--Mizuho Financial Group Inc. is set to take a stake of about 20% in Rakuten Securities through its brokerage subsidiary for about 80 billion yen ($555.0 million), Japanese business daily Nikkei reports, without citing sources.

--Mizuho Securities plans to buy Rakuten Securities shares held by its parent, Rakuten Group Inc., some time around November, the Nikkei report said.


Full story: s.nikkei.com/3CvwOui


Write to Kosaku Narioka at kosaku.narioka@wsj.com


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