Biggest Japan online brokers to debut zero-commission stock trades

Top online brokerages SBI, Rakuten lead way in hunt for retail investors

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Japan aims to encourage more savers to invest in the stock market. (Photo by Hirofumi Yamamoto)

OKI HIDAKA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan's two biggest online brokerages will eliminate trading commissions for Japanese equities starting next month, Nikkei has learned, in a first for the country's securities industry.

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