Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc. (みずほ情報総研株式会社, Mizuho Jōhō Sōken Kabushiki Kaisha) is a Japanese information technology company that “provides assistance to corporations in increasing their corporate value through its consulting, system integration and outsourcing service.”^[1][2] As of 2017 it had 4700 employees.^[3] 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.^[4] In 2021, Mizuho Information & Research Institute merged with Mizuho Research Institute to form Mizuho Research & Technologies.^[5]