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Terunobu Maeda, president of the world's biggest bank Mizuho Holdings Inc., right, bows deeply to Japan's Financial System Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa, left, during the Financial Affairs Committee at the House of Representatives in Tokyo Wednesday, April 24, 2002. Following ill-prepared for the launch of the Mizuho group, including computer glitches, Maeda, along with three other presidents, of Japan's four major banking groups, testified as unsworn witnesses at the parliament. (KEYSTONE/AP Photos/Mainichi Shimbun/Yoshinori Matsuda) === JAPAN OUT, , ONLINE OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY ===