At 39,894.54, the benchmark index finished at its best year-end level ever, topping the previous high from the end of 1989 at the height of the country's bubble economy.
Tokyo stocks to test further gains in 2025 amid global risks
Tokyo stocks are likely to test new highs in 2025 backed by hopes for an economic recovery with wage growth, but uncertainties loom o ...
Japan stocks finish turbulent 2024 at highest-ever year-end close
Japan's stock market ended 2024 trading with the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average closing at 39,894.54 , its highest-ever finish, as investors bet on the AI-related tech boom, Japanese companies' ...
Japanese company offers remains repatriation service as foreign deaths rise
TOKYO -- As Japan welcomes more foreign tourists and workers, it is also seeing a rise in the deaths of foreign nationals. Companies that take care of the deceased are taking on vital roles by helping ...
Japan’s Resona Bank online services hit by suspected cyberattack
Resona Bank said its internet banking service for individual clients was temporarily disrupted through early Monday, suspecting it ha ...
Naomi Osaka wins her 1st match of new season in a return from injury
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka has made a winning return to the court after an almost three month absence in the first round of the ASB tennis classic in Auckland. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka wins first match of season in return from injury
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka made a winning return to the court after an almost three-month absence Monday in the first round of the ASB tennis classic in Auckland. Osaka beat qualifier ... ( read original story ...)
A Fearful New Year In Temporary Homes After Japan Quake
Before the earthquake changed everything, 83-year-old Sueko Naka from Japan's remote Noto Peninsula wished to live out her life at home, watched over by an altar to her ancestors. ( read original story ...)
Japan Photo Journal: Rice cakes ready for rolling out for New Year
Work to make round rice cakes for New Year is in full swing at Yamada Mochi Honten rice cake shop in Nagoya's Mizuho Ward on Dec. 27, 2024. In the wor ... ( read original story ...)
MGM Osaka to Begin Main Construction in April 2025
Japan’s approval of three integrated casino resorts represents a major step in its strategy to boost tourism, a policy championed by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Among these ambitious projects, MGM Osaka has emerged as the first to receive the green light, though progress has been slow. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Gas weighing M&As to bolster real estate business, CEO says
TOKYO -- Tokyo Gas will consider forming alliances or acquiring companies to improve the profitability of its noncore real estate business, the company's president and CEO, Shinichi Sasayama, said in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s factory activity shrinks at slower pace, PMI shows
Japan's factory activity shrank at a slower pace in December as declines in production and new orders eased, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, edging closer to stabilisation after recent falls ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Regulator Wants to Change Its Classification of Crypto
The classification of crypto could change in Japan as a financial regulator plans to start viewing tokens like Bitcoin as “financial assets.” ...
North Japan bank that thwarted 3 scams in 2024 reveals fraud watchwords
SAPPORO -- "I'm buying bitcoin. I have to send money within an hour!"A distressed elderly man avoided becoming a victim of fraud thanks to attentive b･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Toni Storm Announced for Historic AEW Saturday Collision
Toni Storm has returned to AEW with an increasingly convoluted storyline involving amnesia. But while the former Women's World Champion reverting to her earlier persona, it appears that AEW still ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Corp. Plans to Buy Osaka Property for More Than $600 Million, Set Up AI Data Center
SoftBank Corp. plans to buy an industrial property in Osaka for more than $600 million ... PitchBook’s VC-Backed IPO Index rose 66% through Dec. 12 and is at its highest level in three years.