Editing Postal savings system (section)

===Japan===
[[Japan Post Bank]], part of the post office was the world's largest savings bank with 198 trillion yen (US$1.7 trillion) of deposits as of 2006,<ref>{{Cite news
|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aX3KUDDDPwQk&refer=japan
|work=[[Bloomberg.com]]
|title=Japan Bank Lobby's New Chief Wants Brokerage Barriers Lifted
|date=2007-04-24
|access-date=2017-03-11
|archive-date=2024-01-06
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106064249/https://www.bloomberg.com/politics?pid=20601101&refer=japan&sid=aX3KUDDDPwQk
|url-status=live
}}</ref> much from conservative, risk-averse citizens. The state-owned Japan Post Bank business unit of [[Japan Post]] was formed in 2007, as part of a ten-year privatization programme, intended to achieve fully private ownership of the postal system by 2017.<ref>{{Cite news
|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/03/31/2003354703/wiki
|title=Privatization of Japan's postal colossus sparks competition fears
|agency=[[Associated Press]]
|date=2007-03-31
|last=Griemel
|first=Hans
|pages=9
|work=[[Taipei Times]]
|location=Tokyo
|access-date=2008-10-29
|archive-date=2017-02-02
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202021717/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/03/31/2003354703/wiki
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>