TOKYO (Standard&Poor's) Sept. 30, 2008--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today removed from CreditWatch with negative implications its long-term counterparty credit ratings on Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (MUFG), Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (BTMU), Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. (MUTB), and Master Trust Bank of Japan Ltd. (see list below). The ratings on the companies' relevant senior unsecured debt, subordinated debt, junior subordinated debt, and preferred debt instruments were also removed from CreditWatch. At the same time, Standard&Poor's affirmed all the ratings cited above, which had been placed on CreditWatch on Sept. 24, 2008. The outlooks on the long-term counterparty ratings on these entities are stable. MUFG announced on Sept. 29, 2008, that MUFG and
