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Summary of Financial Results for the First Quarter of Fiscal 2017 Under Japanese GAAP July 31, 2017

Contents Overview of Income Statement Overview of Balance Sheet Overview of Loans Non-interest Income P.2 P.3 P.4 P.5 Financial Soundness (1) Financial Soundness (2) P.6 P.7 Reference: Mizuho Securities P.8 FG: Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. BK: Mizuho Bank, Ltd. TB: Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. SC: Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. Definitions 2 Banks: Aggregate figures for BK and TB on a non-consolidated basis Group aggregate: Aggregate figures for BK, TB, SC and other major subsidiaries on a non-consolidated basis 1

Overview of Income Statement Summary of Financial Results Reference: <Exchange rate (TTM)> Jun. 2017: USD 1 = JPY 112.00 (Jun. 2016: USD 1 = JPY 102.96) 1 Net Income Attributable to FG for 1Q FY2017 was JPY 118.2bn, 49% progress against the earnings plan of JPY 240bn for 1H FY2017 Consolidated Net Business Profits decreased YoY, mainly due to the decrease in net gains related to bonds in the market segment Reversal in credit-related costs, net gains related to stocks by unwinding cross-shareholdings etc., and tax effects related to US subsidiary contributed to Net Income Attributable to FG <Consolidated> 1Q FY2017 (Apr. - Jun.) Changes from 1Q FY2016 Consolidated Gross Profits 440.1-110.7 2 Consolidated Net Business Profits 84.3-118.6 Credit-related Costs 19.2 13.8 Net Gains (Losses) related to Stocks 62.3 48.6 Ordinary Profits 142.3-49.8 1 Net Incom e Attributable to FG 118.2-14.3 1. Quarterly Profit Attributable to Owners of Parent 2. Consolidated Gross Profits - G&A Expenses (excluding Non-Recurring Losses) + Equity in Income from Investments in Affiliates and certain other consolidation adjustments 3. New management account rules were applied at the beginning of FY2017. Figures for 1Q FY2017 are recalculated based on the new rules 4. Including Net Gains related to ETF of JPY 13.4bn (+JPY 12.8bn YoY) <2 Banks> 1Q FY2017 (Apr. - Jun.) Changes from 1Q FY2016 Gross Profits 295.9-97.5 Customer Groups 235.3-34.6 Trading & Others 60.5-62.8 G&A Expenses (excluding Non-Recurring Losses) -238.5-6.6 Net Business Profits 57.4-104.2 Credit-related Costs 15.5 9.9 4 Net Gains (Losses) related to Stocks 71.5 58.0 Ordinary Profits 113.9-29.5 Ne t Income 107.0 3.4 5 <SC> Net Operating Revenues SG&A Expenses Ordinary Income Net Income Attributable to SC Asset Management One Major Overseas Subsidiaries (BK) Mizuho Credit Guarantee Other Subsidiaries & Consolidation Adj. 67.4-39.3-61.5 20.2 6 6.2-19.0 5.2-4.1 <Difference in Net Income b/w Consolidated and 2 Banks+SC> 5.1-7 10.4 7.4 4.7-7.0-14.2-14.0 5. Excluding Mizuho Securities USA and Shinko Asset Management from SC Consolidated since 2Q FY2016 and 3Q FY2016, respectively 6. Simple aggregate of Ordinary Profits of SC Consolidated and Mizuho Securities USA (1Q) was JPY 9.1bn 7. Including Net Income of Mizuho Securities USA of JPY 1.7bn (1Q) 2 3 3

Overview of Balance Sheet Balance Sheet (as of Jun. 2017) Consolidated Loan Balance 1 2 Banks Total Assets: JPY 200tn (+JPY 0.1tn) Figures in ( ) represent changes from Mar. 2017 Period-end Balance Jun.16 71.3 +JPY 1.1tn from Jun.16 -JPY 1.4tn from Mar.17 Loans: JPY 78tn (+JPY 0.1tn) Deposits and Negotiable Certificates of Deposit (NCD): Overseas Japanese Gov., etc. Individuals 2 70.2 73.2 73.8 73.1 71.9 73.9 72.4 15.3 18.4 19.1 19.2 17.8 19.1 18.9 4.4 3.5 3.1 2.2 3.9 3.2 2.6 11.8 11.8 11.6 11.3 11.0 10.7 Securities: JPY 35tn (+JPY 3.0tn) JGB: JPY 15.9tn (+JPY 2.5tn) Foreign Bond: JPY 9.9tn (+JPY 0.2tn) Stock: JPY 3.9tn (-JPY 0.0tn) Other Assets: JPY 86tn (-JPY 3.0tn) JPY 130tn (-JPY 0.0tn) Other Liabilities: JPY 60tn (+JPY 0.1tn) Net Assets: JPY 9tn (+JPY 0.0n) 1. Excluding loans to FG. Banking account 2. Housing and Consumer Loans 3. Calculated by deducting Housing and Consumer Loans from Loans to SMEs and Individual Customers Domestic 20.3 20.7 21.4 21.4 20.9 21.7 18.3 18.7 18.5 18.9 18.1 19.0 50.8 Sep. 14 Mar. 15 Sep. 15 Mar. 16 Sep. 16 Mar. 17 Jun. 17 Reference: Non-JPY denominated Loans and Deposits 4 Period-end Balance (USD bn) 3 SMEs Large Corp., etc. 213.4 60% 129.1 Non-JPY denominated Loans Non-JPY denominated Customer Deposits Proportion of Deposit to Loan 70% BK, management account 74% 76% 237.7 236.5 228.6 167.1 175.9 173.4 Mar. 15 Mar. 16 Mar. 17 Jun. 17 4. BK (including the subsidiaries in China, the US, the Netherlands, Indonesia, etc.) 5. Including Non-JPY loans and deposits in Japan 6. Changed in management account rules in 1Q FY17. Original figures before the recalculation were Mar. 16: USD 168.5bn and Mar. 17: USD 179.8bn 5 5, 6 3

Overview of Loans Domestic Loan Balance 1 2 Banks Domestic Loan and Deposit Rate Margin 2 Average Balance 1Q FY16 50.2 +JPY 0.7tn YoY (%) Returns on Loans and Bills Discounted a Loan and Deposit Rate Margin a - b Costs of Deposits and Debentures b 2 Banks +JPY 0.2tn from 2H FY16 49.6 50.7 50.7 51.5 50.0 50.7 50.9 1.14 1.10 1.05 1.01 1.10 1.05 1.01 0.98 0.94 0.90 0.87 0.93 0.89 0.87 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.00 1H FY14 2H FY14 1H FY15 2H FY15 1H FY16 2H FY16 1Q FY17 Overseas Loan Balance 3,4 Average Balance (USD bn) 161.6 25.9 Europe Americas Asia 170.5 26.4 51.0 55.9 184.2 28.8 1Q FY16 200.5 BK, management account +USD 2.9bn YoY 195.3 201.3 206.8 203.4 34.1 38.1 40.5 39.9 65.4 68.1 70.9 72.2 68.9 84.7 88.2 90.0 93.2 92.3 94.1 94.7 1H FY14 2H FY14 1H FY15 2H FY15 1H FY16 2H FY16 1Q FY17 -USD 3.4bn from 2H FY16 1H FY14 2H FY14 1H FY15 2H FY15 1H FY16 2H FY16 1Q FY17 Loan Spread (%) 1.04 0.82 0.97 0.59 0.57 3, 4 Outside Japan Loans to Middle Market Firms & SMEs in Japan Loans to Large Corporate Banking Customers in Japan 0.77 0.75 0.93 0.92 0.91 0.89 0.88 0.71 0.70 BK, management account 0.66 0.65 0.54 0.52 0.51 0.50 0.48 1H FY14 2H FY14 1H FY15 2H FY15 1H FY16 2H FY16 1Q FY17 1. Excluding loans to FG and the Japanese Government, etc. Banking account 2. Domestic operations, excluding loans to financial institutions (including FG) and the Japanese Government, etc. 3. BK (including the subsidiaries in China, the US, the Netherlands, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Brazil and Mexico) 4. Changes in management account rules in 1Q FY17. Figures from 1H FY14 to 2H FY16 are recalculated based on the new rules 4

Non-interest Income Non-interest Income from Customer Groups 1 BK (in Japan) BK (outside Japan) Trust & Asset Management Securities Others 219 221 Group aggregate, management account (rounded figures) -JPY 28bn YoY (approx. -JPY 27bn after deducting currency effects) 192 Reference: BK (in Japan) Non-interest Income breakdown Solution Business Related Investment Trusts & Individual Annuities Settlement & Foreign Exchange Others 77 80 66 13 22 15 13 10 7 34 34 35 Group aggregate, management account (rounded figures) 77 80 66 15 14 11 1Q FY15 1Q FY16 1Q FY17 Reference: Investment Products 2 Banks (left) SC Retail & Business Banking Division (right) 51 55 39 36 37 38 Amount of Individual Annuities Sold Amount of Investment Trusts Sold (excl. MMF) Balance of Investment Products 2 5.86 5.59 5.53 0.13 Amount of Equity Investment Trusts Sold Amount of Japanese Bonds Sold Amount of Foreign Bonds Sold Assets Under Management 28.6 0.37 25.7 0.17 30.1 0.26 49 44 45 6 5 4 1Q FY15 1Q FY16 1Q FY17 1. Changes in management account rules in 1Q FY2017. The original figures before the recalculation that changed were 1Q FY15: JPY 198bn and 1Q FY16: JPY194bn 0.14 0.24 0.22 0.10 0.06 0.22 0.28 0.09 0.11 0.23 0.25 Q FY15 Q FY16 1Q FY17 Q FY15 Q FY16 1Q FY17 2. Total of Individual Annuities, Investment Trusts (excl. MMF) and non-jpy deposits 5

Financial Soundness (1) Disclosed Claims under the FRA 1, 2 Credit-related Costs 2 2 Banks 2 Banks Disclosed Claims under the FRA NPL Ratio 1.00 0.82 0.84 0.79 15.5 1.20% 1.00% 1.00% 0.96% FY14 FY15 FY16-7.8 1Q FY17-26.7 Mar. 15 Mar. 16 Mar. 17 Jun. 17-49.3 1. Financial Reconstruction Act 2. Banking account + trust account 6

Financial Soundness (2) JGB Portfolio 1 2 Banks, acquisition cost basis Unrealized Gains/Losses on Other Securities 1, 4 Treasury Discount Bills Floating-rate Notes Medium & Long-term Bonds 17.2 15.6 2.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 13.8 14.4 13.1 10.2 4.3 1.7 0.6 0.6 7.8 8.1 Mar. 15 Mar. 16 Mar. 17 Jun. 17 *3 Ave. Remaining Period 3 2.6y rs 2.5y rs 2.4y rs 1.9y rs Japanese Stock Portfolio 1 2 -JPY 297.2bn from Mar. 15 Consolidated, acquisition cost basis Others Japanese Bonds Japanese Stocks 2,479.3 303.0 44.1 1,855.1 1,784.8 1,858.0 114.7 21.1 136.5 2,132.1 1,838.7 1,919.0 1,603.9 Consolidated 1,962.9 1,847.1 1,687.5 1,665.7 Mar. 15 Mar. 16 Mar. 17 Jun. 17 1. Other Securities which have readily determinable fair values 2. Including bonds with remaining period of one year or less 3. Excluding floating-rate notes 4. The base amount to be recorded directly to Net Assets after tax and other necessary adjustments -75.0-2.0-58.9 Mar. 15 Mar. 16 Mar. 17 Jun. 17 7

Reference: Mizuho Securities Net Income Attributable to SC 1 SC Consolidated Retail Related Results Net Inflow of Client Assets Sales of Equity Investment Trusts 2 (rounded figures) (rounded figures) 121.8 410 558 167 163 250 248 263 45.1 168 216 234 9.4 12.1 5.2 1Q FY16 2Q FY16 3Q FY16 4Q FY16 1Q FY17 1. Quarterly Profit Attributable to Owners of Parent 1Q FY16 2Q FY16 3Q FY16 4Q FY16 1Q FY17 1Q FY16 2Q FY16 3Q FY16 4Q FY16 2. Domestic sales (including privately placed investment trusts, but excluding reinvested dividends) 1Q FY17 Overview of Net Operating Revenues Changes from 1Q FY16 Commissions 54.6 44.9 37.6-16.9 51.8 Net gain on trading 44.3 44.3 27.2-17.1 26.4 Net gain (loss) on operating investment securities 1Q FY16 (Reference) 1Q FY16 (excl. Shinko) 1Q FY17 SC Consolidated (Reference) -0.0-0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 Net financial Income 7.7 7.7 2.0-5.7 8.9 Net Operating Revenues 106.7 97.0 67.4-39.3 87.7 1Q FY17 (Incl. MSUSA excl. Shinko) 3 4 3. Calculated by a simple deduction of Shinko Asset Management (Shinko) (1Q FY16) from SC Consolidated (1Q FY16) 4. Calculated by a simple aggregate of SC Consolidated (1Q FY17) and Mizuho SC USA (MSUSA) (1Q FY17) League Tables Apr. 1, 2017 Jun. 30, 2017 5 M&A Adv isory f or Announced Deals 1st 42 Deals 6 Deals Total Equity Underwriting Worldwide 4th 11.8% Market Share 7 Total Japan Publicly Of f ered Bonds 3rd 18.4% Market Share 8 ABS Lead Manager 1st 26.0% Market Share 9 Americas DCM 11th 2.7% Market Share 5. Number of deals basis. Any Japanese involvement, excluding real estate deals. Source: Based on data from Thomson Reuters 6. Underwriting amount basis, pricing date basis. Deals including initial public offering, public offering and convertible bonds, including REITs. Source: Based on data from Thomson Reuters 7. Underwriting amount basis, pricing date basis. Deals including straight bonds, investment corporation bonds, Zaito agency bonds, municipal bonds (lead manager method only), Samurai bonds and preferred securities, and excluding self-led bonds. Source: Based on data from I-N Information Systems 8. Transaction amount basis, settlement date basis. Source: Based on data from Thomson Reuters 9. Bonds with issuance amount of USD 250mm and above issued by investment grade Americas corporations. Source: Based on data from Dealogic 8

This immediate release contains statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including estimates, forecasts, targets and plans. Such forward-looking statements do not represent any guarantee by management of future performance. In many cases, but not all, we use such words as aim, anticipate, believe, endeavor, estimate, expect, intend, may, plan, probability, project, risk, seek, should, strive, target and similar expressions in relation to us or our management to identify forwardlooking statements. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. We may not be successful in implementing our business strategies, and management may fail to achieve its targets, for a wide range of possible reasons, including, without limitation: incurrence of significant credit-related costs; declines in the value of our securities portfolio; changes in interest rates; foreign currency fluctuations; decrease in the market liquidity of our assets; revised assumptions or other changes related to our pension plans; a decline in our deferred tax assets; the effect of financial transactions entered into for hedging and other similar purposes; failure to maintain required capital adequacy ratio levels; downgrades in our credit ratings; our ability to avoid reputational harm; our ability to implement our Medium-term Business Plan, realize the synergy effects of "One MIZUHO," and implement other strategic initiatives and measures effectively; the effectiveness of our operational, legal and other risk management policies; the effect of changes in general economic conditions in Japan and elsewhere; and changes to applicable laws and regulations. Further information regarding factors that could affect our financial condition and results of operations is included in Item 3.D. Key Information Risk Factors and Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects in our most recent Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ), which is available in the Financial Information section of our web page at www.mizuho-fg.com/index.html and also at the SEC s web site at www.sec.gov. We do not intend to update our forward-looking statements. We are under no obligation, and disclaim any obligation, to update or alter our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by the rules of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. 9