The government ordered regional lender Suruga Bank on Friday to suspend its real-estate financing operations for six months after a spate of improper housing loans, including its forgeries of income documents.The Financial Services Agency ordered the bank to halt loans for purchases of investment-purpose real estate from Oct. 12 to April 12, in the first issuance of a business suspension order to a Japanese bank since 2013, when Mizuho Bank was punished over its involvement in transactions with members of organized crime groups.The agency judged that the bank based in Shizuoka Prefecture ha…READ FULL ARTICLE