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Summary of Financial Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2017 <Under Japanese GAAP> January 31, 2018

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 Definitions FG: Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. BK: Mizuho Bank, Ltd. TB: Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. SC: Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. 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 Net Income Attributable to FG for 3Q FY2017 was JPY 475.7bn, 86% progress against the earnings plan of JPY 550.0bn for FY2017 <Consolidated> 1 Consolidated Net Business Profits decreased YoY, mainly due to the decrease in Gross Profits in Trading, while Customer Groups profits improved mainly in Non-interest Income since the beginning of October 2017 Reversal in Credit-related Costs and, Net Gains related to Stocks 1 contributed to Net Income Attributable to FG 3Q FY2017 (Apr-Dec) Changes from 3Q FY2016 Consolidated Gross Profits 1,436.1-122.9 2 Consolidated Net Business Profits 347.9-160.9 Credit-related Costs 169.4 163.5 Net Gains (Losses) related to Stocks 190.1 52.3 Ordinary Profits 644.5 68.7 1 Net Income Attributable to FG 475.7-28.9 Reference: <Exchange rate (TTM)> Dec-17: USD 1 = JPY 113.05 (Dec-16: USD 1 = JPY 116.53) <2 Banks> 3Q FY2017 (Oct-Dec) Changes from 3Q FY2016 Gross Profits 979.6-96.9 Customer Groups 817.9-13.1 Trading & Others 161.7-83.7 G&A Expenses (excluding Non-Recurring Losses) -720.2-14.8 Net Business Profits 259.3-111.7 Credit-related Costs 165.6 163.6 Net Gains (Losses) related to Stocks 188.9 52.7 Ordinary Profits 529.9 114.8 Net Income 416.4 106.4 5 <SC> Net Operating Revenues 227.2-54.3 SG&A Expenses -195.8 25.8 6 Ordinary Income 31.6-29.1 1 Net Income Attributable to SC 24.0-152.3 Asset Management One 11.5 7.8 7 Major Ov erseas Subsidiaries (BK) 35.1 7.6 Mizuho Credit Guarantee 10.4-7.8 Other Subsidiaries & Consolidation Adj. -21.7 9.4 4 <Difference in Net Income b/w Consolidated and 2 Banks+SC> 3 3 1. 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. FY16 figures are recalculated based on new management accounting method applied in FY2017. 4. Including Net Gains related to ETF of JPY 64.4bn (+JPY 34.9bn YoY) 5. Mizuho Securities USA (MSUSA) and Shinko Asset Management (Shinko) became unconsolidated from SC Consolidated since 2Q FY16 and 3Q FY16, respectively. 6. For reference, adjusted (simple aggregate) Ordinary Income was JPY 44.8bn (SC Consolidated + MSUSA) for the 1Q-3Q FY17 and JPY 72.9bn (SC Consolidated Shinko(1Q+2Q) + MSUSA(2Q+3Q)) for the 1Q-3Q FY16 7. Including Net Income of Mizuho Securities USA of JPY 7.2bn 2

Overview of Balance Sheet Balance Sheet (as of Dec-17) Total Assets: JPY 208tn (+JPY 7.9tn) Loans: JPY 81tn (+JPY 3.2tn) Securities: JPY 35tn (+JPY 2.7tn) JGB: JPY 14tn (+JPY 1.4tn) Foreign Bond: JPY 10tn (+JPY 0.3tn) Stock: JPY 4.3tn (+JPY 0.3tn) Other Assets: JPY 91tn (+JPY 1.9tn) Deposits and Negotiable Certificates of Deposit (NCD): JPY 137tn (+JPY 6.7tn) Other Liabilities: JPY 61tn (+JPY 0.6tn) Net Assets: JPY 9tn (+JPY 0.5tn) Consolidated Figures in ( ) represent changes from Mar-17 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 Loan Balance 1 In Japan Period-end Balance 70.2 73.2 73.8 73.1 71.9 73.9 72.8 15.3 18.4 19.1 19.2 17.8 19.1 19.2 20.7 4.4 3.5 3.1 2.2 3.9 3.2 2.4 2.3 11.8 11.8 11.6 11.3 11.0 10.7 10.4 20.3 20.7 21.4 21.4 20.9 21.7 21.8 18.3 18.7 18.5 18.9 18.1 19.0 18.8 74.8 51.7 Sep-14 Mar-15 Sep-15 Mar-16 Sep-16 Mar-17 Sep-17 Dec-17 Reference: Non-JPY denominated Loans and Deposit structure 4 (USD bn) Outside Japan Japanese Gov., etc. Individuals 2 3 SMEs Large Corp., etc. Period-end Balance 213.4 60% 129.1 Non-JPY denominated Loans Non-JPY denominated Customer Deposits Proportion of Deposit to Loan 70% Dec-16 75.2 74% 71% 237.7 236.5 244.5 167.1 175.9 174.4 Mar-15 Mar-16 Mar-17 Dec-17 5 -JPY 0.4tn from Dec-16 2 Banks +JPY 1.9tn from Sep-17 BK, management account 4. BK (including the subsidiaries in China, the US, the Netherlands, Indonesia, etc.) 5. Including Non-JPY loans and deposits in Japan 6. Reflects changes in management account rules in 1Q FY17. Original figures before the recalculation were Mar-16: USD168.5bn and Mar-17: USD 179.8bn 5, 6 3

Overview of Loans Loan Balance in Japan 1 2 Banks Loan and Deposit Rate Margin in Japan 2 Average Balance 3Q FY16 50.3 +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 0.1tn from 1H FY17 49.6 50.7 50.7 51.5 50.0 50.7 50.9 51.0 1.14 1.10 1.05 1.01 0.94 1.10 0.90 1.05 0.86 0.85 1.01 0.98 0.93 0.89 0.86 0.85 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 1H FY14 2H FY14 1H FY15 2H FY15 1H FY16 2H FY16 1H FY17 3Q FY17 Loan Balance outside Japan 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 3Q FY16 206.7 BK, management account +USD 0.3bn YoY 195.3 201.3 206.8 204.0 207.0 34.1 38.1 40.5 40.1 38.1 65.4 68.1 70.9 72.2 67.9 66.8 84.7 88.2 90.0 93.2 92.3 94.1 96.0 102.1 1H FY14 2H FY14 1H FY15 2H FY15 1H FY16 2H FY16 1H FY17 3Q FY17 Loan Spread (%) 1.04 0.82 0.97 0.59 0.57 Outside Japan Loans to SMEs in Japan Loans to Large Corporate in Japan 0.77 0.75 3, 4 0.93 0.92 0.91 0.89 0.89 0.91 0.71 0.70 BK, management account 0.66 0.64 0.63 0.54 0.52 0.51 0.50 0.48 0.49 1H FY14 2H FY14 1H FY15 2H FY15 1H FY16 2H FY16 1H FY17 3Q FY17 +USD 3.0bn from 1H FY17 1H FY14 2H FY14 1H FY15 2H FY15 1H FY16 2H FY16 1H FY17 3Q 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. Reflects 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 711 268 Group aggregate, management account (rounded figures) +JPY 7bn YoY (excl. impact of changes in exchange rate approx. +JPY 12bn) 685 692 262 267 162 145 131 119 117 129 144 145 150 18 16 15 FY15 FY16 FY17 (1Q-3Q) (1Q-3Q) (1Q-3Q) 1. Reflects changes in management account rules in 1Q FY2017. The original figures before the recalculation were 3Q FY15: JPY 628bn and 3Q FY16: JPY 604bn Reference: BK (in Japan) Non-interest Income breakdown 5.86 0.45 0.53 Solution Business Related Investment Trusts & Individual Insurance Settlement & Foreign Exchange Others 268 262 267 58 46 102 106 108 62 47 50 Sales of Individual Annuities Sales of Investment Trusts (excl. MMF) 2 Balance of Investment Products 5.62 5.48 0.28 0.27 0.23 0.40 79 85 30 24 FY15 FY16 FY17 (1Q-3Q) (1Q-3Q) (1Q-3Q) Reference: Investment Products Group aggregate, management account (rounded figures) 2 Banks (left) SC Retail & Business Banking Division (right) Sales of Equity Investment Trusts Sales of Japanese Bonds Sales of Foreign Bonds Assets Under Management 33.2 28.1 28.3 0.87 0.58 0.84 0.47 0.78 0.59 0.81 0.74 0.86 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY15 FY16 FY17 (1Q-3Q) (1Q-3Q) (1Q-3Q) (1Q-3Q) (1Q-3Q) (1Q-3Q) 2. Total of Individual Insurance, 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 Credit-related Costs Credit-related Costs Ratio 3 19bps 1.00 0.82 0.84 1.20% 1.00% 1.00% 0.58 0.54-7.8-26.7-49.3-0bps 165.6-3bps 0.70% 0.63% -5bps Mar-15 Mar-16 Mar-17 Sep-17 Dec-17 1. Financial Reconstruction Act 2. Banking account + trust account FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 (1Q-3Q) 3. Ratio of Credit-related Costs (annualized) against total claims 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 2 Consolidated 17.2 15.6 2.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 13.8 14.4 10.2 1.7 0.6 7.8 9.6 2.0 0.6 6.9 12.5 3.3 0.6 8.5 Others Japanese Bonds Japanese Stocks 2,479.3 Mar-15 Mar-16 Mar-17 Sep-17 Dec-17 Ave. Remaining Period *3 3 2.6y rs 2.5y rs 2.4y rs 2.5y rs 2.1y rs Japanese Stock Portfolio 1 -JPY 347.6bn from Mar-15 Consolidated, acquisition cost basis 303.0 44.1 2,132.1 1,855.1 1,784.8 21.1 114.7 136.5 1,838.7 1,933.7 1,977.4 2,260.7 0.7 2,290.5 1,962.9 1,603.9 1,847.1 1,687.5 1,629.4 1,615.3-9.3-75.0-34.4-30.6 Mar-15 Mar-16 Mar-17 Sep-17 Dec-17 1. Others Securities with fair value 2. Including bonds with remaining period of one year or less Mar-15 Mar-16 Mar-17 Sep-17 Dec-17 3. Excluding floating-rate notes 4. The base amount to be recorded directly to Net Assets after tax and other necessary adjustments 7

Reference: Mizuho Securities Net Income Attributable to SC 1 Retail Related Results SC Consolidated Net Inflow of Client Assets Sales of Equity Investment Trusts 2 558 (rounded figures) 502 (rounded figures) 324 320 250 248 263 256 45.1 216 234 12.1 5.2 11.8 6.9 3Q FY16 4Q FY16 1Q FY17 2Q FY17 3Q FY17 1. Quarterly Profit Attributable to Owners of Parent Overview of Net Operating Revenues 3Q FY16 (1Q-3Q) (Reference) 3Q FY16 (Incl. MSUSA excl. Shinko) 3Q FY17 Changes from 3Q FY16 SC Consolidated (Reference) 3Q FY17 (Incl. MSUSA excl. Shinko) Commissions 150.9 167.9 125.6-25.3 171.9 Net gain on trading 124.8 124.8 85.6-39.1 82.1 3Q FY16 4Q FY16 League Tables 1Q FY17 2Q FY17 3Q FY17 3 4 5 (1Q-3Q) 3Q FY16 4Q FY16 M&A Adv isory f or Announced Deals 1st 151 Deals 1Q FY17 2Q FY17 3Q FY17 2. Domestic sales (including privately placed investment trusts, but excluding reinvested dividends) Apr. 1, 2017 Dec. 31, 2017 6 Total Equity Underwriting Worldwide 5th 11.1% Market Share 7 Total Japan Publicly Of f ered Bonds 2nd 18.9% Market Share 8 ABS Lead Manager 1st 34.4% Market Share 9 Americas DCM 11th 3.8% Market Share Net gain (loss) on operating investment securities 0.3 0.3 10.4 10.1 10.4 Net financial Income 5.5 22.1 5.5-0 29.4 Net Operating Revenues 281.6 315.2 227.2-54.3 294.1 3. Calculated by a simple deduction of Shinko Asset Management (Shinko) (1Q+2Q FY16) from SC Consolidated (1Q-3Q FY16) and a simple aggregate of Mizuho SC USA (MSUSA) (2Q+3Q FY16) 4. Calculated by a simple aggregate of SC Consolidated (1Q-3Q FY17) and Mizuho SC USA (MSUSA) (1Q-3Q FY17) 5. Number of deals basis. Any Japanese related deals, excluding real estate deals. Source: Thomson Reuters 6. Underwriting amount basis, pricing date basis. Deals including initial public offering, public offering and convertible bonds, including REITs. Source: 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, but excluding own debt. Source: I-N Information Systems 8. Transaction amount basis, settlement date basis. Source: Thomson Reuters 9. Bonds with issuance amount of USD 250mm and above issued by investment grade Americas corporations. Source: 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 forward-looking statements. You can also identify forwardlooking 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 ) and our report on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on December 28, 2017, both of which are available in the Financial Information section of our web page at www.mizuhofg.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