Markets
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Nikkei Ends 2021 with highest closing in 32 years
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Nikkei stock average hit its highest year-end closing in 32 years on Thursd...
December 30, 2021
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Nikkei retakes 29,000 for 1 time in 8 days
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo stocks rebounded Tuesday after falling for two market days, with the benc...
December 28, 2021
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Foreign investors turning away from Japanese stocks
Stock markets have been flooded with investment funds due to global monetary easing since the COVID-...
December 19, 2021
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Digital currency pilot project to include banks, companies
A digital currency that can be used for transactions between companies will begin being tested in Ja...
November 26, 2021
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Tokyo Stock Exchange hopes extended trading hours will boost international competitiveness
The Tokyo Stock Exchange has decided to extend trading hours for the first time in 70 years as part ...
October 29, 2021
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Kuroda becomes longest-serving Bank of Japan governor
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has become the longest-serving chief in the central bank’s histor...
October 6, 2021
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Global prices of raw coffee beans soaring
Coffee prices on the global market have been hovering at a 6½-year high, primarily due to concern ab...
August 6, 2021
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Retail, apparel industries collect, recycle used clothing in decarbonization effort
Major retail and apparel firms are ramping up efforts to collect and recycle used clothing as part o...
June 6, 2021
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Banks introduce new fees amid BOJ negative interest rates
An increasing number of banks are charging fees for issuing paper bankbooks and on accounts that hav...
May 24, 2021
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Suffering group travel operators seek new ways to survive in Japan
Group travel, with participants gathering for photos at scenic or historic spots in the daytime befo...
February 21, 2021
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Global monetary easing propels Japanese stocks
After 30½ years, the Nikkei Stock Average regained a key threshold, closing above 30,000 on Monday. ...
February 16, 2021
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2021 should Mark Turn away from Trade Protectionism / Risk Assessment Needed in Financial Markets
To overcome the novel coronavirus pandemic and put the global economy back on a full-fledged growth ...
January 6, 2021
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Japan Govt Panel Aims to Mitigate Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Dominance in Stock Trading
To correct the extreme concentration of domestic stock trading in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the g...
December 5, 2020
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