| 1969-12 |
Established as a comprehensive leasing company with the participation of 16 leading industrial and life insurance companies in Japan, centered around the Bank of Japan (now Mizuho Bank) (Trade name: Pacific Lease Co., Ltd.) |
| 1969-12-01 |
Established: December 1, 1969 |
| 1972-01 |
Started handling vendor leasing of construction machinery |
| 1972-12 |
Started handling ship leasing overseas |
| 1981-11 |
Changed trade name to Kogin Lease Co., Ltd. |
| 1982-12 |
Started handling leveraged leasing of aircraft |
| 1985-10 |
Initiative for Japan's first railway vehicle leasing |
| 1992-02 |
Acquired shares of Krung Thai IBJ Leasing Co., Ltd. in Thailand (now Krungthai Mizuho Leasing Company Limited.) (Current equity-method affiliate) |
| 1993-07 |
Initiative for lease receivables securitization using trust method |
| 1998-04 |
Established Kogin Auto Lease Co., Ltd. |
| 1998-11 |
Full-scale initiative in structured finance |
| 1999-02 |
Acquired shares of Nissan Lease Co., Ltd. |
| 2000-06 |
Acquired shares of Saison Auto Lease Systems Co., Ltd. (now Mizuho Auto Lease Co., Ltd.) (Current consolidated subsidiary) |
| 2000-12 |
Obtained ISO9001 certification for international quality management standards |
| 2001-06 |
Acquired shares of Universal Lease Co., Ltd. (now a consolidated subsidiary) |
| 2004-10 |
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 2005-09 |
Designated as a stock on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 2006-03 |
Acquisition of shares of Daiichi Lease Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| 2008-03 |
Obtained ISO14001 certification for international environmental standards |
| 2008-07 |
Established a local subsidiary, Xingyin Financing Leasing (China) Co., Ltd. (currently Mizuho Financing Leasing (China) Co., Ltd.), in China (currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| 2010-08 |
Established a local subsidiary, PT. IBJ VERENA FINANCE, in Indonesia (currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| 2012-02 |
Succeeded to the corporate finance service business of Toshiba Finance Co., Ltd. through a company split, acquiring shares of T-Fas Co., Ltd. (currently Mizuho Toshiba Lease Co., Ltd.), a current consolidated subsidiary) |
| 2015-04 |
Merged with Nissan Lease Co., Ltd. |
| 2016-02 |
Established a joint venture with U.S. major aircraft leasing company Aircastle Limited, IBJ Air Leasing Limited, participating in aircraft operating lease business (consolidated subsidiary) |
| 2019-01 |
Acquired shares of PT. VERENA MULTI FINANCE Tbk, an auto finance company in Indonesia (currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| 2019-03 |
Became an equity-method affiliate of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. |
| 2019-03 |
Acquired shares of MG Lease Co., Ltd. (currently Mizuho Marubeni Lease Co., Ltd.), a joint venture with Marubeni Corporation, a current equity-method affiliate) |
| 2019-07 |
Merged PT. VERENA MULTI FINANCE Tbk with PT. IBJ VERENA FINANCE, with PT. VERENA MULTI FINANCE Tbk as the surviving company. |
| 2019-10 |
Changed trade name to Mizuho Lease Co., Ltd. |
| 2020-03 |
Acquired shares of U.S. major aircraft leasing company Aircastle Limited (currently a joint venture with Marubeni Corporation, an equity-method affiliate) |
| 2020-03 |
Acquired shares of PLM Fleet, LLC, a U.S. refrigerated and frozen trailer leasing and rental company (currently a joint venture with Marubeni Corporation, an equity-method affiliate) |
| 2020-04 |
Acquired shares of Vietnam International Leasing Co., Ltd., a Vietnamese finance company (currently an equity-method affiliate) |
| 2020-04 |
Acquired shares of Ricoh Leasing Co., Ltd. (currently an equity-method affiliate) |
| 2021-03 |
Started operations of Mizuho Leasing (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a Singaporean local subsidiary (currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| 2021-05 |
Acquired shares of Mizuho Capital Co., Ltd. (currently an equity-method affiliate) |
| 2021-08 |
Additional acquisition of shares of Nittetsu Kowa Real Estate Co., Ltd. (currently an equity-method affiliate) |
| 2022-01 |
Acquired shares of Affordable Car Leasing Pty Ltd, a joint venture with Marubeni Corporation, currently an equity-method affiliate |
| 2022-09 |
Changed the name of the local subsidiary in Indonesia to PT MIZUHO LEASING INDONESIA Tbk |
| 2023-06 |
Acquired shares of the Indian leasing company Rent Alpha Pvt. Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| 2024-04 |
Started operations of ML Power Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| 2024-04 |
Business capital alliance with Jecos Co., Ltd. |
| 2024-05 |
Capital and business alliance with Marubeni Corporation |
| 2024-08 |
Additional acquisition of shares of the Indian leasing company Rent Alpha Pvt. Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| 2025-03 |
Changed the name of the Indian leasing company to Mizuho RA Leasing Pvt. Ltd. |
