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NIKKEI TSE

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Feb 15, 2021
Nikkei likely to surge beyond 30,000 as businesses recover from pandemic
With top Japanese firms upgrading earnings outlooks for the year through March, some analysts forecast the share index will rise as high as 34,000 by the end of 2021.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 15, 2021
Nikkei hits 30,000 mark for first time in 30 years
The gauge rose as much as 1.6% on Monday, taking it a step higher on the climb back to its bubble-era levels.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Jan 27, 2021
Japan stock rally defies foreign sales thanks to BOJ, banks
The key 225-issue Nikkei average advanced 16% in 2020 despite more than u00a56 trillion of foreign net selling in the cash and futures market, according to Japan Exchange Group data.
Japan Times
WORLD / 2020 in Review
Dec 31, 2020
Images of 2020 | Achievement: Against all odds
A brief look back at the powerful images from 2020 that inspired hope
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 25, 2020
Interest in trading options on Nikkei average hits decade low after 2020 rally
The market’s interest in trading options on the 225-issue Nikkei average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange has dropped to its lowest in more than a decade amid waning demand for protection against volatility.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 8, 2020
Zombie companies feed off the living
Like their namesakes, zombies feed off the living. They are companies that should close their doors but don't, cannibalizing healthy businesses, depriving them of customers and income.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 29, 2020
Japan stocks finally beat bubble-era high — at least on one gauge
The Nikkei 500, an index that includes 275 more companies than the benchmark 225-issue Nikkei average, rose to a record Monday, topping the closing high in December 1989.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 29, 2020
Tokyo stocks drop further on dismal earnings results
Tokyo stocks dropped further Wednesday, with investor sentiment hurt by a flurry of dismal earnings reports from major Japanese firms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
May 26, 2020
Nikkei regains 21,000 mark after Japan lifts virus emergency
Tokyo stocks rose Tuesday, with the benchmark Nikkei index topping the 21,000 mark for the first time in nearly three months, on hopes for a reboot of economic activity a day after Japan ended a nationwide state of emergency aimed at curbing the escalation of the coronavirus pandemic.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Mar 27, 2020
Nikkei makes 724-point leap to 19,389 after Wall Street rebound
Tokyo stocks bounced back sharply Friday as investors cheered an overnight surge on Wall Street despite persistent fears about the new coronavirus.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Mar 18, 2020
Nikkei falls on virus fears to end below 17,000 for first time since 2016
The benchmark 225-issue Nikkei average turned sharply lower to end below 17,000 for the first time in over three years on Wednesday, amid continued market turbulence caused by the novel coronavirus.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Jan 21, 2020
Tokyo stocks tumble amid new coronavirus fears
Stocks in Tokyo turned sharply lower Tuesday in the wake of heightened fears over the spread of a new coronavirus battering Chinese shares.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 9, 2020
Tokyo stocks bounce back as Iran-U.S. tensions subside
Tokyo stocks recovered Thursday with the benchmark Nikkei index jumping over 530 points, or 2.3 percent, as investor concern eased regarding a further escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Dec 17, 2019
Nikkei hits 14-month high on U.S. rally, weaker yen
JIJI
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Nov 20, 2019
Tokyo stocks extend losses on rekindled trade war concerns
Tokyo stocks extended losses Wednesday, as investor concerns regrew over a possible escalation of the U.S.-China trade war in the wake of the U.S. Senate's passage of a bill to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 3, 2019
Tokyo stocks end at three-week low on weak U.S. jobs data, yen's rise
Tokyo stocks fell Thursday, with both the Nikkei and Topix closing at three-week lows, as weak U.S. employment data hurt investor sentiment while a stronger yen weighed on exporter issues.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Aug 20, 2019
Tokyo stocks extend gains on brisk U.S. equities
Stocks extended their gains Tuesday, aided by an overnight rise on Wall Street.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Aug 13, 2019
Nikkei sinks to two-month low on continued U.S.-China trade concerns
Stocks dived Tuesday, suffering from an overnight sell-off on Wall Street and the yen's strengthening against the dollar.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Jul 17, 2019
Tokyo stocks fall further on trade war concerns and Wall Street downturn
Stocks lost further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, battered by rekindled concerns over a U.S.-China trade war and an overnight fallback on Wall Street.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Jul 10, 2019
Tokyo stocks end lower amid wait-and-see mood ahead of U.S. Fed chief's testimony
Stocks fell on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, as a wait-and-see mood prevailed ahead of closely watched congressional testimony by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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