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Mizuho: 'Optimistic' About the Future

Mizuho: 'Optimistic' About the Future

Yahoo5 days ago
There is an end in sight to uncertainty, and there is reason to be optimistic about the future says Masahiro Kihara, CEO of Mizuho Financial Group. What is more, despite current uncertainty, some things remain the same for Japan's third-largest bank: the US is still a key trading partner, and Kihara still views the Japanese economy as strong. Kihara spoke to Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua.
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