The amount would be the largest ever offered as coordinated loans by Japanese lenders, the financial daily added.

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) said it was looking at taking full control of its wireless carrier business in a deal that could be worth around 4 trillion yen ($38 billion) and pave the way for price cuts in the sector.

(Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim and Tetsushi Kajimoto; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)