 the , abbreviated as , was one of the largest banks in the world during the latter half of the 20th century. it combined with fuji bank and the industrial bank of japan in 2000 to form mizuho financial group. in 2002, dkb's corporate & investment banking division was transferred to mizuho corporate bank and retail banking division to mizuho bank severally. == history == === dai-ichi bank ===  , originally dai-ichi kokuritsu bank (lit. first national bank) was literally the first bank and the first joint stock company ever to be established in japan. established by an industrialist shibusawa eiichi in 1873, it was originally empowered to issue banknotes, until the bank of japan assumed this function in 1883. subsequently, it became a purely commercial bank based in tokyo. in 1884 dai-ichi bank made a deal with the joseon dynasty to make dai-ichi bank korea branch the monopoly agent of tariff management for choson. in subsequent years dai-ichi began issuing banknotes called âdai-ichi bank tokenâ in korea, and became the de facto central bank of korea. following the japan-korea protectorate treaty of 1904, however, dai-ichi was deprived of its privileges in korea by the new colonial government, and reverted to being a conventional bank. in 1943 dai-ichi bank and [[sumitomo mitsui banking corporation#his
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