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New Year's greeting cards

A woman posts New Year's greeting cards in a special mailbox at the Tokyo central post office in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 15, 2025, as post offices across Japan begin accepting the "nengajo" cards for 2026.

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New Year's greeting cards

A woman posts New Year's greeting cards in a special mailbox at the Tokyo central post office in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 15, 2025, as post offices across Japan begin accepting the "nengajo" cards for 2026.

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65-year-old movie house closes in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, July 29 Kyodo - Movie fans gather in front of Marunouchi Toei movie theater in Tokyo's Ginza area on July 27, 2025, following its last screening, ending its 65-year history. (Kyodo)

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65-year-old movie house closes in Tokyo

Movie fans gather in front of Marunouchi Toei movie theater in Tokyo's Ginza area on July 27, 2025, following its last screening, ending its 65-year history.

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65-year-old movie house closes in Tokyo

Movie fans gather in front of Marunouchi Toei movie theater in Tokyo's Ginza area on July 27, 2025, following its last screening, ending its 65-year history.

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65-year-old movie house closes in Tokyo

Movie fans gather in front of Marunouchi Toei movie theater in Tokyo's Ginza area on July 27, 2025, following its last screening, ending its 65-year history.

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Nippon Life Insurance Company President's Change Press Conference.

Nippon Life Insurance Company presidential change press conference. Photo: Satoshi Asahi, President-elect, at the press conference.=December 18,2024,Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

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Nippon Life Insurance Company President's Change Press Conference.

Nippon Life Insurance Company presidential change press conference. Photo shows President-elect Satoshi Asahi (right) and President Hiroshi Shimizu at the press conference.=December 18,2024,Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

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Sapporo HD president change press conference

Sapporo HD president change press conference. Photo shows Hiroshi Tokimatsu, President-Elect of Sapporo HD (right) and President Masaki Oga shaking hands.=December 18,2024,Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

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Nippon Life Insurance Company President's Change Press Conference.

Nippon Life Insurance Company presidential change press conference. Photo shows President-elect Satoshi Asahi (right) and President Hiroshi Shimizu shaking hands.=December 18,2024,Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

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Sapporo HD president change press conference

Sapporo HD president change press conference. Photo shows Hiroshi Tokimatsu, incoming president, at the press conference.=December 18,2024,Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

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Sapporo HD president change press conference

Sapporo HD president change press conference. Photo shows Hiroshi Tokimatsu (left), President-elect of Sapporo HD, and Masaki Oga, President, at the press conference.=December 18,2024,Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

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Tokyo stocks plunge

A pedestrian looks at a stock monitor in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district on Aug. 5, 2024, showing nearly all stocks plunging with the Nikkei Stock Average ending over 4,400 points lower than the previous day's close marking its largest-ever single-day point drop.

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Tokyo stocks debacle

Pedestrians look at a financial monitor in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district on Aug. 5, 2024, showing the Nikkei Stock Average ending over 4,400 points lower from the previous day's close for its largest single-day point drop.

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Tokyo stocks plunge

A pedestrian looks at a financial monitor in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district on Aug. 1, 2024, showing the Nikkei Stock Average ending nearly 1,000 points lower from the previous day's close.

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Summer heat in Tokyo

People walk in front of JR Tokyo Station in the Marunouchi business district under the scorching sun on July 5, 2024.

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Japan marks centenary of Great Kanto Earthquake

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks at a venue in Tokyo's Marunouchi area where an emergency drill was held on Sept. 1, 2023, the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left more than 105,000 people dead or missing.

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Japan marks centenary of Great Kanto Earthquake

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike observes a moment of silence at the time the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake struck at a venue in Tokyo's Marunouchi area where an emergency drill was held on Sept. 1, 2023. The quake that shook Tokyo and surrounding areas occurred 100 years ago the same day, leaving more than 105,000 people dead or missing.

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Tokyo's Marunouchi area illuminated

Tokyo's Marunouchi business district is illuminated with pink lights and a skating rink is set up for the Tokyo Michiterasu event on Dec. 21, 2022.

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Tokyo's Marunouchi area illuminated

Tokyo's Marunouchi business district is illuminated and a woman in a wedding dress takes a photo at the Tokyo Michiterasu event held on Dec. 21, 2022.

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Tokyo Millenario illuminated

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Millenario begins its illuminations on Dec. 24 in the Marunouchi district in Chiyoda Ward for the Christmas and New Year holiday season.

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Moai statue on show in Tokyo to mark Japan-Chile friendship

TOKYO, Japan - A Moai statue brought from Chile's Easter Island on exhibition at Tokyo's Marunouchi Building on Sept. 4 to mark the 110th anniversary of the friendship, commerce and navigation treaty between Japan and Chile. This is the first time in 25 years that a Moai statue, rarely taken outside the island, has been brought to Japan, according to the Chilean Embassy in Tokyo. The Moai, 3 meters high and 6 tons in weight, will be shown on the lobby of Marunouchi Building through Sept. 17.

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Nikkei hits lowest closing since Dec. amid widening subprime woes

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian looks up at the price board outside a brokerage house in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Aug. 15 as Japan's benchmark stock index ended at its lowest level since December with a loss of some 370 points. The key 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average plunged 369.00 points to end at 16,475.61, the lowest level since Dec. 8 when the index closed at 16,417.82.

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Nikkei hits 9-month intraday low on spiral of selling

TOKYO, Japan - A stock market board at a securities company at Tokyo's Marunouchi district shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended the morning at 16,047.46 on Aug. 16, down 428.15 points, or 2.60 percent, from the previous day's close.

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Japan oil distributor Idemitsu mulls buying rival Showa Shell

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 20, 2014, shows the building housing the headquarters of Idemitsu Kosan Co., Japan's second-largest oil distributor, in Tokyo's Marunouchi district. Idemitsu is considering acquiring fifth-ranked Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. through a tender offer, sources familiar with the move said the same day.

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Tokyo Station marks 100th anniversary of opening

TOKYO, Japan - People walk by the redbrick building of East Japan Railway Co.'s Tokyo Station on its Marunouchi side on Dec. 18, 2014, two days before the 100th anniversary of the station's opening.

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"Dameyo, Dame Dame" among top winners of 2014 buzzword award

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese female comic duo "Nippon Erekiteru Rengo" attend the award ceremony in Tokyo's Marunouchi area on Dec. 1, 2014, after "Dameyo, Dame Dame" (No you must not, no no), their signature phrase, has been selected as one of the top two buzzwords or phrases in Japan in 2014.

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Jobs media Recruit listed on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 16, 2014, shows the building housing the headquarters of media and human resources firm Recruit Holdings Co. in Tokyo's Marunouchi district. Recruit, which expanded rapidly in the 1980s before running into difficulties in 1988 when it was involved in a major bribery scandal, has since achieved a turnaround and was listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange the same day.

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Marunouchi Reading Style sells books, sundries

TOKYO, Japan - A display by Marunouchi Reading Style, a bookstore and cafe in a commercial complex near Tokyo Station, is seen on Aug. 15, 2014.

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Japan, Greece draw 0-0

TOKYO, Japan - Japan supporters react at a public viewing at Tokyo's Marunouchi Building on the morning of June 20, 2014, after Japan drew with Greece 0-0 in a World Cup Group C match in Natal, Brazil.

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Japan, Greece draw 0-0

TOKYO, Japan - Office workers watch through windows a World Cup Group C match between Japan and Greece in Natal, Brazil, during a public viewing at Tokyo's Marunouchi Building on the morning of June 20, 2014. Japan and Greece drew 0-0.

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Spring gust

TOKYO, Japan - Gusting wind ruffles a woman's hair in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district on March 18, 2014. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the year's first spring storm was observed the same day in some parts of Japan, including Tokyo and other Kanto areas.

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Coldest day this autumn in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyoites walk to work in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district on the morning of Nov. 12, 2013, as the Japanese capital had its coldest day this autumn.

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Coldest day this autumn in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyoites walk to work in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district on the morning of Nov. 12, 2013, as the Japanese capital had its coldest day this autumn.

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Bag containing design by U.S. architect

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on April 11, 2013, shows an old bag and the documents it contained. The bag containing an architectural drawing and other documents connected to U.S. architect Jay Hill Morgan, who designed the former Marunouchi Building near Tokyo Station and other buildings in Japan from the 1920s, has been found in Yokohama, local officials said the same day.

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Tokyo in 1922

TOKYO, Japan - This aerial photo taken on April 12, 1922, shows an area of Tokyo's Marunouchi district. People flocked to a gate (upper C) to greet Crown Prince Edward from Britain. Tokyo Station (bottom) and the nearly-completed Marunouchi Building (white, center L) can also be seen.

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Tokyo in 1922

TOKYO, Japan - This aerial photo taken on April 12, 1922, shows an area of Tokyo's Marunouchi district. People flocked to a gate (upper C) to greet Crown Prince Edward from Britain. Tokyo Station (bottom) and the nearly-completed Marunouchi Building (white, center L) can also be seen.

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Clock on red brick JR Tokyo Station building

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the clock on the red-brick building of JR Tokyo Station after its installation on Aug. 22, 2012. Following around three years of renovation work to recreate the original appearance of the station, which opened around a century earlier, the Marunouchi district side of the building will formally open in October 2012.

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Train passengers start using renovated part of Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - Train passengers begin using gates and ticket vending machines June 3, 2012, at the Marunouchi side of JR Tokyo Station, the main railway hub in the Japanese capital, after the building was renovated to its original appearance, first seen almost 100 years ago, as part of a station and hotel complex.

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Tokyo Station domed ceiling

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on May 27, 2012, shows the dome-shape ceiling above the south concourse on the Marunouchi side of the historic, red brick JR Tokyo Station, which was shown to the media the same day.

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Restaurant to offer healthy office lunch

TOKYO, Japan - People line up to get tickets for lunches as weight and body fat scale maker Tanita Corp. opens a restaurant in Tokyo's Marunouchi business area on Jan. 11, 2012. The Marunouchi Tanita Shokudo restaurant offers healthy lunches originally provided at the company's office cafeteria.

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Japan steps into currency market

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic display board in the Marunouchi business district in central Tokyo shows the dollar trade at the lower 79 yen range at 11:34 a.m. on Oct. 31, 2011, following the yen-selling intervention by Japanese authorities. The Japanese Finance Ministry said the intervention was conducted at 10:25 a.m. after the dollar dropped to a fresh postwar low of 75.32 yen in Oceanian trading earlier in the day.

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Mitsubishi Electric head office

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 20, 2011, shows the building housing the head office of Mitsubishi Electric Corp. in Tokyo's Marunouchi district. Seven auto parts makers including Mitsubishi Electric were raided by the Japan Fair Trade Commission the same day over their alleged involvement in a price-fixing cartel.

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Lights turned down in Tokyo on blackout warning

TOKYO, Japan - Buildings in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district turn down the lights on March 17, 2011, as part of electricity saving efforts to avoid massive power outages. Power demand in the region has increased due to cold temperatures amid substantial power shortages following a massive earthquake and tsunami which crippled some power plants.

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JAXA info center closed down

TOKYO, Japan - Staff of the JAXAi, a promotional facility of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, bow after its closure in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 28, 2010. A governmental cost-cutting panel has decided to suspend the operation of the facility, which opened in 2004.

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JAXA info center closed down

TOKYO, Japan - Staff of the JAXAi, a promotional facility of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, close the doors in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 28, 2010, the last day of its operation. A governmental cost-cutting panel has decided to close down the facility, which opened in 2004.

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Nikkei extends gains to 2-month high after BOJ easing steps

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district shows Japan's key Nikkei stock index closing at 9,691.43, a two-month high, on Oct. 6, 2010, as market sentiment continued to brighten after the Bank of Japan announced monetary easing steps.

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Tokyo stocks slide on strong yen

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board at Tokyo's Marunouchi business district shows the Nikkei Stock Average slide to 9,141.02, and the U.S. dollar trading at the lower 85 yen level, at one point during the morning of Aug. 12, 2010. Tokyo stocks tumbled as a result of a strong yen that climbed to a 15-year high in the currency market.

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Subway Japan to open lettuce-growing restaurant

TOKYO, Japan - People view a Subway restaurant with an indoor lettuce farm (L) in Tokyo's landmark Marunouchi Building on July 5, 2010, the day before the restaurant's official opening. Subway Japan Inc., the operator of the fast food chain, aims to set up two or three restaurants with lettuce farms to attract health-conscious customers.

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Nikkei closes at 7-month low

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Marunouchi district shows the Nikkei Stock Average finishing at 9,382.64 on June 30, 2010, the lowest close since Nov. 30, 2009. Investor sentiment took a beating from growing uncertainty about the global economic recovery and exporters' shares were hurt by the strength of the yen.