THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 2, 2021 at 18:27 JST
Mizuho Bank President Koji Fujiwara, right, bows in apology at a March 1 news conference in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward after the bank’s ATMs malfunctioned the previous day. (Naoko Kawamura)
Mizuho Bank, one of Japan’s three megabanks, was struggling to clean up the mess of its latest ATM fiasco while trying desperately to quell the anger of its customers. [Read More]
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