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The world-beating record rally in Japanese shares this year has stalled, with a 12% plunge in both the Topix and Nikkei 225 gauges on Aug. 5 underscoring the risks of putting money into already high-flying equities.
BUSINESS / Markets
Japanese share sales reach 20-year high despite market rout
The share surge was driven in part by policymakers pushing companies to boost returns for their shareholders.
BUSINESS / Markets
Hedge funds start to split on long-yen trades before Fed and BOJ meets
Some short-term funds locked in profits ahead of the monetary policy decisions this week, while others are looking to increase their long-yen positions.
BUSINESS / Markets
Yen strengthens beyond ¥140 per dollar for first time since 2023
The currency appreciated as much as 0.6% versus the dollar to ¥139.96 on Monday, its strongest level since July last year.
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 11, 2024
BOJ’s bond buying cuts carve out opening for investors
By Masaki Kondo
Net purchases by the central bank have fallen below zero as redemptions surpassed buying.
The dollar fell to an eight-month low in Tokyo trading Wednesday morning, after a Bank of Japan policymaker signaled a willingness to raise interest rates further.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 11, 2024
Yen leads gains versus dollar as traders weigh BOJ and U.S. debate
By Ken McCallum
The yen has been in a broad appreciation trend since hitting a multi-decade low of ¥161.95 on July 3.
Global investors are expecting the yen may rise further since the Bank of Japan raised interest rates in July.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 10, 2024
Yen rally prompts an unwind of hedges in Japanese stocks but investors wary of earnings hit
By Winnie Hsu and Hideyuki Sano
Expectations that the yen may strengthen further have prompted strategists to recommend unwinding currency hedges on Japanese shares that have outperformed peers.
A monitor in Tokyo shows the Nikkei stock average tumbling on Monday morning.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 9, 2024
Tech leads Nikkei decline but yen's retreat caps losses
By Kevin Buckland
The drop follows a sell-off in U.S. equities on Friday, after monthly U.S. payroll figures confirmed that the jobs market was losing momentum.
An investor sits in front of a board showing stock information at a brokerage office in Beijing.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 7, 2024
China bulls getting tired of waiting for elusive stock recovery
By Abhishek Vishnoi and Winnie Hsu
Weakness in Chinese equities is eroding the confidence of some of Wall Street’s staunchest supporters, with hopes for a turnaround fading in the world’s No. 2 economy.
Sumitomo Chemical President Keiichi Iwata
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 6, 2024
Sumitomo Chemical sells hybrid bond at widest spread this year
By Ayai Tomisawa
Sumitomo Chemical priced ¥100 billion of hybrid debt at 280 basis points over Japanese government bonds.
The U.S. dollar has fallen 5% from its 2024 highs, close to its lowest level in about a year against a basket of peers following a sharp drop last month.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 6, 2024
Market sentiment mixed on pace of dollar's weakening ahead of Fed rate cuts
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed
The currency has declined rapidly against peers as anticipated interest rate cuts threaten to end the greenback's yearslong period of strength.

Japanese school student stabbed in Shenzhen dies
The street where a 10-year-old boy is said to have been stabbed with a knife, on Thursday in Shenzhen in southern China.
Chinese carrier sails between Japanese islands near Taiwan for first time
China's Liaoning aircraft carrier sails in waters near Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday.
LDP leader candidates split on separate surnames for married couples
Liberal Democratic Party presidential election candidates after a campaign event in Nagoya on Saturday
Onosato’s meteoric rise is stunning — but not surprising
Onosato shoves out Mitakeumi on Sunday in Tokyo to continue his perfect run at the Autumn Basho. At 192-centimeters-tall and 177 kilograms, Onosato may be neither the tallest nor the heaviest wrestler in the makuuchi division, but he is very close to the top in each of those two categories.
Scientists win Ig Nobel for discovering anal breathing in mammals
Takanori Takebe (behind the lectern) speaks after his team of researchers and he were awarded the Ig Nobel Prize in physiology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday.
Onosato’s meteoric rise is stunning — but not surprising
Onosato shoves out Mitakeumi on Sunday in Tokyo to continue his perfect run at the Autumn Basho. At 192-centimeters-tall and 177 kilograms, Onosato may be neither the tallest nor the heaviest wrestler in the makuuchi division, but he is very close to the top in each of those two categories.
France-Japan military pact expected by year-end, envoy to Tokyo says
French Ambassador Philippe Setton says that, despite previous differences over whether Japan should host a NATO liaison office, Paris aims to deepen ties with Tokyo "in all security areas."
Japan’s schools battle to keep kids cool, with or without AC
Students sit under a misting system during recess at Hikarigaoka Haru no Kaze Elementary School in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 6.
‘Shogun’ and the painstaking art of ‘getting it right’
Hiroyuki Sanada and the cast and crew of "Shogun" accept the award for best drama series at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
Chris Broad's new bar puts cocktails first, YouTube second
A self-proclaimed lover of great cocktails, YouTuber Chris Broad says his new Shibuya watering hole is more a place to get yourself a solid drink than it is anything related to his social media career.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?
By Alex K.T. Martin

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