The CEOs speak out: Mizuho Corporate Bank

Hidetake Nakamura, managing executive officer and head of international banking unit.

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Mizuho Corporate bank hit the headlines when it invested $1.2 billion in Merrill Lynch in January. The group’s CEO was unavailable for comment, but Hidetake Nakamura, head of the corporate bank’s international division, stepped up. He discusses the Merrill Lynch deal in this month’s main feature on the megabanks; in this extended interview he talks about the Japanese banking recovery, the group’s other investments and Mizuho’s global objectives.

Q: Before the so-called lost decade the Japanese banks were on the verge of becoming top global names.

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