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Daiwa Securities Group Inc. said Tuesday that it will acquire an additional stake of about 9pctin Aozora Bank from City Index Eleventh, an investment fund linked to activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami, and his eldest daughter, Aya Nomura.

The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, on Monday put together a proposal calling on the government to realize a selective dual surname system for married couples at an early date.

Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force said Tuesday that it has concluded that seven crew members who went missing after a collision of two MSDF patrol helicopters in April are dead.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito held a meeting with Luxembourg's Crown Prince Guillaume at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Monday.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will be one of key players in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's coming leadership race as a candidate backed by him could draw broad support from nonmainstream members of the party.

The Japanese and U.S. governments have agreed to set up working groups on four areas to promote bilateral defense cooperation and work out specific measures.