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[Breaking News]New Year's greeting cards

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 15 Kyodo - 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. (Kyodo)

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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.

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Nikkei tumbles 4% on weak U.S. jobs data, debt worries in Europe

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic display in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district shows the key Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange plunging 396.95 points to close the morning session at 9,504.24 on June 7, 2010, as investor sentiment took a beating from a disappointing U.S. jobs report and worries about a potential debt crisis in Hungary that sent U.S. stocks sharply lower on June 4.

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Japan stocks continue to slide on eurozone fiscal woes

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district displays a graph showing a slide in stocks on May 20, 2010, amid jitters over the eurozone's fiscal plight. Japan's key Nikkei index briefly dipped below 10,000 for the first time in more than three months.

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Tokyo stocks open sharply lower on European credit downgrade

TOKYO, Japan - A man passes an electric stock board at a securities house in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district showing the benchmark Nikkei stock index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange drop more than 300 points. Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower after U.S. and European stocks tumbled following Standard & Poor's downgrades of credit ratings of debt-ridden Greece and Portugal.

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Murakami's new '1Q84' hits shelves

TOKYO, Japan - An employee hands a copy of the sought-after new installment of Haruki Murakami's novel ''1Q84'' to a customer at a Maruzen bookstore in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on April 16, 2010. Some bookstores started to sell the best-selling writer's third volume of the novel at midnight the same day.

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Nikkei closes below 10,000 line for 1st time since Dec. 10

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district shows the key Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropping 105.27 points to close at 9,951.82, on Feb. 8, 2010. The index closed below the 10,000 line for the first time since Dec. 10.

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Lanterns light up Tokyo business district

TOKYO, Japan - About 600 lanterns are seen placed at a fountain square in Tokyo's business district of Marunouchi on Dec. 21, 2009. The lanterns bear pictures and messages by celebrities and children calling for conservation of the environment.

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Lanterns light up Tokyo business district

TOKYO, Japan - About 600 lanterns are seen placed at a fountain square in Tokyo's business district of Marunouchi on Dec. 21, 2009. The lanterns bear pictures and messages by celebrities and children calling for conservation of the environment.

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Tokyo stocks briefly hit 11-month high

TOKYO, Japan - A woman passes an electric stock board at a securities company in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district showing the benchmark Nikkei stock index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose in the Aug. 31 morning trading session. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average briefly hit its highest intraday level of 10,767.00 since Oct. 6 on relief about the landslide victory of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan in the Aug. 30 general election.

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World Cuisine in Tokyo: Thai crab curry, tomato tom yam kung

TOKYO, Japan - Female office workers from Tokyo's Marunouchi district are seen having lunch at Thai restaurant Siam Heritage Tokyo in the capital's Marunouchi district in August 2009.

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Nikkei briefly falls below 7,000 line

TOKYO, Japan - A stock board at a securities company in Tokyo's Marunouchi district shows the Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange briefly falling below the 7,000 line for the first time since October 1982 during morning trading on Oct. 28.

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MUFG to raise 1 tril. yen in private allocation, new shares

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 27 shows the head office of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. in Tokyo's Marunouchi district. The group said the same day it will raise about 1 trillion yen in fresh funds by issuing preferred and common shares to shore up its capital base amid the global financial turmoil.

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Nikkei plunges 9% to 5-year low on panic selling

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard of a securities firm in Tokyo's Marunouchi district shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average posting its third-biggest one-day drop on record of 952.58 points to 9,203.32, marking its lowest close since June 30, 2003.

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Tokyo stocks dive on Wall Street plunge, stronger yen

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board of a securities company in Tokyo's Marunouchi district shows stock prices declining across the board on the morning of Sept. 5. Tokyo stocks dived over 2 percent in the morning as investors were unnerved by mounting fears about the global economy, following an overnight plunge on Wall Street and the U.S. dollar's tumble versus the yen.

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Nikkei falls for 10th straight day for 1st time since 1965

TOKYO, Japan - A stock sign board at a securities company in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district shows the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average dropping 176.83 points to close at 13,286.37 on July 2. The Nikkei index fell for the 10th straight trading session, its longest losing streak since late February 1965.

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BTMU reports ATM malfunction as it introduces new computer system

TOKYO, Japan - A malfunction prevents transactions by customers using cash cards issued by former Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi branches at automated teller machines at Seven Bank in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on May 12. The trouble occurred as the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ introduced a new computer system integrating the computer systems of its founder banks -- the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and UFJ Bank -- at some of its branches the same day.

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Tokyo stocks fall over 2% on uncertain Japan, U.S. outlooks

TOKYO, Japan - An electric market board in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district shows the benchmark Nikkei Stock index losing 294.93 points to close at 12,525.54 on March 31, the last day of fiscal 2007.

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Tokyo stocks plunge 4% on stronger yen, U.S. recession fears

TOKYO, Japan - A stock price board in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district shows the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange plunging 545.93 points to close the morning session at 13,057.09 on March 3.

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Tokyo stocks soar on solid Japanese GDP figures, U.S. equity rise

TOKYO, Japan - The price board at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Marunouchi district shows that the Nikkei Stock Average gained more than 400 points during the morning session on Feb. 14 on solid economic growth data in Japan and tempered fears of a recession in the United States.

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Tokyo stocks rebound sharply

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian looks at the price board outside a brokerage house in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Jan. 23. Tokyo stocks rebounded over 3 percent in the morning session as investors welcomed an emergency rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve and hunted for cheap shares following the previous day's plunge.

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Snow dusts central Tokyo, no major traffic disruptions

TOKYO, Japan - Commuters report to work as snow falls in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Jan. 23. A rare snowfall in eastern Japan thinly covered central Tokyo for the first time this winter but no major traffic disruptions have been reported, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.