2000s
In 2001, Toyota's Toyo Trust and Banking merged with two other banks to form UFJ Bank, which was accused of corruption by Japan's goverment for making bad loans to alleged Yakuza crime
syndicates with executives accused of blocking Financial Service Agency inspections. The UFJ was listed among Fortune Magazine's largest money-losing corporations in the world, with Toyota's chaiman serving as a director. At the time. the UFJ was one of the largest shareholders of Toyota. As a result of Japan's banking crisis. UFJ merged with the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi to become the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.