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NIKKEI

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 3, 2021
SoftBank takes top spot on Topix from Toyota as influence grows
While Toyota trades are little changed in 2021, SoftBank stock is up nearly 30%, rallying past a two-decade record to a new high.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 19, 2021
One Fast Retailing share for ¥100,000 sparks concern over Nikkei dominance
Fast Retailing has risen about 80% in the past 12 months and the price per share broke the u00a5100,000 level on Tuesday, making it the only listed company in Japan to trade at such a value.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Feb 18, 2021
A Nikkei milestone is less than it seems
A strong stock market is good for Japan, but more important is the health of the overall economy. That remains in doubt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 17, 2021
The Nikkei is back at 30,000. But it’s a whole different world.
With the index crash in 1990 that followed the deflating of the asset-price bubble, it would take more than three decades for the benchmark to hit a threshold first reached in 1988.
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 / FOCUS
Dec 30, 2020
Tokyo stocks set to climb in 2021 as economy recovers from pandemic
Foreign investors, who have been net buyers of Japanese stocks in recent months, are likely to remain buyers in line with a global economic recovery.
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
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 19, 2020
Dissecting Japan's hit products of 2020
While many popular items in 2020 were related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a few surprises attracted attention.
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
Nov 13, 2020
Japan’s biggest profit beat in years seen boosting stock appeal
With most Topix-listed companies except for some large financials having reported, earnings per share for the latest quarter have exceeded analyst estimates by 34% in aggregate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Nov 9, 2020
Biden victory likely to boost Tokyo stocks; market eyes policy
Many analysts forecast the 225-issue Nikkei average will move between 23,000 and 24,000 toward the end of the year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 5, 2020
Tokyo bourse blames setting error for glitch, sets up outside panel
The bourse said that at this point, it does not plan to seek compensation from Fujitsu.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 3, 2020
Brazilian food culture is the fragrant heart of Nagoya
Nikkei Brazilian culture manifests in food, and its growing popularity suggests recognition of Japan as a multiethnic country may be on the horizon.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Oct 2, 2020
Exchange outage latest blow to Tokyo’s financial hub dreams
Unlike equity markets in nearby Hong Kong natural disasters have never forced the exchange to close, but it has repeatedly been taken down by technical glitches.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 1, 2020
Tokyo trading halted due to hardware failure
Trading was suspended from the start of the morning session at 9 a.m., and the exchange is preparing to resume trading Friday by restarting the overall system.
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Sep 17, 2020
Focus on snap poll as Suga's continuity policy gives market firm footing
Market participants are closely watching whether the new prime minister will dissolve the Lower House for a snap election to strengthen his grip on power.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'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.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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.

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