<div>Japan's Mizuho posts 0.8% rise in first-quarter net profit</div> <!-- no image --> <div>Mizuho Financial Group on Wednesday said its net profit rose 0.8% in the first quarter of its financial year due primarily to strong lending business overseas.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=05XtqZxRrek:JjRn0tn8QUU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=05XtqZxRrek:JjRn0tn8QUU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=05XtqZxRrek:JjRn0tn8QUU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=05XtqZxRrek:JjRn0tn8QUU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=05XtqZxRrek:JjRn0tn8QUU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/05XtqZxRrek" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters