BNI to Move Its Branch Office from Tokyo to Osaka

Post-earthquake and tsunami, the Consulate General of Japan in Surabaya began receiving dozens of calls from residents in regards to Indonesian families living in Japan. Surabaya, Indonesia.

Indonesia’s state-owned Bank BNI will move its branch office in Tokyo to Osaka due to the earthquake that hit Japan last Friday, Bank BNI president director said.
"The branch office in Tokyo now lacks facilities as electricity supply is running short. We will temporarily move the office to Osaka," BNI President Director Gatot Suwondo said here on Wednesday.
He said that his side had submitted a permit request for the moving of the office, so that the realization is now pending on the issuance of the license.
"The Tokyo branch provides most services for trade finance and remittance. After the quake, the office is still able to sell stocks worth 1.3 billion US dollars, but as a loss of about 3 percent," the said.
He said that BNI would also repatriate the family members of its employees in Tokyo until after the situation in the city returned to normal.
"What will still remain are employees only while their family members are repatriated to Indonesia," Gotot said.
In the meantime, Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank) Darmin Nasution said that his bank was still calculating the impact of the Japanese quake on the Indonesian economy, particularly with regard to the two countries’ trade balance.
"Japan is quite important for our economy partly because it is one our export destinations. Moreover, Japan sends a lot of goods to a number of our industries," he said.