Japan business mood rises, lifting recovery hopes

STORY: Japan has sweated through a long hot summer. But the heat doesn’t seem to have sapped business energy. Figures out Monday (October 2) showed sentiment improving in the third quarter. The ... ( read original story ...)

Japan stocks soar as yen hits 1-year low

Japanese stocks soared on Monday, with the exporter-heavy Nikkei 225 share average buoyed by the yen's slide to its lowest point in a nearly a year and after the U.S. avoided a government shutdown.