The nationalized Ashikaga Bank has formalized a rehabilitation plan that will see some 300 of its 2,800 workers cut within two years, the Financial Services Agency said Friday.
The Tochigi Prefecture-based bank will also slash personnel costs by 30 percent from March 2003 levels within three years.
Ashikaga was placed under state control in December, having fallen into negative net worth.
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