Article: Standard & Poor's Assigns 'pi' Ratings to 13 Japanese Banks; Lowers Daishi.

TOKYO, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's today assigned public information ratings, or 'pi' ratings, to 13 Japanese banks, consisting of one semi-governmental bank, one trust bank, and 11 regional banks. Standard & Poor's has assigned single-'Api' ratings to 77 Bank Ltd. and Shoko Chukin Bank; triple-'Bpi' ratings to Akita Bank Ltd., Higo Bank Ltd., Hokkoku Bank Ltd., Kagoshima Bank Ltd., Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank Ltd., Oita Bank Ltd., Shiga Bank Ltd., Toyo Trust & Banking Co. Ltd., and Yamaguchi Bank Ltd.; and double-'Bpi' ratings to Keiyo Bank Ltd. and Tokyo Tomin Bank Ltd.

Standard & Poor's has also lowered Daishi Bank Ltd.'s rating, to triple-'Bpi' from ...

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