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Though the official headquarters of the bank remained at the Yokohama office throughout the history of the institution, after 1920, the Tokyo office took over the roles and responsibilities of headquarters in a ''de facto'' manner. The bank suffered major setbacks from the 1923 Great Kantô Earthquake, and the Shôwa Scare (Great Depression) in 1929-1930, but continued on. Its strengths in the field of foreign investment allowed the Yokohama Specie Bank to serve an important role in supporting the Imperial Japanese military during WWII, but as a result of playing this role, the bank was dismantled in 1946 by GHQ. Tokyo Bank (''Tôkyô ginkô'') then took over Yokohama Specie Bank's position as the dominant Japanese bank in foreign transactions; Tokyo Bank has today become Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank.

Though the official headquarters of the bank remained at the Yokohama office throughout the history of the institution, after 1920, the Tokyo office took over the roles and responsibilities of headquarters in a ''de facto'' manner. The bank suffered major setbacks from the 1923 Great Kantô Earthquake, and the Shôwa Scare (Great Depression) in 1929-1930, but continued on. Its strengths in the field of foreign investment allowed the Yokohama Specie Bank to serve an important role in supporting the Imperial Japanese military during WWII, but as a result of playing this role, the bank was dismantled in 1946 by GHQ. Tokyo Bank (''Tôkyô ginkô'') then took over Yokohama Specie Bank's position as the dominant Japanese bank in foreign transactions; Tokyo Bank has today become Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank.

The former headquarters of the Yokohama Specie Bank, built in [[1904]] and designed by [[Tsumaki Yorinaka]] in a German neo-Baroque style,<ref>Dallas Finn, "Reassessing the Rokumeikan," in Ellen Conan (ed.), ''Challenging Past and Present: The Metamorphosis of Nineteenth-Century Japanese Art'', University of Hawaii Press (2006), 227.</ref> became the home of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of History in 1967. Surviving buildings which used to house Yokohama Specie Bank branches in Honolulu and Shanghai are also designated as historical sites.

The former headquarters of the Yokohama Specie Bank, built in [[1904]] and designed by [[Tsumaki Yorinaka]] in a German neo-Baroque style,<ref>Dallas Finn, "Reassessing the Rokumeikan," in Ellen Conan (ed.), ''Challenging Past and Present: The Metamorphosis of Nineteenth-Century Japanese Art'', University of Hawaii Press (2006), 227.</ref> became the home of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of History in 1967. Surviving buildings which used to house Yokohama Specie Bank branches in Honolulu and Shanghai are also designated as historical sites. The Honolulu branch was established in [[1892]] and in its early years engaged heavily in handling remunerations of money sent by [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii|Japanese contract workers in Hawaii]] back to their families in Japan.<ref>Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii 1885-1924'', Bishop Museum (1985), 155.</ref>

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