A security guard walks past signboards of Resona Bank, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Mizuho Bank in Tokyo as Japan’s three mega banks posted earnings that were dragged down by heavy losses on their equity portfolios, renewing investor concerns about the practice of lenders holding stakes in clients including the country’s money-losing electronics makers.

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