Markets
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Nikkei Average Hits Fresh All-Time Closing High
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s major stock index Nikkei 225 hit a new all-time closing high Tuesday, ...
July 9, 2024
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Nikkei Share Average Tops 41,100; Record High During Trading Hours
The Nikkei share average topped 41,100 temporarily on Friday morning, marking the record high dur...
July 5, 2024
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Dollar Firm in Tokyo after Hitting 37-Yr High in N.Y.
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—The dollar reached as high as around ¥160.70 in Tokyo trading Thursday morning...
June 27, 2024
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Yen Weakens to ¥160 Per Dollar Level for 1st Time in 2 Months
LONDON — The yen temporarily weakened to the ¥160 per dollar level on the London foreign exchange...
June 26, 2024
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Nikkei Stock Average Drops More Than 800 Points on Monday Morning
The Nikkei Stock Average dropped more than 800 points on Monday morning.
...June 17, 2024
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Japan Spends ¥9.7 Tril. in Forex Interventions during Holiday
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan spent ¥9,788.5 billion in foreign exchange market interventions betwee...
May 31, 2024
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Nikkei Stock Average Drops More Than 900 Points on Thursday Morning (Update 2)
The Nikkei Stock Average dropped more than 900 points on Thursday morning.
...May 30, 2024
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Nikkei Average Falls Over 700 Points Briefly
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average briefly plunged over 700 points in Tokyo tr...
May 24, 2024
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Japan Finance Minister Says Government Will Take Appropriate Actions on FX
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan's Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday the government will tak...
May 10, 2024
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Japan Warns of Action over Rapid Currency Moves
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan may have to take action against any disorderly, speculative-driven foreig...
May 7, 2024
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Yen Briefly Surges to ¥151 Against Dollar; Hits Three-Week High
NEW YORK — The yen briefly surged to the upper ¥151 range against the dollar in New York trading ...
May 4, 2024
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Japan Likely Spent ¥5 Trillion in Forex Intervention
Tokyo, April 30 (Jiji Press) — Japanese authorities are believed to have conducted yen-buying$,-s...
May 1, 2024
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Japan Officials Mum Over Possible Yen Intervention; Movement in Overseas Market Hints at Action
The yen was traded at the upper ¥156 level against the U.S. dollar in Tokyo on Tuesday, not much ...
April 30, 2024
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Japan Top Currency Diplomat: No Comment on Exchange Rate Fluctuations
"I have no comment," said Masato Kanda, vice finance minister for international affairs, on Monda...
April 29, 2024
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Yen Weakens to ¥160 against Dollar in First since 1990; Investors Selling Yen, Buying Dollars after BOJ Meeting (Update 1)
The yen temporarily weakened to ¥160 against the dollar in foreign exchange markets on Monday, a ...
April 29, 2024
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