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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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Mega banking group Mizuho inaugurated

TOKYO, Japan - A tape is cut Sept. 29 to inaugurate a joint holding company, Mizuho Holdings Inc., the product of the integration of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB), Fuji Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan. The union creates the world's biggest banking group in terms of assets. (From L to R) Yoshiro Yamamoto, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO), Katsuyuki Sugita, president and co-CEO, and Masao Nishimura, chairman and CEO. The operations of the three banks will be fully integrated in April 2002.

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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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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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Mega banking group Mizuho inaugurated

TOKYO, Japan - A tape is cut Sept. 29 to inaugurate a joint holding company, Mizuho Holdings Inc., the product of the integration of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB), Fuji Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan. The union creates the world's biggest banking group in terms of assets. (From L to R) Yoshiro Yamamoto, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO), Katsuyuki Sugita, president and co-CEO, and Masao Nishimura, chairman and CEO. The operations of the three banks will be fully integrated in April 2002.

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A tree in Ise

A tree in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Japan

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Sunset at Ise

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A river in Ise

A river in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Japan

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The road on the peninsula

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Flowers

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Sea of Dusk

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the sea of Ise

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Sunset at Ise

Sunset at Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Japan

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The trees of Ise

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Mizuho Financial Group's 20th anniversary

File photo taken in August 1999 shows (from L) Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank President Katsuyuki Sugita, Industrial Bank of Japan President Masao Nishimura and Fuji Bank President Yoshiro Yamamoto joining hands after a joint press conference at which they announced a plan to integrate their operations. Mizuho Financial Group Inc., the result of their merger, marked the 20th anniversary of its establishment on Sept. 29, 2020.

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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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Financial giants bare plans for

Masao Nishimura, president of the Industrial Bank of Japan, (L), and Junichi Ujiie, president of Nomura Securities Co., announce plans to set up two joint ventures for personal asset management and development of financial derivatives at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 13.