Back in 2000 the once-famed Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan was all but broke.

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The mighty Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan had its head office in Otemachi on an urban site that overshadowed the Masakado shrine.

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The fate of the Long-Term Credit Bank, Japan's 10th-largest bank, has become a symbol of what's at stake.

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