wide efforts to strengthen and expand overseas operations. Our remaining business areas are grouped intothe Global Markets and Other.Business Group, respectively. In addition, the Krungsri segment is integrated into, and made part of, the Global Business Group. The descriptions of the business groups that follow in this Item are based on the current business segments.

MUFG’s role as the holding company has expanded from strategic coordinationis to integrated strategic management.strategically manage and coordinate the activities of these business segments. Group-wide strategies are determined by the holding company and executed by the banking subsidiaries and other subsidiaries.

In October 2008, each of MUFG, BTMU, MUTB and UNBC (now MUAH) became a financial holding company under the USU.S. Bank Holding Company Act. For more information, see “Item 3.D. Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—We may not be able to maintain our capital ratios above minimum required levels, which could result in the suspension of some or all of our operations” and “—B. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Supervision and Regulation—United States.”

MUFG Management Policy

The MUFG Group put in place a management philosophy when the Group was formed. This has now been reworked to becomeformulated the Group Corporate Vision outlined below.to clarify the nature of the Group’s overall mission and the type of group it should aspire to be, and as a shared principle to unify the hearts and minds of Group employees, while meeting the expectations of our customers and society. Throughout the Group, the individuals at thepeople of MUFG Group are working under three shared values—Integrity and Responsibility, Professionalism and Teamwork, and ChallengeChallenging Ourselves to Grow—while aiming to be the world’s most trusted financial group.

We have declared our message to the world as “Quality for You,” with management’s emphasis on quality. “Quality for You” means that by providing high-quality services, we aspire to help improve the quality of the lives of individual customers and the quality of each corporate customer. The “You” expresses the basic stance of MUFG that we seek to contribute not only to the development of our individual customers but also communities and society. We believe that delivering superior quality services, reliability, and global coverage will result in more profound and enduring contributions to society.

 

Medium- and long-term management strategy

The operating environment for financial institutions is transforming substantially amidst such trends as the changes in consumption patterns stemming from the aging of the Japanese population and its declining birthrate and the advance of information and communications technology. It is crucial to the further progress of the MUFG Group for us to maintain an accurate understanding of such changes, and undertake evolution and reformation of our business model as a preemptive response to these changes. Based on this recognition, the MUFG Group turned its eye toward expected operating environment changes over the next decade, and launched a new medium-term business plan, which outlines the strategies that we intend to implement over the first three years of this period from the fiscal year ending March, 2016 to the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018. The basic policy of the medium-term business plan is defined as “Evolution and reformation to achieve sustainable growth for MUFG,” and we have formulated Group business strategies and administrative practices and business foundation strategies of the plan based on three strategic focuses: “Customer perspective,” “Group-driven approach,” and “Productivity improvements.” “Customer perspective” calls on us to develop businesses based on changing customer needs. ���Group-driven approach” inspires us to bolster inter-Group company unity and

consider how to optimize our business on a Group-wide basis. “Productivity improvements” encapsulates our commitment to boosting competitiveness by pursuing higher levels of rationality and efficiency.

For the Group business strategies, we will seek to enhance support for wealth accumulation and stimulation of consumption for individuals, contribute to the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises, and link contribution to the revitalization of the Japanese economy with the stable growth of MUFG in Japan. Globally, we aim to enhance and expand businesses by evolving and reforming our Corporate & Investment Banking, or CIB, model, sales and trading operation, and asset management and investor services operations. We will also work to further reinforce transaction banking operations and strengthen commercial banking platforms in Asia and the Unites States to construct a next-generation business base.

For the administrative practices and business foundation strategies, MUFG plans to streamline Group-wide operations and create administration practices that are appropriate for a global systemically important financial institution, or G-SIFI, with maintaining a strong capital base as the first priority. This is expected to enable us continue to operate a business model that evolves and transforms on a Group-wide and global basis while taking steps to respond to the higher expectations of outside stakeholders.

Integrated Retail Banking Business Group

 

The Integrated Retail Banking Business Group covers all domestic retail businesses, including commercial banking, trust banking and securities businesses, and we offeroffers a full range of banking products and services, including financial consulting services, to retail customers in Japan. This business group integrates the retail businessbusinesses of BTMU, MUTB, MUMSS and other affiliate companies of MUFG.

Deposits and retail asset management services. We offer a full range of bank deposit products, including a non-interest-bearing deposit account that is redeemable on demand and intended primarily for payment and settlement functions, and is fully insured by the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan without a maximum amount limitation.

functions. We also offer a variety of asset management and asset administration services, to individuals, including savings instruments such as current accounts, ordinary deposits, time deposits, deposits at notice and other deposit facilities. We also offer trust products such as money trusts, and other investment products, as well as other products and services described below.

MUFG, as an integrated financial services group, aims to respond to customers’ specific needs, utilizing its breadth of businesses such as commercial banking, trust banking, securities and credit card businesses. The MUFG Group is committed to offering customers safe and reliable services by strengthening frameworks for, among other things, customer protection, legal compliance, and security response.

Service Improvement Project

BTMU has launched a project titled “DoSmart„” with an aim to improve the quality of services for individual customers. In order to contribute to the lifelong wellbeing of customers and their families, this project focuses on enhancing online banking services with smartphones and other devices, and providing customized consulting to satisfy their needs.

Responding to Investment Needs

We aim to ensure that customers can adequately inform themselves of investment opportunities by providing various mediums such as appointments with representatives, seminars at branches with investment experts as lecturers, and “investment consultation sessions” on weekends and national holidays, and during evening hours. We have also been expanding our product lines, adding services such as investment trusts and foreign currency deposits.

We create portfolios tailoreddeposits, in order to customer needs by combiningbe better able to respond to customers’ various investment needs. In addition, we have been working proactively to promote the Japanese individual savings instrumentsaccount system, generally referred to as the NISA program, which offers tax exemptions on capital gains and investment products. We also providedividend income for investments up to ¥1.0 million a rangeyear for a maximum of asset management and asset administration products as well as customized trust products for high net worth individuals, as well as advisory services relating to, among other things, the purchase and disposal of real estate and effective land utilization, and testamentary trusts.

Investment trusts.    We provide a diverse lineup of investment trust products allowing our customers to choose products according to their investment needs through BTMU, MUTB and MUMSS as well as kabu.com Securities Co., Ltd., which specializes in online financial services. For example, as of March 31, 2012, BTMU offered our clients a total of 90 investment trusts. Moreover, BTMU has placed significant importance on providing after-sales advice to all of our customers who have purchased our investment trust products.

Insurance.    We offer insurance products to meet the needs of our customers as a sales agent of third party insurance companies. Our current lineup of insurance products consists of investment-type individual annuity insurance, fixed-amount annuity insurance, single-premium whole-life insurance and level-payment insurance. BTMU has been offering life, medical and cancer insurance since December 2007, nursing-care insurance since April 2008 and car insurance since July 2009.five years. As of March 31, 2012,2015, we had approximately 693,000 NISA accounts.

We have focused on strengthening collaboration among group companies. For example, foreign bonds made available by MUMSS and other group securities companies are also available at BTMU offered 40 varietiesand MUTB. Also,

BTMU provides “Retail Money Desk” services at 64 branches across Japan, where investment experts seconded from MUMSS respond to customers’ sophisticated investment needs. We have implemented methods that are designed to better communicate information regarding product and service options to customers. The use of tablet computers enables BTMU’s sales representatives to propose products and services that match individual customers’ needs by showing them the latest market information, detailed information on major products and services, and asset management and life-plan simulations. All MUTB branches now offer “Private Account,” an asset management account service through which each customer can consult with his or her portfolio manager in person to manage investments according to a personalized plan.

Responding to Insurance Needs

BTMU acts as a sales channel for a variety of insurance products, at 448 BTMU branches. MUTB also offersincluding annuity insurance, single premium whole life insurance, flat-rate premium whole life insurance, medical insurance, cancer insurance and nursing-care insurance. Insurance-sales specialists (insurance planners) and staff members who have taken insurance-sales and other relevant training take care of customers’ various insurance needs. Individual annuity insurance, whole life insurance and medical insurance plans are available at all MUTB branches. Continued efforts will be made to further reinforce product lines and sales framework.

Responding to Needs Relating to Inheritance, Gift and Real Estate

MUTB offers a number of its branches.services including a testamentary trust service called “Ishindenshin” which helps customers prepare, maintain and execute wills, an inheritance planning service called “Shisan Keisho Planning” which helps customers manage and analyze financial assets and real estate properties comprehensively, and an inheritance procedure support service called “Wakachi Ai” which helps customers navigate the necessary procedures upon inheritance. BTMU and MUMSS also offer inheritance-related products and services, serving as sales agents of MUTB. MUTB’s asset management service called “Zutto Anshin Shintaku,” which helps customers and their families protect their funds and allows them to receive funds according to their chosen plan, received the “Nikkei Veritas Award” in the Nikkei Excellent Products & Services Awards for 2012. In April 2013, an educational fund gift trust product called “Magoyorokobu” was launched. BTMU also sells this product as a sales agent of MUTB. In June 2014, MUTB launched a new trust product called “Okuru shiawase,” a life-time gift trust product with services to assist customers with the execution of the gift. MUTB and Mitsubishi UFJ Real Estate Services offer real estate brokerage services for both investment and business properties and residential properties, responding to customers’ various real-estate-related needs.

 

Financial products intermediation servicesResponding to Loan Needs.    We offer financial products intermediation services through BTMU acting as an agent with three MUFG securities companies (MUMSS, Mitsubishi UFJ Merrill Lynch PB Securities Co., Ltd., and kabu.com Securities) and through MUTB acting as an agent with MUMSS. We offer securities, including publicly offered stocks, foreign and domestic investment trusts, Japanese government bonds, foreign bonds and various other products.

 

Loans.    We offer housing loans, card loans, and other loans to individuals. With respect to housing loans, BTMU offers “Loans with Supplemental Health Insurance for Seven Major Illnesses” through a third party insurance company to help with loan payments in addition tocase of unexpected major illnesses such as cancer or heart attacks, a group credit life insurance plan which is mandatory for housing loans, with reduced qualification requirements (“Wide Danshin”) and a preferred interest rate plan (“Gun-to Ureshii Housing Loan”). MUTB also offers housing loan plans incorporating health insurance for seven major illnesses, BTMU began offering in June 2009 preferential interest rates under its “Environmentally Friendly Support” program“Wide Danshin” and other plans to customers who

purchase “environment-conscious” houses (e.g., houses with solar electric systems) which meet specific criteria in responserespond to increasing public interest in environmental issues.customers’ needs. BTMU also offers a“Card Loans” and “Purpose-Specific Term Loans,” depending on customers’ needs. A card loan service called “BANQUIC,” for which“BANQUIC” offers access to cash as quickly as in 40 minutes after the submission of an application through a video teller machine. Also, online applications are accepted 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and the underwriting process can be completed as quickly as in 30 minutes. Applications are also accepted throughover the internet, telephone, video counter and mobile phone. A customercard loan service called “My Card Plus” automatically loans money into the customers linked account when its balance becomes negative. Customers who hasalready have an account with BTMU can apply for this service online. “Net DE Loan” is a purpose-specific term loan, which BTMU-account-holder customers can, in most circumstances, apply for without visiting a bank branch. This loan can be used to pay for education, motor vehicle purchases and other purposes.

Responding to Internet Banking Needs

BTMU and MUTB offer Internet banking services called “Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Direct” and “Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Direct,” respectively, which allow customers to, among other things, transfer money, check their balance, make time deposits, make investments, apply for housing loans, and consult specialists regarding investments. In 2013, transaction screens of “Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Direct” were renewed, making the service even more user-friendly. The number of users has grown to approximately 15 million as of March 31, 2015. As a countermeasure to increasing online fraud and other crimes, in March 2015, BTMU started to distribute key cards through which customers can obtain loans througha one-time temporary pass code to access their online banking accounts.

Jibun Bank Corporation was founded by BTMU in collaboration with KDDI Corporation in June 2008. The convenience that Jibun Bank offers by allowing users to execute transactions at any time on their cellphones has attracted customers in a wide age group. In addition to enabling users to check their balance and transfer money, Jibun Bank offers other products and services such as yen-denominated time deposits, foreign currency deposits, and, since June 2013, “Jibun Bank FX” (over-the-counter foreign exchange margin trading). As of March 31, 2015, Jibun Bank had approximately 1.9 million retail customer accounts with a total balance of deposits of ¥660 billion. Jibun Bank aims to continue offering high-quality services under the “BANQUIC” service by havingmotto of “a bank in the loan proceeds directly remitted to the customer’s BTMU account.palm of your hand.”

 

Credit cardsPayment Business.    Among our group companies,

Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS and BTMU issueNicos offers a variety of credit cards, including “MUFG Card (Gold Card),” a credit card with an annual fee starting at as low as ¥2,000. With five international credit card brands (JCB, Visa, Master Card^®, American Express^®and offer some preferential services provided by otherChina UnionPay) available, MUFG group companies (including preferential ratesCard is designed to meet customers’ various needs. BTMU’s “Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ VISA” offers various reward programs, such as cash-back in exchange for BTMU housing loans) to holdersearned points. To accommodate the diverse needs of the “MUFG card” issued by Mitsubishiconsumers, “Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ NICOS and goldVISA Debit” card was launched in November 2013. The number of debit cards issued by BTMU. BTMU has expanded value-added services and benefits for bank-issued credit card holders, including a point program where credit card holders can earn points by using their credit cards and exchange the points for cash or other preferential treatment for banking transactions through BTMU.was approximately 453,000 as of March 31, 2015.

 

Retail securities business.    We conduct our retail securities business in Japan through MUMSS which was formed in May 2010 through the integrationDevelopment of the domestic wholesaleBranch and retail securities business previously conducted by MUS and the investment banking business previously conducted by Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co., Ltd., or Morgan Stanley Japan. See “—Global Strategic Alliance with Morgan Stanley” below.

Domestic Network.ATM Networks    We offer products and services through a wide range of channels, including branches, ATMs, video counters, and, Mitsubishi-Tokyo UFJ Direct (telephone, internet and mobile phone banking).

 

We offer integrated financial services combining our banking, trust bankinghave an extensive network of branches in the greater Tokyo, Nagoya and securities services at MUFG Plazas. These Plazas provide retail customers with an integrated and flexible suite of services at one-stop outlets. As of March 31, 2012, we provided those services through 31 MUFG Plazas.

To provide exclusive membership services to high net worth individual customers, we have Private Banking Offices featuring lounges and private rooms where we provide wealth management advice and other services to our customers in a relaxing and comfortable setting. As of March 31, 2012, we had 29 Private Banking Offices in Japan.

To improve customer convenience, BTMU has enhanced its ATM network and ATM related services. BTMU has also ceased to charge ATM transaction fees from customers ofOsaka areas. BTMU and MUTB for certain transactions. Furthermore,have a nationwide ATM network, making use of convenience store ATMs and partnerships with other banks in addition to BTMU’s and MUTB’s own ATMs. In an effort to improve access to its ATMs, BTMU currently sharesincreased its ATM network with 7 Japanese local banks, AEON Bank, Ltd.locations and extended operating hours and transaction-fee-free hours in 2013. At the banks belonging to the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives bank group.same time, BTMU has also ceased to charge ATM transaction fees from customers who use theseintroduced a revised fee schedule for using partner banks’ ATMs for certain transactions.and transferring money using ATMs.

 

Trust agency operationsFinance Facilitation.    We offer MUTB’s trust related products and advisory services through our trust agency system not only for MUTB customers but also for BTMU and MUMSS customers. As of March 31, 2012, BTMU engaged in the following eight businesses as the trust banking agent for MUTB: testamentary trusts, inheritance management, asset succession planning, inheritance management agency operations, business management financial consulting, lifetime gift trusts, share disposal trusts, and marketable securities administration trusts. MUMSS engaged in the following three businesses as the trust banking agent for MUTB: testamentary trusts, inheritance management and asset succession planning. Because of Japan’s aging society, customer demand for inheritance-related advice is increasing, and we aim to significantly strengthen our ability to cross-sell the inheritance products to our existing customers.

 

We believe that finance facilitation for customers is one of our most important social responsibilities and strive to exemplify that standard. Although the Act Concerning Temporary Measures to Facilitate Financing for Small and Medium-sized Firms and Others has expired in Japan, our basic policy has not changed. We seek to offer consultation and otherwise deal attentively with small and medium-sized enterprise customers who wish to modify terms and conditions for repayment.

Strengthening the Compliance Framework

We have been making efforts to strengthen our frameworks for customer protection and legal compliance. BTMU has 260 compliance specialists stationed at its branches across the country. As for MUTB, branches are given guidance by compliance officers based in the Head Office. We intend to continue to strictly monitor the legal compliance associated with selling financial products and services.

Integrated Corporate Banking Business Group

 

The Integrated Corporate Banking Business Group covers domestic and overseas corporate businesses, including commercial banking, investment banking, trust banking and securities businesses.businesses, as well as businesses outside of Japan assisting mainly Japanese companies in executing and expanding their operations. Through the integration of these business lines, diverse financial products and services are provided mainly to our Japanese corporate clients,customers, from large corporations to small and medium-sized and small businesses.enterprises. The business group has clarified strategic domains, sales channels and methods to match the different growth stages and financial needs of our corporate customers.

Commercial BankingResponding to Large Corporation’s Needs

We offer large Japanese corporations advanced financial solutions such as derivatives, securitization, syndicated loans and structured finance. Faced with the diversified and globalized needs of our customers, we also provide sophisticated solutions and strategic proposals through collaboration between MUFG group companies and BTMU overseas offices.

Responding to Small and Medium-sized Enterprise’s Needs

 

We provide various financial solutions, such as loans and fund management, remittance and foreign exchange services, to meet the requirements of small and medium-sized enterprise or SME, customers. We also help our customers develop business strategies, such as overseas expansions, inheritance-related business transfers and stock listings.

 

CIB (Corporate and Investment Banking)Transaction Banking

 

We offer advanced financial solutions mainlyOur transaction banking operations support customers with capital management, focusing on cash management and trade finance. Through our global network we support customers who wish to large corporations through corporateestablish a global manufacturing and investment banking services. Product specialists globally provide derivatives, securitization, syndicated loans, structured finance,sales network with our friendly services and other services. We also provide investment banking services, such as M&A advisory, bond and equity underwriting,commitment to meet our customers’ needs.quality.

Investment Banking

 

A large part of our investment banking business in Japan is provided by MUMSS which was formed in May 2010 through the integration of the domestic wholesale and retail securities business previously conducted by MUS and the investment banking business conducted by Morgan Stanley Japan. See “—Global Strategic Alliance with Morgan Stanley” below.

 

Transaction Banking

We provide online banking services that allow customers to make domestic and overseas remittances electronically. We also provide a global cash pooling/netting service, and the “Treasury Station,” a fund management system for multi-company groups. These services are designed particularly for customers who have global business activities.

Trust Banking

 

MUTB’s experience and know-how in the asset management business,corporate real estate strategy consulting, real estate brokerage and appraisal services, and stock transfer agency services and stock option services also enable us to offer services tailored to the financial strategies of each client, including securitization of real estate, receivables and other assets.

 

Integrated Trust Assets Business Group

 

The Integrated Trust Assets Business Group covers asset management and administration services for products such as pension trusts and security trusts by integrating the trust banking expertise of MUTB and the international strengths of BTMU. The business group provides a full range of services to corporate and pension funds, including stable and secure pension fund management and administration, advice on pension schemes, and payment of benefits to scheme members. The business group offers asset management products developed by our affiliated partners outside of Japan in order to meet diverse customer needs for asset management. With the aim of further enhancing the business, in December 2011, MUTB entered into a strategic business and capital alliance with AMP Capital Holdings Limited, an asset management company in Australia. For more information, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Recent Developments.”

Our Integrated Trust Assets Business Group combines MUTB’s trust assets business, comprising trust assets management services, asset administration and custodial services, and the businesses of Mitsubishi UFJ Global Custody S.A., Mitsubishi UFJ Fund Services Holdings Limited, or MFS, and Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd., which was formed on July 1, 2015 through the merger between two of our asset management subsidiaries in Japan, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. and KOKUSAI Asset Management Co., Ltd.

 

Mitsubishi UFJ Global Custody S.A. providesand MFS provide global custody services, administration services for investment funds and fiduciary and trust accounts, and other related services mainly to institutional investors.

MUTB acquired MFS, formerly known as Butterfield Fulcrum Group, in September 2013. We have taken this opportunity to establish and promote a new brand called “MUFG Investor Services.” Under this brand, we provide a full suite of global asset administration services, including fund administration, custody, securities lending and foreign exchange as a one stop shop. In May 2014, MFS acquired Meridian Holdings Limited, a Bermuda fund administration service company. In June 2015, MFS reached an agreement with UBS Global Asset Management pursuant to which MFS is expected to acquire UBS Global Asset Management’s Alternative Fund Services business in the quarter ending December 31, 2015. Through these transactions, MFS aims to enhance its competitiveness and scale of operations in the global fund administration market, which is expected to grow significantly amid the global trend of strengthening financial regulations.

Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management and KOKUSAI Asset Management provideprovides asset management and trust products and services mainly to individual customers and corporate clients in Japan.

With an aim to further enhance its business, MUTB has strategic alliances with asset management companies outside of Japan, including Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, a U.K. asset manager, and AMP Capital Holdings Limited, an Australian asset manager.

Integrated Global Business Group (“MUFG Global”)

 

The Integrated Global Business Group (“MUFG Global”) was established on July 1, 2011, tois charged with the responsibility of effectively coordinatecoordinating and enhanceenhancing our group-wide efforts to strengthen and expand overseas operations. MUFGour businesses outside Japan. The Global Business Group is designed to clarify the leadership in, and enhance the coordination for, our overseasbusiness strategies outside Japan on a group-wide basis.

 

OverseasGlobal business development has been an important pillar of our growth strategy. Aiming to further raise our presence in the global financial market, we are shifting our approach from one where each of our group companies individually promotes its overseasglobal business to a more group-wide approach. The new approach is designed to enable us to exercise our comprehensive expertise to provide our overseas customers with value-added services more effectively.

 

As globalGlobal financial regulations have become increasingly stringent in major financial markets, including the United States and Europe following the recent global financial crisis, the realignment in the global financial industry has accelerated with financial institutions merging and entering into alliances particularly in Europe and the United States.crisis. Moreover, the importance of emerging markets in Asia and other regions has been rapidly growing, andgrowing. As a result, the business environment surrounding the international financial industry is becoming more complex. In addition, customers’ financing needs are becoming more diverse and sophisticated as their activities are becoming more globalized.

 

Amidst this dynamic environment, MUFGthe Global Business Group covers our overseas businesses outside Japan, including commercial banking services such as loans, deposits and cash management services, retail banking, trust assets and securities businesses (with the retail banking and trust assets businesses being conducted through Union Bank)MUB in the United States and KS in Thailand), through a global network of more than 5001,150 offices outside of Japan to provide customers with financial products and services that meet their increasingly diverse and sophisticated financing needs.

CIB (Corporate and Investment Banking)

 

Our global CIB business primarily serves large corporations, financial institutions, and sovereign and multinational organizations with a comprehensive set of solutions for their financing needs. Through our global network of offices and branches, we provide a full range of services, including corporate banking services such as providingproject finance, export credit commitmentsagency, or ECA, finance, and arranging the issuance offinancing through asset-backed commercial paper,papers. We also provide investment banking services such as debt/equity issuance and M&A advisory services to help clientsour customers develop their financial strategies. Tostrategies and realize their goals. In order to meet clients’ expectations for theircustomers’ various financing needs, we have established a client-orientedcustomer-oriented coverage business model andthrough which we coordinate our product experts who can offer innovative financefinancing services all aroundglobally. We are among the world. With our acquisition from The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plcworld’s top providers of project finance, assets consisting of loans for natural resources, power and other infrastructure projects in Europe, the Middle-East and Africa, and related assets in December 2010, we continue to seek to strengthen our project finance business, which is one of the core businesses of CIB. For more information onWe provide professional services in arranging limited-recourse finance and offering financial advice in various sectors, including natural resources, power, and infrastructure, backed by our transaction with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, see “Item 5. Operatingexperience, expertise, knowledge, and Financial Review and Prospects—Recent Developments.”global network.

 

Transaction Banking

 

We have Transaction Banking offices in six locations around the worldglobe through which we provide commercial banking products and services primarily for large corporations and financial institutions in managing and processing domestic and cross-border payments, mitigating risks in international trade, and performing assetproviding working capital optimization. We have established the Transaction Banking Group within BTMU, which oversees its entire transaction banking operations globally, in order to enhance governance, management and liability management. We providequality of services in these operations. Under the Transaction Banking Group, a team of approximately 2,000 officers provides customers with support for their domestic, regional and global trade finance and cash management programs through our extensive global network.

 

MUFG Union Bank, N.A., (MUB)

 

UNBCMUB is the primary subsidiary of MUAH, which is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of MUFG. UNBCBTMU and is a US bank holding company in the United States. Effective July 1, 2014, BTMU’s operations in the Americas region were integrated with Union Bank being itsMUAH’s operations. MUAH oversees BTMU’s operations in the Americas region and MUB is the primary subsidiary. Union Bankoperating entity of BTMU in the United States. MUB is a leading regional bank headquartered in California, ranked by

the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, as the 21st19th largest bank in the United States in terms of total deposits as of March 2012. Union Bank2015. MUB provides a wide range of financial services to consumers, small businesses, middle-market companies and major corporations, primarily in California, Oregon, Washington, and Texas as well as nationally and internationally.

In April 2010, Union BankJune 2013, MUB acquired loans and other assets and assumed deposits and other liabilitiesPB Capital Corporation’s institutional commercial real estate lending division platform. Headquartered in New York, the commercial real estate lending division of Tamalpais Bank, a California-based bank, and Frontier Bank, a Washington-based bank, from the FDIC in separate FDIC-assisted transactions. In March 2012, UNBC entered into a definitive agreement to acquire PacificPB Capital Bancorp, a bank holding company based in California withhad approximately $5.9$3.5 billion in total assets and approximately $4.6 billionloans outstanding on properties in deposits. In May 2012, Union Bank entered into a definitive agreement with PNC Bank, N.A. to acquire Smartstreet, an Atlanta-based financial services division of PNC Bank that has approximately $1 billion in deposits and provides banking servicesvarious major metropolitan areas in the United States as of June 14, 2013. In November 2013, MUB acquired First Bank Association Bank Services, a unit of First Bank, which provided a full range of banking services to homeowners associations and community association management companies. ForMUB acquired approximately $570 million in deposits in this transaction.

See “Item 3.D. Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—Any adverse changes in the business of MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary in the United States, could significantly affect our results of operations.”

Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited (KS)

KS is a major subsidiary of BTMU in Thailand. KS provides a comprehensive range of banking, consumer finance, investment, asset management, and other financial products and services to individual consumers, small and medium-sized enterprises, and large corporations mainly in Thailand. In addition, KS’s consolidated

subsidiaries include a major credit card issuer in Thailand as well as a major automobile financing service provider, an asset management company, and a microfinance service provider in Thailand.

In January 2015, BTMU integrated its Bangkok Branch with KS to comply with the Thai regulatory requirement generally referred to as the “one presence” policy, which limits financial conglomerates to a single licensed deposit taking entity in Thailand. As of March 31, 2015, BTMU holds a 76.88% ownership interest in KS. By combining KS’s local franchise with competitive presence in the retail and SME banking markets in Thailand with BTMU’s global financial expertise, we seek to offer a wider range of high-value financial services to a more information, seediverse and larger customer base.

See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Recent Developments.Developments” and “Item 3.D. Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—Any adverse changes in the business of Bank of Ayudhya, an indirect subsidiary in Thailand, could significantly affect our results of operations.”

Activities in Asia

We have been expanding our operations in Asia in an effort to further develop our businesses abroad. We have opened three overseas branches since January 2014, namely, Bangalore Branch in India, BTMU (China) Suzhou branch, and Yangon branch in Myanmar.

 

Global Markets Business Group

 

The Global Markets coversBusiness Group became the current business group on July 1, 2012 to cover the businesses specialized in financial markets products such as sales and trading, asset and liability management, and strategic investments globally on a group-wide basis.

The establishment of the Global Markets Business Group resulted in the expansion of the coordination between the Global Business Group and the Global Markets Business Group at BTMU and MUTB,the collaboration between the two Groups and MUSHD’s foreign subsidiaries on some of those subsidiaries’ sales and trading businesses. Through this collaboration, we sought to strengthen the cooperation between BTMU and MUSHD of financial products of BTMU,their markets businesses and to expand our client base while improving our trading capabilities to seize interest rate and foreign exchange market opportunities for loans and corporate bond transactions. In April 2014, MUTB and MUMSS.began to participate in the Global Markets Business Group in an effort to more fully enhance our group-wide capabilities.

 

OtherSales and Trading

 

Other mainly consists of theWe provide financing, hedging, and investing solutions to our retail, corporate, centers of the holding company, BTMU, MUTBinstitutional, and MUMSS.governmental clients, through foreign exchange, bonds, equities, derivatives, and money market products. We are actively developing innovative financial products and services to offer and provide through our global network, which is designed to promptly meet diverse customer requirements.

 

Asset and Liability Management

We manage our interest and liquidity risks residing in our balance sheets through, among other things, transactions designed to manage profit and loss impact attributable to interest rate movements based on our balance sheet forecasts, while aiming to maximize our profit at the same time primarily by investing in highly liquid government bonds such as Japanese government bonds and U.S. treasury bonds and also by utilizing other financial products such as interest rate swaps and cross currency swaps.

Strategic Investments

We seek to enhance our profitability and diversify our portfolios by investing in financial products such as corporate bonds and funds.

Global Strategic Alliance with Morgan Stanley

 

As of March 31, 2011,2015, we held a total of approximately 47 million shares of Morgan Stanley’s common stock, Series B Non-Cumulative Non-Voting Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”) with a face value of approximately $7.9 billion, or ¥808.3 billion, and a 10% dividend, and Perpetual Non-Cumulative Non-Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred Stock”) with a face value of approximately $0.5 billion, or ¥53.6 billion, and a 10% dividend.

On June 30, 2011, we converted all of the Series B Preferred Stock held by us for approximately 385 million shares of Morgan Stanley’s common stock, resulting in us holding approximately 432 million shares of Morgan Stanley’s common stock which representedrepresenting approximately 22.4%21.9 % of the voting rights in Morgan Stanley based on the number of shares of Morgan Stanley’s common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2011. As of March 31, 2012, we held approximately 21.8% of the voting rights in Morgan Stanley and held a total of approximately 432 million shares of Morgan Stanley’s common stock and Series C Preferred Stock with a face value of approximately $0.5 billion, or ¥53.6 billion,$ 521.4 million and a 10% dividend. As of the same date, we had two representatives appointed to Morgan Stanley’s board of directors. We adopted the equity method of accounting for our investment in Morgan Stanley forbeginning with the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. For more information, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Recent Developments.”

 

In conjunction with Morgan Stanley, we formed two securities joint venture companies in May 2010 we and Morgan Stanley integratedto integrate our respective Japanese securities companies by forming two securities joint venture companies. We converted the wholesale and retail securities businesses conducted in Japan by MUS into MUMSS. Morgan Stanley contributed the investment banking operations conducted in Japan by its former wholly-owned subsidiary, Morgan Stanley Japan, to MUMSS, and converted the sales and trading and capital markets businesses conducted in Japan by Morgan Stanley Japan into an entity called Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities, Co., Ltd., or MSMS. We hold a 60% economic interest in MUMSS and MSMS, and Morgan Stanley holds a 40% economic interest in MUMSS and MSMS. We hold a 60% voting interest and Morgan Stanley holds a 40% voting interest in MUMSS, and we hold a 49% voting interest and Morgan Stanley holds a 51% voting interest in MSMS. Morgan Stanley’s and our economic and voting interests in the securities joint venture companies are held through intermediate holding companies. We have retained control of MUMSS and we account for our interest in MSMS under the equity method due to our significant influence over MSMS. The board of directors of MUMSS has fifteen members, nine of whom are designated by us and six of whom are

designated by Morgan Stanley. The board of directors of MSMS has ten members, six of whom are designated by Morgan Stanley and four of whom are designated by us. The CEO of MUMSS is designated by us and the CEO of MSMS is designated by Morgan Stanley. For a discussion of our recent capital contributions to MUMSS, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Recent Developments.”

 

We have also expanded the scope of our global strategic alliance with Morgan Stanley into other geographies and businesses, including (1) a loan marketing joint venture that will provideprovides clients in the United States with access to expand the world-class lending and capital markets services from both companies, (2) an agreement to establish business referral arrangements in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, covering capital markets, loans, fixed income sales and other businesses, (3) a global commodities referral agreement whereby BTMU and its affiliates will refer clients in need of commodities-related hedging solutions to certain affiliates of Morgan Stanley, and (4) an employee secondment program to share best practices and expertise in a wide range of business areas.

We completed transactions to transfer shares of Mitsubishi UFJ Merrill Lynch PB Securities Co., Ltd. among our consolidated subsidiaries in March 2014. MUMSS holds 75%, and BTMU holds the remaining 25%, of the voting rights in the company. Prior to the transactions, MUSHD held 51%, and BTMU held the remaining 49%, of the voting rights in the company. Concurrent with the completion of the transactions, the company changed its name to “Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley PB Securities Co., Ltd.” In connection with its new shareholdings, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley PB Securities entered into a new service agreement with Morgan Stanley. Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley PB Securities leverages MUFG’s broad customer base, utilizes Morgan Stanley’s global and high quality insight, and further its collaborations with other group companies by strengthening its coordination with MUMSS. It aims for further development of its wealth management business, which is one of the largest in Japan.

 

See “Item 3.D. Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—If our strategic alliance with Morgan Stanley fails, we could suffer financial or reputational loss.”

 

Competition

 

We face strong competition in all of our principal areas of operations. The structural reforms in the regulation of the financial industry regulations and recent developments in the financial marketmarkets have resulted in some significant changes in the Japanese financial system and prompted banks to merge or reorganize their operations, thus changing the nature of competition from other financial institutions as well as from other types of businesses.

Japan

 

Since their formation in 2000 and 2001, the so-called Japanese “mega bank” groups, including us, the Mizuho Financial Group and the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, have continued to expand their businesses and take measures designed to enhance their financial group capabilities. For example, in December 2014, the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group announced its agreement with Citigroup Inc., under which SMBC Trust Bank, Ltd., a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, will acquire the retail banking business of Citibank Japan, Ltd. in October 2015, subject to regulatory approvals. In July 2013, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. merged, and the merged entity presently operates under the corporate name of “Mizuho Bank, Ltd.”

Heightened competition among the mega bank groups is currently expected in the securities sectorvarious financial sectors as they have recently announced plans to expand, or have expanded, their respective businesses. For example, in the securities businesses. Insector, in May 2010, we andin conjunction with Morgan Stanley, we created two securities joint venture companies in Japan, MUMSS and MSMS, by integrating the operations of MUS and Morgan Stanley Japan. In May 2009, Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. acquired Shinko Securities Co., Ltd. In September 2011, the Norinchukin Bank, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. and Mizuho Securities entered into definitive agreements to expand areas of business cooperation and enhance collaborative relationships. In May 2012,January 2013, Mizuho Securities and Mizuho Investors Securities Co., Ltd. entered into a merger agreement, pursuant to which the merger is expected to become effective on January 4, 2013. In October 2009, the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group acquired the former Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. and other businesses from Citigroup Inc.merged. For a discussion of the two securities joint venture companies created by us and Morgan Stanley, see “—B. Business Overview—Global Strategic Alliance with Morgan Stanley.”

 

The mega bank groups face heightened competition with other financial groups. For example, the Nomura Group acquired Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s franchise in the Asia-Pacific region and investment banking businesses in Europe and the Middle East in October 2008. In addition, various Japanese non-bank financial institutions, non-financial companies as well as foreign financial institutions entered into the Japanese domestic market. For example, Orix Corporation, a non-bank financial institution, and the Seven & i Holdings group and Sony Corporation, which were both non-financial companies, began to offer various banking services, often through non-traditional distribution channels. Citigroup Inc. conducts its banking business in Japan through a locally incorporated banking subsidiary.

In the retail bankingbusiness sector, customers often seekhave needs for a broad range of financial products and services, such as investment trusts and insurance products. Recently, competition has increased due to the development of new products and distribution channels. For example, Japanese banks have started competing with one another by

developing innovative proprietary computer technologies that allow them to deliver basic banking services in a more efficient manner such as internet banking services, and to create sophisticated new products in response to customer demand. Increased competition is expected following the introduction in January 2014 of the Japanese individual savings account system, generally referred to as the NISA program, which offers tax exemptions on capital gains and dividend income for investments up to ¥1 million a year for a maximum of five years. In addition, in March 2015, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank announced its agreement with Citigroup Inc., to acquire all of the issued shares of Citi Cards Japan, Inc., which operates Citigroup’s credit card business in Japan.

 

In the private banking sector, competition among the mega bank groups has intensified as a result of recent years, the Japanese government has identified several governmental financial institutions as candidatescorporate actions designed to privatize. In particular, the privatization of the Japan Post Group companies could substantially increase competition within the financial services industry as Japan Post Bankstrengthen their operations. We made Mitsubishi UFJ Merrill Lynch PB Securities Co., Ltd. is the world’s largest holder of deposits. Although the Japanese government’s privatization plan for the Japan Post Group companies was suspendeda wholly owned subsidiary in December 2009, a revised postal privatization law became effective2012 to enhance our private banking services for high net-worth customers, and changed its name to Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley PB Securities, Ltd. in May 2012, allowingMarch 2014. In October 2013, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation acquired the governmentformer Société Générale Private Banking Japan, Ltd. from Société Générale S.A. and changed its name to commence its sales of shares in the Japan Post Group companies. The revised law only requires Japan Post Holdings Co.,SMBC Trust Bank Ltd. to make efforts to sell its shares in Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd. as soon as possible with no specific deadline. Additionally, under the revised law, Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance may enter into new businesses upon obtaining government approvals, and if the government’s equity holdings decrease to a certain level, the two companies will be allowed to enter into new businesses upon submission of a notice to the government. As a result, the Japan Post Group companies may seek to enter into new businesses, including sales of various types of insurance and housing loans. The privatization of the Japan Post Group companies remains subject to political negotiations and government action. See “Item 3.D. Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—Our business may be adversely affected by competitive pressures, which have partly increased due to regulatory changes and recent market changes in the financial industry domestically and globally” and “—B. Business Overview—The Japanese Financial System—Government Financial Institutions.”

 

In the consumer finance sector, newrecent regulatory reforms and legal developments have negatively impacted the business environment, resulting in failures of a large number ofseveral consumer finance companies including a majorand intensified competition among consumer finance company’s filing for corporate reorganizationcompanies that have remained in September 2010.business, particularly among those affiliated with the mega banks. In April 2012, Promise Co., Ltd. became a wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiary of the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group.Group, and changed its name as SMBC Consumer Finance Co., Ltd. in July 2012. See “Item 3.D. Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—Because of our loans to consumers and our shareholdings in companies engaged in consumer lending, changes in the business or regulatory environment for consumer finance companies in Japan may further adversely affect our financial results.”

 

The trust assets business is a growthan area that is becoming increasingly competitive because of regulatory changes in the industry that have expanded the products and services that can be offered since the mid-2000s.In addition, there is growing corporate demand for changes in the trust regulatory environment, such as reforms of the pension system and related accounting regulations under Japanese GAAP. Competition may increase in the future as changes are made to respond to such corporate demand and regulatory barriers to entry are lowered. In October 2009, The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. acquired Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. from Citigroup Inc. In

April 2011, Sumitomo Trust and Banking and Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. established Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., a holding company, to integrate their operations. In April 2012, Sumitomo Trust and Banking, The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Limited and Chuo Mitsui Asset Trust and Banking Company, Limited, the three trust bank subsidiaries of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, merged, and werethe surviving entity was renamed Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited. In March 2015, the Mizuho Financial Group announced plans to integrate Mizuho Asset Management Co., Ltd., Shinko Asset Management Co., Ltd. and the asset management business of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., all of which are asset management subsidiaries of the Mizuho Financial Group in Japan, and DIAM Co., Ltd., which is an asset management joint venture between the Mizuho Financial Group and Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company in Japan. On July 1, 2015, two of our asset management subsidiaries in Japan, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. and KOKUSAI Asset Management Co., Ltd. merged, and the surviving entity presently operates under the corporate name of “Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.” As a result, competition is expected to intensify in the asset management and trust assets businesses.

In recent years, the Japanese government has identified several governmental financial institutions as candidates to privatize. In particular, the privatization of the Japan Post Group companies could substantially increase competition within the financial services industry as Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd. is one of the world’s largest holders of deposits. Although the Japanese government’s privatization plan for the Japan Post Group companies was suspended in December 2009, a revised postal privatization law became effective in May 2012, allowing the government to commence its sales of shares in the Japan Post Group companies. The revised law requires Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. to make efforts to sell its shares in Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd. as soon as possible but does not provide a specific deadline. In December 2014, plans were announced for the public listing in Japan of shares of Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance in or after the middle of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016, but remain subject to further government action. Additionally, under the revised law, Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance may enter into new business areas upon obtaining government approvals, and if the government’s equity holdings decrease to a certain level, the two companies will be allowed to enter into new business areas upon submission of a notice to the government. In such case, the Japan Post Group companies may seek to enter into new financial businesses and increasingly compete with us. See “Item 3.D. Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—Our business may be adversely affected by competitive pressures, which have partly increased due to regulatory changes and recent market changes in the financial industry domestically and globally” and “—B. Business Overview—The Japanese Financial System—Government Financial Institutions.”

The mega bank groups face significant competition with other financial groups as well as companies that have traditionally not been engaged in banking services. For example, the Nomura Group has been a major player in the securities market in Japan. In addition, various Japanese non-bank financial institutions and non-financial companies have entered into the Japanese banking sector. For example, Orix Corporation, a non-bank financial institution, as well as the Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd., Sony Corporation and Aeon Co., Ltd., which were non-financial companies, offer various banking services, often through non-traditional distribution channels.

Foreign

In the United States, we face substantial competition in all aspects of our business. We face competition from other large USU.S. and foreign-ownednon-U.S. money-center banks, as well as from similar institutions that provide financial services. Through Union Bank,MUB, we currently compete principally with USU.S. and foreign-ownednon-U.S. money-center and regional banks, thrift institutions, insurance companies, asset management companies, investment advisory companies, consumer finance companies, credit unions and other financial institutions.

In other international markets, we face competition from commercial banks and similar financial institutions, particularly major international banks and the leading domestic banks in the local financial markets in which we conduct business. For example, Japanese mega banks, including us, and other major international banks have been expanding their operations in the Asian market, where leading local banks also have been

growing and increasing their presence recently. Furthermore, we are aiming to expand our retail and small and medium-sized enterprise businesses along with our corporate banking business in South East Asia through our acquisition of KS in Thailand, and compete with leading local banks in such businesses.

In addition, we may face further competition as a result of recent investments, mergers and other business tie-ups among global financial institutions.

The Japanese Financial System

Japanese financial institutions may be categorized into three types:

The Bank of Japan

The Bank of Japan’s role is to maintain price stability and the stability of the financial system to ensure a solid foundation for sound economic development.

Private Banking Institutions

Private banking institutions in Japan are commonly classified into two categories (the following numbers are based on information published by the Financial Services Agency of JapanFSA available as of May 7, 2012:2015):

Ordinary banks in turn are classified as city banks, of which there are five,four, including BTMU, and regional banks, of which there are 107106 and other banks, of which there are 16. Of the five city banks, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Mizuho Corporate Bank have announced a plan to merge, effective July 1, 2013.15. In general, the operations of ordinary banks correspond to commercial banking operations in the United States. City banks and regional banks are distinguished based on head office location as well as the size and scope of their operations.

The city banks are generally considered to constitute the largest and most influential group of banks in Japan. Generally, these banks are based in large cities, such as Tokyo Osaka and Nagoya,Osaka, and operate nationally through networks of branch offices. CityThe city banks have traditionally emphasized their business withprovide a wide variety of banking and other financial products and services to large corporate clients,customers, including the major industrial companies in Japan. However, many of these banks, including BTMU, in recent years have increased their emphasis on other markets, suchJapan, as well as small and medium-sized companies and retail banking.customers.

With some exceptions, the regional banks tend to be much smaller in terms of total assets than the city banks. Each of the regional banks is based in one of the Japanese prefectures and extends its operations into neighboring prefectures. Their clientscustomers are mostly regional enterprises and local public utilities. The regional banks also lend to large corporations. In line with the recent trend among financial institutions toward mergers or business tie-ups, various regional banks have announced or are currently negotiating or pursuing integration transactions.

Trust banks, including MUTB, provide various trust services relating to money trusts, pension trusts and investment trusts and offer other services relating to real estate, stock transfer agency and testamentary services as well as banking services.

In recent years, almost all of the city banks have consolidated with other city banks and in some cases, integrated with trust banks. IntegrationConsolidation or integration among these banks was achieved, in most cases, through the use of a bank holding company.

In addition to ordinary banks and trust banks, other private financial institutions in Japan, including banks operated by non-financial companies, shinkin banks, or credit associations, and credit cooperatives, are engaged primarily in making loans to small businesses and individuals.

Government Financial Institutions

Since World War II,There are a number of government financial institutions have been established in Japan. TheseJapan, which are corporations are wholly owned by the government and operate under itsthe government’s supervision. Their funds are provided mainly from government sources. Certain types of operations undertaken by these institutions have been or are planned to be assumed by, or integrated with the operations of, private corporations through privatizationprivatizations and other measures.

Among them are the following: