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Nishimura, architect of Mizuho group, dies at 73

TOKYO, Japan - Former Industrial Bank of Japan President Masao Nishimura (file photo), one of the architects of the mega banking group Mizuho, died on Aug. 1 at a Tokyo hospital of heart failure. He was 73. As then president of the IBJ, Nishimura led the three-way merger in 2000 of his bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and Fuji Bank. Mizuho Financial Group Inc. was established in 2003 as the group holding company.

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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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DKB, Fuji, IBJ announce joint holding company

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Katsuyuki Sugita, president of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB), Masao Nishimura, president of the Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ), and Yoshiro Yamamoto, president of Fuji Bank, speak at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel Aug. 20 on their agreement on a wide-ranging business alliance that would create the world's biggest banking group with some 141 trillion yen (about 1.27 trillion dollars) in combined assets.

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DKB, Fuji, IBJ in talks on business alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken Aug. 19, shows the headquarters of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank in Tokyo, which is in talks with Fuji Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan on a business alliance that could create the world's largest banking group in terms of assets.

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Nishimura, architect of Mizuho group, dies at 73

TOKYO, Japan - Former Industrial Bank of Japan President Masao Nishimura (file photo), one of the architects of the mega banking group Mizuho, died on Aug. 1 at a Tokyo hospital of heart failure. He was 73. As then president of the IBJ, Nishimura led the three-way merger in 2000 of his bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and Fuji Bank. Mizuho Financial Group Inc. was established in 2003 as the group holding company. (Kyodo)

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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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DKB, Fuji, IBJ announce joint holding company

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Katsuyuki Sugita, president of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB), Masao Nishimura, president of the Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ), and Yoshiro Yamamoto, president of Fuji Bank, speak at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel Aug. 20 on their agreement on a wide-ranging business alliance that would create the world's biggest banking group with some 141 trillion yen (about 1.27 trillion dollars) in combined assets.

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DKB, Fuji, IBJ in talks on business alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken Aug. 19, shows the headquarters of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank in Tokyo, which is in talks with Fuji Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan on a business alliance that could create the world's largest banking group in terms of assets.