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3 Mizuho banking group leaders to retire

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show (from L to R) Mizuho Financial Group Inc. Chairman Terunobu Maeda, Mizuho Corporate Bank Chairman Hiroshi Saito and Mizuho Bank Chairman Seiji Sugiyama. Industry sources said May 11, 2010, the three executives are planning to retire after leading the group since its inauguration through a merger of three major banks in 2002.

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Mizuho to reshuffle top managers at holding firm, group banks

TOKYO, Japan - (From left) Terunobu Maeda, current president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Takashi Tsukamoto, next president of the holding company, Satoru Nishibori, next president of Mizuho Bank, and Yasuhiro Sato, next president of Mizuho Corporate Bank, give a press conference at the Bank of Japan headquarters Jan. 16. Mizuho Financial Group said it will reshuffle top managers at the holding company and the two key group banks in April as the Japanese megabank combats a sharp economic downturn sparked by the global financial turmoil.

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Mizuho eyes raising 300 bil. yen in capital

TOKYO, Japan - Terunobu Maeda, president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., answers questions from reporters at the Bank of Japan on Nov. 13, where Mizuho released an earnings report for the first half of fiscal 2008.

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Mizuho incurs further subprime loss in FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Terunobu Maeda (L), president and chief executive officer of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., briefs reporters on the group's earnings report for fiscal 2007 in Tokyo on May 15. Mizuho group's net profit fell 49.8 percent in fiscal 2007 from a year earlier to 311.22 billion yen.

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Mizuho Financial's 1st-half net profit falls 16.6%

TOKYO, Japan - Terunobu Maeda, president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 14 as the banking group said its consolidated net profit for the first half of fiscal 2007 dropped 16.6 percent from a year before to 327.06 billion yen.

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Mizuho Financial's 1st-half net profit rises 15.9%

TOKYO, Japan - Terunobu Maeda, president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., briefs reporters about the group's earnings report for the first half of fiscal 2006 at a news conference at the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo on Nov. 20.

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Mizuho debuts on NYSE, 2nd Japan bank listed there

NEW YORK, United States - Terunobu Maeda, president of Mizuho Financial Group, speaks during a news conference in New York on Nov. 8 after Japan's No. 2 banking group debuted on the New York Stock Exchange to become the second Japanese bank listed there.

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MUFG's net profit tops 1 tril. yen, Mizuho logs record profit

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Financial Group Inc. President Terunobu Maeda announces his group's business results for fiscal 2005 at a press conference in Tokyo on May 22. Japan's second largest financial group booked a record-high net profit for the year to March 31, 2006.

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MTFG's Kuroyanagi to become bankers' association head next April

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Bankers Association on Sept. 20 selected Nobuo Kuroyanagi (file photo), president of Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc., as the next chairman who will replace current head Terunobu Maeda.

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Mizuho to exploit merger experience for advice to regional banks

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Financial Group Inc. President Terunobu Maeda speaks in an interview in Tokyo on May 6. He said that the group will exploit its merger experience for a planned new advisory service for regional banks planning mergers.

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Mizuho to repay public funds in FY 2006, allies with 3 U.S. banks

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Financial Group Inc. President Terunobu Maeda announces at a press conference on April 26 that the group will repay all public funds to the government in fiscal 2006 and that it has formed alliances with three U.S. banks to prop up its profitability.

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Mizuho Financial Group's Maeda becomes bankers' association chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Financial Group Inc. President Terunobu Maeda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 19 on assuming the post of chairman of the Japanese Bankers Association, succeeding Yoshifumi Nishikawa, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. Maeda said, ''My two major goals are to activate financial markets and to raise confidence in financial institutions.''

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Sugiyama to become president of Mizuho Bank

TOKYO, Japan - Seiji Sugiyama (R), deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., speaks at a press conference at the Bank of Japan head office in Tokyo on Feb. 20 about his promotion to the presidency of Mizuho Bank, as Terunobu Maeda, president of Mizuho Financial Group, looks on. Sugiyama will become Mizuho Bank president on March 1.

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Mizuho Financial Group posts interim group net profit

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Financial Group Inc. President Terunobu Maeda announces his group's earnings results for the first half of fiscal 2003 at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 25. The banking group chalked up a consolidated net profit of 255.40 billion yen on group operating revenues of 1,743.17 billion yen.

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Mizuho Financial posts 2.38 tril. yen FY 2002 group net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Terunobu Maeda, president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., briefs reporters on Mizuho group's earnings report for the fiscal year ended March 31 at the head office of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on May 26.

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Mizuho announces 1 tril. yen capital increase

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Holdings Inc. President Terunobu Maeda tells reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 21 that the Mizuho Financial Group will boost its capital by about 1 trillion yen by the March 31 end of fiscal 2002 because it will increase its loan-loss charges.

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Mizuho to create new holding firm

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Officer Terunobu Maeda speaks at a news conference Dec. 4. He said the company will transform itself into a more narrowly defined bank holding firm and come under a new comprehensive holding company to be created in March 2003 to bolster the group's overall financial business. The new holding firm, Mizuho Financial Group, will oversee the group's whole business activities, while the existing holding company will more directly control the group's two core banks -- Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank -- to have them work more closely together.

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Top bankers criticize Takenaka's bank policy

TOKYO, Japan - The heads of Japan's four major banking groups criticize Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka's bank policy in Diet testimony Dec. 3. The House of Councillors Financial Affairs Committee summoned as unsworn witnesses (from R to L) Terunobu Maeda, president of Mizuho Holdings Inc., Shigemitsu Miki, president of Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc., Masashi Teranishi, president of UFJ Bank, and Yoshifumi Nishikawa, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.

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Top bankers call for careful approach in corporate revival

TOKYO, Nov. 15 Kyodo - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (standing) testifies to the House of Representatives Financial Affairs Committee in the Diet in Tokyo on Nov. 15. Mizuho Holdings Inc. President Terunobu Maeda sits at Nishikawa's left and UFJ Bank President Masashi Teranishi at Nishikawa's right. At right is Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Shigemitsu Miki.

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Mizuho announces disciplinary measures over computer fiasco

TOKYO, Japan - Terunobu Maeda, president of Mizuho Holdings Inc. holds a microphone at a news conference June 19 at the head office of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo. He announced disciplinary measures over a massive computer failure that interrupted customer transactions at Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank.

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Mizuho chief admits prior computer tests insufficient

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Holdings Inc. President Terunobu Maeda tells the House of Representatives Financial Affairs Committee on April 24 that computer tests prior to the April 1 launch of the two Mizuho group banks were insufficient and that this was a factor behind the problems plaguing their computer systems.

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Mizuho's Maeda testifies in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Terunobu Maeda, president of Mizuho Holdings Inc. troubled with a prolonged computer glitch, speaks in testimony at the House of Councillors Financial Affairs Committee on April 16. Maeda said he will consider how to take responsibility after solving the problems and working out countermeasures.

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Mizuho president summoned to Diet to explain problems

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Holdings Inc. President Terunobu Maeda (R) bows to Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa (L) in a gesture of apology as he was summoned to the House of Representatives committee on financial affairs to explain a series of computer problems involving two Mizuho banks.

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Mizuho makes fresh start with merger of 3 core banks

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Holdings Inc., the world's largest banking group with assets of 160 trillion yen, made a fresh start April 1 as its three core banks merged into two -- Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank. Mizuho Holdings President Terunobu Maeda (R) and Mizuho Bank President Tadashi Kudo (L) cut the tape in a ceremony to inaugurate Mizuho Bank.

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Mizuho chief-designate voices reluctance to get public capital

TOKYO, Japan - Terunobu Maeda (C), president-designate of Mizuho Holdings Inc., the world's largest banking group by assets, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 30. He expressed reluctance toward having public funds funneled into the bank's capital accounts. Maeda is flanked by Tadashi Kudo, who will assume the presidency of the bank, and Hiroshi Saito, who will become president of new Mizuho Corporate Bank.

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Mizuho Holdings to reshuffle top management

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiro Yamamoto (2nd from L), chairman of the holding company of the Mizuho Financial Group, the world's largest banking group, attends a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 26. He said Mizuho Holdings Inc. will reshuffle its top management next April, and named as its new president Terunobu Maeda, currently vice president of Fuji Bank, to succeed Katsuyuki Sugita.

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Mizuho chief-designate voices reluctance to get public capital

TOKYO, Japan - Terunobu Maeda (C), president-designate of Mizuho Holdings Inc., the world's largest banking group by assets, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 30. He expressed reluctance toward having public funds funneled into the bank's capital accounts. Maeda is flanked by Tadashi Kudo, who will assume the presidency of the bank, and Hiroshi Saito, who will become president of new Mizuho Corporate Bank.

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Mizuho president summoned to Diet to explain problems

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Holdings Inc. President Terunobu Maeda (R) bows to Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa (L) in a gesture of apology as he was summoned to the House of Representatives committee on financial affairs to explain a series of computer problems involving two Mizuho banks.

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Mizuho's Maeda testifies in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Terunobu Maeda, president of Mizuho Holdings Inc. troubled with a prolonged computer glitch, speaks in testimony at the House of Councillors Financial Affairs Committee on April 16. Maeda said he will consider how to take responsibility after solving the problems and working out countermeasures.

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Mizuho Financial Group's Maeda becomes bankers' association chai

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Financial Group Inc. President Terunobu Maeda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 19 on assuming the post of chairman of the Japanese Bankers Association, succeeding Yoshifumi Nishikawa, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. Maeda said, ''My two major goals are to activate financial markets and to raise confidence in financial institutions.'' (Kyodo)

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Mizuho to repay public funds in FY 2006, allies with 3 U.S. bank

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Financial Group Inc. President Terunobu Maeda announces at a press conference on April 26 that the group will repay all public funds to the government in fiscal 2006 and that it has formed alliances with three U.S. banks to prop up its profitability. (Kyodo)

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Mizuho to exploit merger experience for advice to regional banks

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Financial Group Inc. President Terunobu Maeda speaks in an interview in Tokyo on May 6. He said that the group will exploit its merger experience for a planned new advisory service for regional banks planning mergers. (Kyodo)

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MTFG's Kuroyanagi to become bankers' association head next April

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Bankers Association on Sept. 20 selected Nobuo Kuroyanagi (file photo), president of Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc., as the next chairman who will replace current head Terunobu Maeda. (Kyodo)

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MUFG's net profit tops 1 tril. yen, Mizuho logs record profit

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Financial Group Inc. President Terunobu Maeda announces his group's business results for fiscal 2005 at a press conference in Tokyo on May 22. Japan's second largest financial group booked a record-high net profit for the year to March 31, 2006. (Kyodo)

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Mizuho debuts on NYSE, 2nd Japan bank listed there

NEW YORK, United States - Terunobu Maeda, president of Mizuho Financial Group, speaks during a news conference in New York on Nov. 8 after Japan's No. 2 banking group debuted on the New York Stock Exchange to become the second Japanese bank listed there. (Kyodo)

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Mizuho Financial's 1st-half net profit rises 15.9%

TOKYO, Japan - Terunobu Maeda, president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., briefs reporters about the group's earnings report for the first half of fiscal 2006 at a news conference at the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo on Nov. 20. (Kyodo)

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Mizuho Financial's 1st-half net profit falls 16.6%

TOKYO, Japan - Terunobu Maeda, president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 14 as the banking group said its consolidated net profit for the first half of fiscal 2007 dropped 16.6 percent from a year before to 327.06 billion yen. (Kyodo)

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Mizuho incurs further subprime loss in FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Terunobu Maeda (L), president and chief executive officer of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., briefs reporters on the group's earnings report for fiscal 2007 in Tokyo on May 15. Mizuho group's net profit fell 49.8 percent in fiscal 2007 from a year earlier to 311.22 billion yen. (Kyodo)

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Mizuho eyes raising 300 bil. yen in capital

TOKYO, Japan - Terunobu Maeda, president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., answers questions from reporters at the Bank of Japan on Nov. 13, where Mizuho released an earnings report for the first half of fiscal 2008. (Kyodo)

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Mizuho to reshuffle top managers at holding firm, group banks

TOKYO, Japan - (From left) Terunobu Maeda, current president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Takashi Tsukamoto, next president of the holding company, Satoru Nishibori, next president of Mizuho Bank, and Yasuhiro Sato, next president of Mizuho Corporate Bank, give a press conference at the Bank of Japan headquarters Jan. 16. Mizuho Financial Group said it will reshuffle top managers at the holding company and the two key group banks in April as the Japanese megabank combats a sharp economic downturn sparked by the global financial turmoil. (Kyodo)

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Fuji Bank's Maeda to head Mizuho Holdings

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Terunobu Maeda, vice president of Fuji Bank, who is expected to be named as president of Mizuho Holdings Inc., the holding company of the world's largest banking group, the Mizuho Financial Group. Fuji Bank is one of the three banks belonging to the group.

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Mizuho chief admits prior computer tests insufficient

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Holdings Inc. President Terunobu Maeda tells the House of Representatives Financial Affairs Committee on April 24 that computer tests prior to the April 1 launch of the two Mizuho group banks were insufficient and that this was a factor behind the problems plaguing their computer systems.

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Mizuho makes fresh start with merger of 3 core banks

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Holdings Inc., the world's largest banking group with assets of 160 trillion yen, made a fresh start April 1 as its three core banks merged into two -- Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank. Mizuho Holdings President Terunobu Maeda (R) and Mizuho Bank President Tadashi Kudo (L) cut the tape in a ceremony to inaugurate Mizuho Bank.

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3 Mizuho banking group leaders to retire

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show (from L to R) Mizuho Financial Group Inc. Chairman Terunobu Maeda, Mizuho Corporate Bank Chairman Hiroshi Saito and Mizuho Bank Chairman Seiji Sugiyama. Industry sources said May 11, 2010, the three executives are planning to retire after leading the group since its inauguration through a merger of three major banks in 2002. (Kyodo)

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NHK President Maeda

Terunobu Maeda, president of Japan's public broadcaster NHK, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2021.

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NHK President Maeda

Terunobu Maeda, president of Japan's public broadcaster NHK, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2021.

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New president of Japan public broadcaster NHK

Terunobu Maeda, new president of Japan's public broadcaster NHK, attends his inaugural press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2020. The former Mizuho Financial Group Inc. chairman assumed the post two days earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New president of Japan public broadcaster NHK

Terunobu Maeda, new president of Japan's public broadcaster NHK, attends his inaugural press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2020. The former Mizuho Financial Group Inc. chairman assumed the post two days earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New president of Japan public broadcaster NHK

Terunobu Maeda, new president of Japan's public broadcaster NHK, attends his inaugural press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2020. The former Mizuho Financial Group Inc. chairman assumed the post two days earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan public broadcaster NHK's next president

Former Mizuho Financial Group Inc. Chairman Terunobu Maeda attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2019, after being named as the next president of Japanese public broadcaster NHK. He will assume the post on Jan. 25, 2020, for a three-year term. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo