Mizuho Financial Group
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Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (MHFG) (TYO: 8411, NYSE: MFG) is one of the largest financial services groups in Japan with market capitalization of US$45 billion as of July 14, 2017. The company was established on January 8, 2003 and is headquartered in Tokyo. With 52,427 employees as of March 31, 2026, it has a global presence with branches, representative offices and subsidiaries in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
The Group’s Major Subsidiaries:
• Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (MHBK) provides financial services to individual customers, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), local governmental entities, large Japanese corporations, financial institutions, public sector entities and foreign corporations. It is the only bank to have branches in every prefecture in Japan. It has about 420 domestic branches and sub-brunches and more than 80 overseas offices.
• Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd (MHTB), a trust bank subsidiary, provides trust-related products and consulting services. It has 36 domestic branches, 19 sub-brunches and 2 international subsidiaries.
• Other subsidiaries: Mizuho Securities (MHSC), Asset Management One and Mizuho Americas. Trust & Custody Services Bank was merged into Japan Trustee Services Bank in July 2020 and the surviving company was renamed Custody Bank of Japan, in which Mizuho held a 27.0% equity interest as of March 31, 2026. Mizuho Research Institute was integrated into Mizuho Research & Technologies Ltd. in April 2021, and that company was in turn merged into Mizuho Bank on April 1, 2026. Mizuho Private Wealth Management was dissolved in December 2021 and its functions were assumed by Mizuho Bank.
In 2013, the Group completed the merger between Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank as well as between Mizuho Securities and Mizuho Investors Securities. In 2016, the Group established Mizuho Americas LLC, a US Bank Holding Company (BHC). As of March 31, 2026, Mizuho Financial Group had total assets of JPY 294.9 trillion and loans, net of allowance, of JPY 105.1 trillion.
Head Office address:
1-5-5, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo, 100-8176
Japan
Phone number: +81-3-5224-1111
Website: www.mizuho-fg.co.jp, www.mizuhobank.com
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