A man with knife took 4 hostages at a Toyokawa Shinkin Bank

A branch of Toyokawa Shinkin Bank

A 32 years old man named Koji Nagakubo with a knife confined himself taking 4 hostages including a 41 years old vice-manager Kengo Kato at Toyokawa Shinkin Bank in Kurako Toyokawa, Aichi for more than 13 hours till 3:08 am on November 23rd.
Police entered the bank to arrest him when he had a snooze. Among the hostages 19 years old Moe Takeyama was slightly injured on her arm. Nagakubo demanded the resign of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.


無職男を監禁容疑で現行犯逮捕　人質全員を保護　―MSN産経ニュース
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/news/121123/crm12112307270003-n1.htm

Job cuts of foreign banks in Japan in 2011

Roppongi Hills Tokyo where Goldman Sachs and Barclays occupy floors

9 foreign banks in Japan including Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse in a year until March 2011 had cut more than twice as much as jobs than the year before.
The number of employees of foreign banks in Japan such as Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas were 6,796 in total in the end of March 2012 reduced by 573(7.3%) in a year, compared to 7,333 in March 2011 reduced by 239(3.2%) in the year.

Employees Reduced(now)
Goldman Sachs -14% (847)
Credit Suisse -8.6% (540)
Deutsche Bank -7.9% (834)
BNP Paribas -7.4% (462)
Barclays / Citi / Morgan Stanley / Bank of America / J.P. Morgan also reduced.


ゴールドマンなど外資系証券９社、日本で人員削減を急加速　―Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.co.jp/news/123-M83XFD0D9L3601.html