DKB, Fuji, IBJ name joint holding firm Mizuho Holdings

DKB, Fuji, IBJ name joint holding firm Mizuho Holdings

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiro Yamamoto (L), president of Fuji Bank, Katsuyuki Sugita (C), president of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB), and Masao Nishimura (R), president of the Industrial Bank of Japan, shake hands at the DKB headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 22 after announcing their decision to name the joint holding company they plan to create next year Mizuho Holdings Inc. The name ''Mizuho,'' which means ''fresh ears of rice'' in Japanese, was chosen in consultation with an advertising agency because it is used in a special appellation for Japan, ''Mizuho no Kuni'' (Land of Golden Ears of Rice), according to bank officials.

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