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Japanese actresses Sairi Ito, Kanna Hashimoto

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 8 Kyodo - Japanese actresses Sairi Ito (L) and Kanna Hashimoto exchange presents during a ceremony in the western Japan city of Osaka on Sept. 4, 2024, to mark the upcoming end of public broadcaster NHK's morning drama series and start of the next one. The handover ceremony involves the actors playing the lead roles of the two series.

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Year's first trading day at Osaka Exchange

A ceremony to mark the first trading day of the year is held at the Osaka Exchange on Jan. 6, 2025.

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Year's first trading day at Osaka Exchange

A ceremony to mark the first trading day of the year is held at the Osaka Exchange on Jan. 6, 2025.

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Osaka Expo promotion in Seoul

Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot of the 2025 World Exposition in Japan's Osaka, takes part in a Japan-South Korea exchange festival in Seoul on Sept. 22, 2024, to promote the six-month event in the western Japan city from mid-April 2025.

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Rice price futures index's listing

OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 20 Kyodo - SBI Holdings Inc. CEO Yoshitaka Kitao, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, Kansai Economic Federation Chairman Masayoshi Matsumoto, Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama and Osaka Dojima Exchange Inc. President Wataru Ariga pose for a photo in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, in a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the Osaka Dojima Exchange. (Kyodo)

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Rice price futures index's listing

Osaka Dojima Exchange Inc. President Wataru Ariga speaks in Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, during a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the western Japan exchange.

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Rice price futures index's listing

Osaka Dojima Exchange Inc. President Wataru Ariga speaks in Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, during a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the western Japan exchange.

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Rice price futures index's listing

SBI Holdings Inc. CEO Yoshitaka Kitao speaks in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, in a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the Osaka Dojima Exchange.

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Rice price futures index's listing

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, in a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the Osaka Dojima Exchange.

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Rice price futures index's listing

(from L) SBI Holdings Inc. CEO Yoshitaka Kitao, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, Kansai Economic Federation Chairman Masayoshi Matsumoto, Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama and Osaka Dojima Exchange Inc. President Wataru Ariga pose for a photo in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, in a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the Osaka Dojima Exchange.

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Rice price futures index's listing

(from L) SBI Holdings Inc. CEO Yoshitaka Kitao, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, Kansai Economic Federation Chairman Masayoshi Matsumoto, Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama and Osaka Dojima Exchange Inc. President Wataru Ariga break a sake cask in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, in a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the Osaka Dojima Exchange.

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Year's first trading day at Osaka Exchange

Women dressed in traditional kimono attend a ceremony at the Osaka Exchange on Jan. 4, 2023, to mark the first trading day of the year.

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Year's first trading day at Osaka Exchange

Women dressed in traditional kimono attend a ceremony at the Osaka Exchange on Jan. 4, 2023, to mark the first trading day of the year.

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Final trading day at Osaka Exchange

Japanese pro golfer Yuna Nishimura rings the bell at the Osaka Exchange at the end of the year's final trading day on Dec. 30, 2022.

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Final trading day at Osaka Exchange

Japanese pro golfer Miyuu Yamashita rings the bell at the Osaka Exchange at the end of the year's final trading day on Dec. 30, 2022.

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Presidents of operators of Tokyo, Osaka bourses

OSAKA, Japan - Atsushi Saito (L), president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc., and Michio Yoneda, president of Osaka Securities Exchange Co., are pictured prior to the start of a meeting to discuss the details of the two entities' planned merger, at the Osaka bourse on Dec. 29, 2011. The two companies announced in November that they will merge in January 2013.

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Forex counters crowded amid strong yen

OSAKA, Japan - People queue at a foreign exchange counter to convert their yen in Osaka on Aug. 13, 2010, amid the recent strengthening of the Japanese currency.

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Cryptocurrency exchange operator Tech Bureau

OSAKA, Japan, Sept. 20 Kyodo - Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2018, shows an Osaka building housing cryptocurrency exchange operator Tech Bureau Corp.

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Trading in JPX-Nikkei Index 400 futures starts

OSAKA, Japan - The electronic board of the Osaka Exchange shows the ongoing JPX-Nikkei Index 400 futures quote at the start of trading in the new futures benchmark on Nov. 25, 2014, on the local securities market under the wing of the Japan Exchange Group (JPX) that also includes the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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JPX-Nikkei Index 400 futures debut

OSAKA, Japan - The start of trading of JPX Nikkei Index 400 futures is celebrated at the Osaka Exchange in Osaka City, western Japan, on Nov. 25, 2014.

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Nintendo 1st-half net profit surges

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata attends a press conference in Osaka, Japan, on Oct. 29, 2014. The company said its group net profit in the fiscal first half surged, driven by a foreign exchange-related gain and solid sales of its Wii U home video-game console.

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Osaka mayor meets with anti-Korean group leader

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (2nd from L) and Makoto Sakurai (far R), leader of Zaitokukai, a civic group known for its hate speech against Korean residents of Japan, stand up and exchange harsh words during their meeting at the Osaka municipal offices on Oct. 20, 2014.

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Cultural exchange program for foreign students in Japan

KANAZAWA, Japan - Szczygiel Elzbieta, a Polish student at Osaka University, addresses an opening ceremony for a "Japan TENT" event in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 20, 2014. Some 300 students from 84 countries and regions joined the weeklong event till Aug. 26 designed to allow them to experience local culture and traditions.

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USJ opens Harry Potter area

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors dressed as characters from the Harry Potter book and movie series exchange high fives on the opening day of Universal Studios Japan's new Wizarding World of Harry Potter area in Osaka, western Japan, on July 15, 2014.

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USJ mulls relisting on TSE in FY 2015

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in March 2014 shows the Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka City. USJ Co., which operates the theme park with attractions based on popular Hollywood movies in the western Japan prefecture, is considering relisting on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the next financial year starting April 2015, sources close to the matter said on July 9, 2014.

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USJ mulls relisting on TSE in FY 2015

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in March 2014 shows the Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka City. At top is a new area with attractions reproducing the world of the Harry Potter stories. USJ Co., which operates the theme park with attractions based on popular Hollywood movies in the western Japan prefecture, is considering relisting on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the next financial year starting April 2015, sources close to the matter said on July 9, 2014.

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'JPX' logo set to be used by Tokyo bourse

TOKYO, Japan - "JPX" logo in this undated photo is set to be used by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Japan Exchange Group Inc. announced on June 17, 2014. JPX was launched in January 2013 through a merger of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Exchange.

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'JPX' logo to be used by Osaka bourse

TOKYO, Japan - "JPX" logo in this undated photo is set to be used by the Osaka Exchange, Japan Exchange Group Inc. announced on June 17, 2014. JPX was launched in January 2013 through a merger of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Exchange.

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Osaka Exchange's 'OSE' logo

TOKYO, Japan - The Osaka Exchange's "OSE" logo is shown in an undated photo. Japan Exchange Group Inc. announced June 17, 2014, the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Exchange are using the new "JPX" logo.

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Tokyo Stock Exchange's former logo

TOKYO, Japan - Undated photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange's former logo. Japan Exchange Group Inc. announced June 17, 2014, that the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Exchange are using a new "JPX" logo.

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Keidanren holds meeting in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) holds a meeting to exchange opinions with its member companies in the Kansai region in Osaka City, western Japan, on June 10, 2014.

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Keidanren chairman Sakakibara at press conference

OSAKA, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), speaks at a press conference in Osaka City on June 10, 2014, after a meeting to exchange opinions with Keidanren's member companies in the Kansai region.

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J-League, Ritsumeikan Univ. sign alliance

OSAKA, Japan - J-League Chairman Mitsuru Murai (L) and Toyoomi Nagata, chairman of the Ritsumeikan Trust Board of Trustees, hold a signed agreement on May 26, 2014 in Kyoto, western Japan, on wide-ranging cooperation, including the cultivation of human resources in sports management, players' second careers, regional development and international exchange.

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Takayama defends IBF Mini Flyweight title

OSAKA, Japan - Champion Katsunari Takayama of Japan (L) and compatriot Shin Ono exchange punches in the eighth round of their IBF Mini Flyweight championship match at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka on May 7, 2014. Takayama beat Ono with a 3-0 decision, defending his title.

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Osaka Exchange

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Hiromi Yamaji, president of Osaka Exchange Inc., at the bourse, which changed its name from Osaka Securities Exchange Co. in Osaka, western Japan, on March 24, 2014. The Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges integrated the trading of derivatives operations into the Osaka bourse the same day.

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Osaka bourse absorbs TSE derivatives trading

OSAKA, Japan - A sign of Osaka Exchange Inc., the new name of the former Osaka Securities Exchange Co., is unveiled in Osaka's Chuo Ward on March 24, 2014, the day when the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges integrated the trading of derivatives operations into the Osaka bourse.

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Monument at site of Dojima Rice Exchange

OSAKA, Japan - A monument set up at what used to be the Dojima Rice Exchange for rice brokering during the Edo period is pictured in Osaka on March 20, 2014.

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Bullfinch exchange festival in Osaka Pref.

TONDABAYASHI, Japan - Women exchange bags containing wooden bullfinch dolls at the "Uso Kae" (Bullfinch Exchange) festival held at the Domyoji Tenmangu, a Shinto shrine in Fujiidera, Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 25, 2014.

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Nintendo sees 1st April-Sept. black ink in 4 yrs

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata holds a press conference on the company's business performance in Osaka on Oct. 30, 2013. The Japanese game giant said it returned to the black for the first time in four years on a first-half basis with a group net profit of 600 million yen, a turnaround from a net loss of 28.00 billion yen a year earlier, aided by exchange rate gains stemming from a weaker yen.

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TSE absorbs OSE trading

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange President Akira Kiyota answers reporters' questions after the start of trading at the bourse in Tokyo's Kabutocho area on July 16, 2013. The Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges integrated the trading of shares at the TSE the same day, making it the world's third-largest exchange by number of listed companies.

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Tokyo, Osaka bourses integrate

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital's Nihombashi Kabutocho district on July 16, 2013. The Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges integrated the trading of shares at the TSE the same day, making it the world's third-largest exchange by number of listed companies.

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Tokyo, Osaka bourses integrate

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Kiyota, president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc., speaks at the TSE in the capital's Nihombashi Kabutocho district on July 16, 2013, after the bourse began trading. The Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges integrated the trading of shares at the TSE the same day, making it the world's third-largest exchange by number of listed companies.

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Tokyo, Osaka bourses integrate

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital's Nihombashi Kabutocho district on July 16, 2013. The Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges integrated the trading of shares at the TSE the same day, making it the world's third-largest exchange by number of listed companies.

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Tokyo, Osaka bourses integrate

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital's Nihombashi Kabutocho district on July 16, 2013. The Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges integrated the trading of shares at the TSE the same day, making it the world's third-largest exchange by number of listed companies.

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Tokyo, Osaka bourses integrate

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Kiyota (R), president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc., answers a reporter's question at the TSE in the capital's Nihombashi Kabutocho district on July 16, 2013, after the bourse began trading. To the left is Takafumi Sato, president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Regulation. The Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges integrated the trading of shares at the TSE the same day, making it the world's third-largest exchange by number of listed companies.

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OSE's last day of cash stock trading

OSAKA, Japan - The Osaka Securities Exchange in western Japan ends its last day of cash stock trading on July 12, 2013, before its listed shares are transferred to the Tokyo Stock Exchange on July 16 following a three-day weekend in Japan.

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OSE's last day of cash stock trading

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken July 12, 2013, shows the Osaka Securities Exchange in Osaka's Chuo Ward that began its last day of cash stock trading the same day before its listed shares are transferred to the Tokyo Stock Exchange on July 16.

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Osaka bourse system problem

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Securities Exchange President Motoharu Fujikura (R) apologizes during a press conference in Osaka on March 4, 2013 after the bourse temporarily suspended trading that day in all Nikkei Stock Average-linked derivatives because of a system problem.

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System glitch at Osaka bourse

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the Osaka Securities Exchange in Osaka's Chuo Ward around noon on March 4, 2013. The bourse temporarily suspended trading the same day in all Nikkei Stock Average-linked derivatives because of an unidentified system problem. It resumed trading shortly past 2 p.m.

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System glitch at Osaka bourse

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the Osaka Securities Exchange in Osaka's Chuo Ward on March 4, 2013. The bourse temporarily suspended trading the same day in all Nikkei Stock Average-linked derivatives because of an unidentified system problem.