RTTNews reports that the Bank of Japan said that overall bank lending in Japan was up 6.3 percent on year in March, coming in at 579.994 trillion yen. That's up from 6.2 percent in February.

Excluding trusts, lending was up 5.9 percent to 503.872 trillion yen after gaining 5.8 percent in the previous month.

In the first quarter of 2021, overall lending was up 6.2 percent on year, lending excluding trusts gained 5.8 percent and lending from trusts jumped 8.5 percent.