Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ renamed as MUFG Bank

The sign of MUFG Bank is being prepared in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Sunday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. changed the name of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ to MUFG Bank on Sunday.

The omission of "Tokyo" from the name, which was a relic from the merger with the Bank of Tokyo, an institution that had been well-known internationally as Japan's sole authorized foreign exchange bank, removes a visible connection to the once-famous bank.