Japanese Stocks Increase, Led by Banks; Mizuho, Renesas Advance

Group will merge its retail and corporate banks by 2013. Mizuho climbed 3.2 percent to 131 yen. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Japan���s largest bank by market value, rose 2.1 percent to 385 yen. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., the...