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Mirae Asset Securities announced Thursday it will acquire Japanese brokerage Sanko Securities, marking its return to Japan a decade after exiting and becoming the first South Korean securities firm to secure direct trading qualifications there, according to Yonhap and Business Korea. The deal is part of a drive to expand in Japan's retail investment market, the Korea Times reports. Korean media frame the move as a strategic reentry into a key financial market, with Yonhap noting the regulatory filing and Business Korea highlighting the historic direct trading access. No Korean blog or café reactions appear in the supplied documents, so public sentiment is not covered.