Women dressed in traditional ceremonial kimono outfits pose for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Stock Exchange on January 4, 2017.
The ceremony was held to wish success for the Japanese market during the year. Taro Aso, Japan's finance minister, also attended the ceremony.
Tokyo shares climbed around 2.5 percent on January 4, the first trading day of 2017, on the back of a weak Japanese yen and overnight rises on Wall Street.
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