The Resona Group (Resona) is a banking institution based in Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1918, the bank is a financial group comprising three banks namely Resona Bank, Saitama Resona Bank and The Kinki Osaka Bank controlled by Resona Holdings, a financial holding company. The board of directors, with ten directors, six of whom are outside directors, fully ensures that management engages in substantial discussion in fulfilling its responsibilities of making decisions about important group management issues and supervising the execution of business activities by executive officers and directors.