Mizuho Bank

About the company

Mizuho Bank

Mizuho Bank is one of the largest financial services companies in Japan. It provides banking services for the mobile phone network Mytel, which is part-owned by the Burmese military.

It has also made payments to the military-owned conglomerate Myanmar Economic Corporation on behalf of Japanese clients.

Contact:

Masahiko Kato, President & CEO
Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Otemachi Tower
1-5-5 Otemachi
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8176
Japan

Source:

Major Japanese banks linked to Myanmar military cartel, Justice for Myanmar, 21^st December 2021

https://justiceformyanmar.org/stories/major-japanese-banks-linked-to-myanmar-military-cartel

Japan firm got U.S. sanctions exemption to pay Myanmar military company – Japanese official

By Sakura Murakami and Simon Lewis, Reuters, 27^th January 2023.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-firm-got-us-sanctions-exemption-pay-myanmar-military-company-japanese-2023-01-27

Mizuho’s response received May 2026.

Notified 22^nd May 2026

Added to the Dirty List 20 July 2026