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New BOJ policymaker

New Bank of Japan Policy Board member Ayano Sato speaks at a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on June 30, 2026. Sato, who assumed the post the same day, is seen as a proponent of bold monetary easing.

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New BOJ policymaker

New Bank of Japan Policy Board member Ayano Sato speaks at a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on June 30, 2026. Sato, who assumed the post the same day, is seen as a proponent of bold monetary easing.

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New BOJ policymaker

New Bank of Japan Policy Board member Ayano Sato speaks at a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on June 30, 2026. Sato, who assumed the post the same day, is seen as a proponent of bold monetary easing.

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Japan pledges $20 mil. to World Bank for critical minerals supply chains

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama (R) and World Bank President Ajay Banga pose for a photo at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on June 1, 2026, after signing a document on cooperation to help developing countries strengthen supply chains for critical minerals. Japan will disburse $20 million for a new facility to spur investments in those countries.

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Nikkei stock index ends at record high

A roadside monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average at 58,583.12, an all-time closing high, on Feb. 25, 2026, as speculation about further interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan receded after the government's nomination of two new BOJ policymakers.

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Nikkei stock index ends at record high

A roadside monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average at 58,583.12, an all-time closing high, on Feb. 25, 2026, as speculation about further interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan receded after the government's nomination of two new BOJ policymakers.

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New Company: Docomo SMTB Net Bank Joint Press Conference by Three Companies

New Company Docomo SMTB Net Bank: Joint Press Conference by Three Companies. Photo shows, from left: Yoshiaki Maeda, President and Representative Director of NTT Docomo; Noriaki Maruyama, President and Representative Director of Sumishin SBI Net Bank; Kazuya Oyama, President and Representative Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank.=December 19,2025,Tokyo

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New Company: Docomo SMTB Net Bank Joint Press Conference by Three Companies

New Company Docomo SMTB Net Bank: Joint Press Conference by Three Companies. Photo shows, from left: Yoshiaki Maeda, President and Representative Director of NTT Docomo; Noriaki Maruyama, President and Representative Director of Sumishin SBI Net Bank; Kazuya Oyama, President and Representative Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank.=December 19,2025,Tokyo

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New Company: Docomo SMTB Net Bank Joint Press Conference by Three Companies

New Company Docomo SMTB Net Bank: Joint Press Conference by Three Companies. Photo shows, from left: Yoshiaki Maeda, President and Representative Director of NTT Docomo; Noriaki Maruyama, President and Representative Director of Sumishin SBI Net Bank; Kazuya Oyama, President and Representative Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank.=December 19,2025,Tokyo

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New Company: Docomo SMTB Net Bank Joint Press Conference by Three Companies

New Company Docomo SMTB Net Bank: Joint Press Conference by Three Companies. Photo shows, from left: Yoshiaki Maeda, President and Representative Director of NTT Docomo; Noriaki Maruyama, President and Representative Director of Sumishin SBI Net Bank; Kazuya Oyama, President and Representative Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank.=December 19,2025,Tokyo

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Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

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Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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BOJ introduces 2nd female Policy Board member

Junko Koeda, a new member of the Bank of Japan Policy Board, attends an introductory press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on March 26, 2025. The former economics professor at Waseda University became the nine-person board's second female member.

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BOJ introduces 2nd female Policy Board member

Junko Koeda, a new member of the Bank of Japan Policy Board, attends an introductory press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on March 26, 2025. The former economics professor at Waseda University became the nine-person board's second female member.

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BOJ introduces 2nd female Policy Board member

Junko Koeda, a new member of the Bank of Japan Policy Board, attends an introductory press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on March 26, 2025. The former economics professor at Waseda University became the nine-person board's second female member.

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Dollar soars to mid-146 yen level

A man passes by a financial monitor in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024, showing the U.S. dollar spurting to the mid-146 yen level, up about 2 yen from the previous day, after new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed a cautious stance toward further credit tightening by the Bank of Japan.

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New Japan PM Ishiba

Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to the media on Oct. 2, 2024, at his office in Tokyo, after meeting with Bank of Japan chief Kazuo Ueda.

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New Japan PM Ishiba

Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to the media on Oct. 2, 2024, at his office in Tokyo, after meeting with Bank of Japan chief Kazuo Ueda.

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BOJ chief Ueda

Bank of Japan chief Kazuo Ueda speaks to the media on Oct. 2, 2024, after meeting with Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the prime minister's office in Tokyo.

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New Japan PM Ishiba, BOJ chief Ueda meet

Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) and Bank of Japan chief Kazuo Ueda shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2024.

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New Japan PM Ishiba, BOJ chief Ueda meet

Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) and Bank of Japan chief Kazuo Ueda shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2024.

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Japan's new banknotes

TOKYO, Japan, July 3 Kyodo - Video taken on July 3, 2024, at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo shows the front sides of Japan's new banknotes, which began to be issued the same day. The banknotes feature industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," educator Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929), and physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931). (Kyodo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Photo taken on July 3, 2024, at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo shows the front sides of Japan's new banknotes, which began to be issued the same day. The banknotes feature (from top to bottom) industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," educator Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929), and physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931). (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda look at Japan's new banknotes at the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, as the central bank began issuing the notes the same day. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) meets the press at the Bank of Japan's headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, as the central bank began issuing new banknotes the same day. Standing next to him is BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda.

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Japan's new banknotes

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda pose for a photo at the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, as the central bank began issuing new banknotes the same day. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda pose for a photo at the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, as the central bank began issuing new banknotes the same day. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda pose for a photo at the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, as the central bank began issuing new banknotes the same day. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda pose for a photo at the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, as the central bank began issuing new banknotes the same day. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) visits the Bank of Japan's headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, as the central bank began issuing new banknotes the same day. Standing in the left is BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (far R) visits the Bank of Japan's headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, as the central bank began issuing new banknotes the same day. Standing in the far left is BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Boxes containing Japan's new banknotes are loaded onto a truck at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, for their transportation to financial institutions as their issuance began the same day. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda (2nd from L) stands by a stack of boxes containing Japan's new banknotes at the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, prior to their transportation to financial institutions for issuance the same day. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Preparations are under way at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, for the transportation of Japan's new banknotes to financial institutions as their issuance began the same day. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Preparations are under way at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, for the transportation of Japan's new banknotes to financial institutions as their issuance began the same day. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda (back, 3rd from R) looks at boxes containing Japan's new banknotes at the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, prior to their transportation to financial institutions as their issuance began the same day. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda (back, 3rd from R) looks at boxes containing Japan's new banknotes at the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, prior to their transportation to financial institutions as their issuance began the same day. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda (R) speaks during a ceremony marking the issuance of new banknotes at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda speaks during a ceremony marking the issuance of new banknotes at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new banknotes

File photo taken on April 14, 2023, at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo shows samples of the front sides of Japan's new banknotes, which began to be issued on July 3, 2024. The banknotes feature (from top to bottom) industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," educator Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929), and physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931).

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Japan's new banknotes

File photo taken on April 14, 2023, at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo shows samples of the backs of Japan's new banknotes, which began to be issued on July 3, 2024. The banknotes feature (from top to bottom) industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," educator Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929), and physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931).

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Japan to issue new banknotes in July 2024, 1st renewal in 20 yrs

Photo taken on April 14, 2023, at the Bank of Japan's headquarters in Tokyo shows samples of new banknotes to be issued as early as July 2024 in the first renewal since 2004.

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Japan's new banknotes

Photo taken at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo shows the reverse side of Japan's new banknotes, which will be released in 2024, with the 1,000 yen bill (bottom) featuring ukiyo-e master Katsushika Hokusai's "The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

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New BOJ governor Ueda

New Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends his first press conference since assuming the post at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on April 10, 2023.

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New BOJ governor Ueda

New Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends his first press conference since assuming the post at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on April 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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New BOJ governor Ueda

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and new Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda shake hands before holding talks at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 10, 2023.

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New BOJ governor Ueda

New Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends his first press conference since assuming the post at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on April 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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New BOJ governor Ueda

New Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends his first press conference since assuming the post at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on April 10, 2023. (Pool photo)