Japan's Mizuho to decline taking chairman's post at lobby group after system failures - source

TOKYO- Mizuho Financial Group Inc will decline to take the chairman post at the industry lobbying group, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said, after Japan's third largest lender by assets suffered a series of system failures.

(Reporting by Takashi Umekawa; Editing by Jon Boyle) ((Takashi.Umekawa@thomsonreuters.com;))