Mizuho FG chief vows to prevent recurrence after loan scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Sato, President of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., pledges at its shareholders' meeting in Tokyo on June 24, 2014, to improve corporate governance to prevent recurrence of a scandal involving loans to members of organized crime groups. "We will try to regain the public's trust through renewed efforts to sever ties with antisocial groups," he said.

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