Announcement Regarding Filing of Annual Report on Form 20–F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

We, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., hereby announce that we filed an annual report on Form 20–F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 21, 2016 (local time).

A copy of the Form 20–F annual report can be obtained from our website at http://www.mizuho-fg.co.jp/english/investors/financial/sec/form20f.html. Holders of our American Depository Receipts may request a hard copy of the completed audited financial statements free of charge by emailing twenty.f@mizuhofg.co.jp (See Note at the bottom of this page).

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Reverse Reconciliation as of or for the Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2016 (PDF/22KB)

Please note that today we disclosed "Financial Statements for Fiscal 2015 <under US GAAP>" on TDnet which is operated by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

(http://www.mizuho-fg.co.jp/english/investors/financial/fin_statements/us/index.html)

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