<div>UPDATE 1-Japan's Mizuho posts 19.9% drop in H1 profit on retail weakness</div> <!-- no image --> <div>* Keeps full-year forecast at Y470 bln (Adds further earnings figures, context)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=_bX4Mk-yUKU:VaHJaD3v6N0: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=_bX4Mk-yUKU:VaHJaD3v6N0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=_bX4Mk-yUKU:VaHJaD3v6N0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=_bX4Mk-yUKU:VaHJaD3v6N0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=_bX4Mk-yUKU:VaHJaD3v6N0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/_bX4Mk-yUKU" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters