Different views were also aired with regards to the way to resolve troubled bank.

Banking officials said the decision would benefit the state's troubled banks by enabling them to cut costs.

Also at issue is whether Treasury funds should be used to prop up a troubled bank.

Japan is considering a trial step toward nationalizing troubled big banks.

Since early January, potential bidders have been circling the troubled bank.

That might be the final blow for such troubled banks as Hawkeye.

That is far more than the official level of bad debts at Japan's troubled banks.

They also received direct capital injections from the state and acquired some of the troubled private banks.

In the financial sector, the Government has indicated it will sell at least one troubled bank to a foreign concern.

None of the 14 troubled industrial banks have actually been closed.