UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of August 2011

Commission File Number 001-33098

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

5-1, Marunouchi 2-chome

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8333

Japan

(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F x    Form 40-F ¨

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

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		August 15, 2011

To whom it may concern:

 

Announcement regarding Capital Adequacy Ratio as of June 30, 2011

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. hereby announces Capital Adequacy Ratio as of June 30, 2011, based on “Consolidated Financial Statements for the First Quarter of Fiscal 2011” disclosed on July 29, 2011, as shown in the appendix.

 

 

 

Please direct any inquiries to:   Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.    Corporate Communications    81-3-5224-2026

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Appendix

Capital Adequacy Ratio

Mizuho Financial Group (BIS Standard)

 

		(%, Billions of yen)
		As of June 30, 2011								As of March 31,       2011
						Change from March 31,         2011
(1)    Consolidated Capital Adequacy Ratio			14.76				(0.54	)			15.30
Tier 1 Capital Ratio			11.71				(0.22	)			11.93
(2)    Tier 1 Capital			6,117.3				(52.9	)			6,170.2
(3)    Tier 2 Capital			1,945.3				(158.0	)			2,103.4
(4)    Deductions for Total Risk-based Capital			347.9				(14.6	)			362.6
(5)    Total Risk-based Capital    (2)+(3)-(4)			7,714.6				(196.2	)			7,910.9
(6)    Risk-weighted Assets			52,237.5				543.7				51,693.8
(7)    Total Required Capital    (6)X8%			4,179.0				43.4				4,135.5
(Reference)
Prime Capital Ratio *			8.08				(0.07	)			8.15

 

*	Prime Capital (Tier1 Capital(2) - preferred securities - preferred stock (excluding mandatory convertible preferred stock)) divided by Risk-weighted Assets(6)

Mizuho Bank (Domestic Standard)

 

		Consolidated												Non-consolidated
		As of June 30, 2011								As of March 31,       2011				As of June 30, 2011
						Change from March 31,         2011
(1)    Capital Adequacy Ratio			14.95				0.04				14.91				15.11
Tier 1 Capital Ratio			10.63				0.25				10.38				10.83
(2)    Tier 1 Capital			2,403.0				28.2				2,374.7				2,356.0
(3)    Tier 2 Capital			1,074.7				(54.8	)			1,129.5				1,074.0
(4)    Deductions for Total Risk-based Capital			96.7				3.2				93.4				143.7
(5)    Total Risk-based Capital    (2)+(3)-(4)			3,380.9				(29.8	)			3,410.8				3,286.4
(6)    Risk-weighted Assets			22,603.7				(265.0	)			22,868.8				21,748.9
(7)    Total Required Capital    (6)X8%			1,808.2				(21.2	)			1,829.5				1,739.9
Mizuho Corporate Bank (BIS Standard)
(1)    Capital Adequacy Ratio			17.91				(0.89	)			18.80				19.53
Tier 1 Capital Ratio			15.58				(0.52	)			16.10				15.41
(2)    Tier 1 Capital			4,468.8				(59.9	)			4,528.8				4,001.4
(3)    Tier 2 Capital			778.4				(102.7	)			881.2				1,118.3
(4)    Deductions for Total Risk-based Capital			111.9				(11.0	)			122.9				49.4
(5)    Total Risk-based Capital    (2)+(3)-(4)			5,135.4				(151.7	)			5,287.1				5,070.2
(6)    Risk-weighted Assets			28,665.1				543.4				28,121.6				25,953.7
(7)    Total Required Capital    (6)X8%			2,293.2				43.4				2,249.7				2,076.2
Mizuho Trust & Banking (BIS Standard)
(1)    Capital Adequacy Ratio			16.03				(0.31	)			16.34				16.20
Tier 1 Capital Ratio			11.94				(0.17	)			12.11				12.07
(2)    Tier 1 Capital			300.5				3.6				296.8				299.8
(3)    Tier 2 Capital			108.4				(2.4	)			110.8				107.9
(4)    Deductions for Total Risk-based Capital			5.4				(1.8	)			7.2				5.6
(5)    Total Risk-based Capital    (2)+(3)-(4)			403.4				3.0				400.4				402.1
(6)    Risk-weighted Assets			2,516.6				67.0				2,449.6				2,482.2
(7)    Total Required Capital    (6)X8%			201.3				5.3				195.9				198.5
(Reference)
Mizuho Bank (BIS Standard)
(1)    Capital Adequacy Ratio			14.63				0.03				14.60				14.74
Tier 1 Capital Ratio			10.33				0.23				10.10				10.49
(2)    Tier 1 Capital			2,347.6				23.0				2,324.5				2,291.5
(3)    Tier 2 Capital			1,074.7				(54.8	)			1,129.5				1,074.0
(4)    Deductions for Total Risk-based Capital			96.9				3.1				93.8				143.9
(5)    Total Risk-based Capital    (2)+(3)-(4)			3,325.3				(35.0	)			3,360.3				3,221.6
(6)    Risk-weighted Assets			22,724.1				(278.0	)			23,002.1				21,842.0
(7)    Total Required Capital    (6)X8%			1,817.9				(22.2	)			1,840.1				1,747.3