Japan's Mizuho fourth-quarter profit soars 660%

Mizuho Financial

15/05/2026 07:36

TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) - Japan's third-largest lender Mizuho Financial Group 8411.T logged a 661% rise in fourth-quarter profit, it said on Friday.

Net profit for the January-March period came in at 228.7 billion yen ($1.44 billion) compared to 30.1 billion yen over the same period a year prior.

Mizuho also booked its highest-ever annual net profit of 1.25 trillion yen ($7.88 billion).

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 (Reporting by Anton Bridge; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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