Mizuho, Japan’s second largest banking group, is putting its overseas expansion on ice and refocusing its resources on the domestic market, said Takashi Tsukamoto, its president-designate.
In a switch from his predecessor’s policy of global expansion, Mr Tsukamoto, who will become chief executive on April 1, plans to return Mizuho to its roots of lending to Japanese corporations.

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