Mizuho Information & Research Institute
Template:Nihongo is a Japanese information technology company that “provides assistance to corporations in increasing their corporate value through its consulting, system integration and outsourcing service.”<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of 2017 it had 4700 employees.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Institute was formed by the merging of DKB Information Systems, Fuji Research Institute Corporation, and IBJ Systems Ltd. (all owned by Mizuho Financial Group) on October 1, 2004.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 2021, Mizuho Information & Research Institute merged with Mizuho Research Institute to form Mizuho Research & Technologies.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>