List of JBIC History

JBIC’s history, which dates back to 1950, is deeply connected to the development of Japan’s postwar foreign financial policy. From postwar reconstruction to rapid economic growth, the Plaza Accord, and the global financial crisis of 2008—the eight-part series traces this historical trajectory (The series concluded in the January 2025 issue).

List of JBIC History

January 2025		vol.8: JBIC’s new start: leveraging 70 years of history to shape the future (2012)
August 2024		vol.7: A new organization met an unprecedented global financial crisis head-on with special emergency measures (2008)
May 2024		vol.6: JBIC launched just before the dawn of the new century to address globalization and other global-scale challenges (1999)
February 2024		vol.5: Asian financial crisis exposed global financial fragility JEXIM’s central role in Japan’s government support for the region (1997)
November 2023		vol.4: JEXIM’s functions expand as friction intensifies—Plaza Accord to Japan’s bubble economy (1985)
August 2023		vol.3: Skyrocketing inflation and Japan’s economic slowdown. The global oil crisis and JEXIM’s efforts (1973)
June 2023		vol.2: Japan's participation in the world economic system and the role played by the Export-Import Bank of Japan (1964)
February 2023		vol.1: Postwar reconstruction and the birth of Japan Export Bank, JBIC’s forerunner. A step toward becoming a trading nation (1950)