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Japan’s Norinchukin Bank said Wednesday it is considering a capital increase worth 1.2 trillion yen ($7.7 billion) as it seeks to bolster its financial health amid massive unrealized losses from its overseas bonds holdings. Norinchukin, which was set up by cooperatives for farmers and fishers and is one of the largest banks in Japan, is in talks with its stakeholders over the possible measure as it expects a net loss of about 500 billion yen for the year ending March next year. The projected loss will be its largest since fiscal 2008 when it posted a net loss of 572.1 billion yen in the wake o…

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