Japan’s largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ, has announced that its annual profits have plunged 28%, largely due to its exposure to the subprime market.

The bank said its annual subprime-related losses were more than 120 billion yen ($1.15 billion) and that it could lose another $480 million this year because of subprime exposure.

According to a report by Thomson Reuters, the bank’s president, Nobuo Kuroyanagi, said: “Subprime had a very broad effect on us.

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