Mirae Asset Securities is independently reviewing the acquisition of a Japanese securities firm, while emphasizing that no specific target has been selected or narrowed down and that the process is unrelated to Toss Securities. The clarification was filed through the Financial Supervisory Service electronic disclosure system on the 27th after a media report said the two companies were separately evaluating multiple Japanese brokerages. Mirae Asset Securities said it would disclose developments when finalized or within one month; the scheduled re-disclosure date is the 23rd of next month. A local acquisition could support entry into Japan by leveraging the company’s domestic wealth-management capabilities and global ETF expertise, as Japanese equities attract record foreign buying amid improved corporate governance and higher shareholder returns. In the first half of this year, foreign investors’ net purchases of Japanese stocks reached 11 trillion Japanese yen, or about 96 trillion Korean won. The review follows Mirae Asset Securities’ broader overseas retail expansion, including its review of Public Holdings, operator of Public.com, and the MAPS global investment platform launched by its Hong Kong subsidiary in June.