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The Japanese yen has weakened substantially from 104-105 range to 109 recently. The Nikkei 225 has gained around 10% since Donald Trump won the US Presidency, while the yen weakened a good 4%. First of all, don’t be greedy! The last time yen was trading ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Nov 14 Jpanese shares rose on Monday as a weak yen bolstered exporter shares, with the Nikkei rising 1.7 percent to 17,672.62, the highest closing level since Feb 2. Expectations that the Trump Administration's policies will stoke U.S. inflation ... ( read original story ...)

while the yen’s slide toward 110 per dollar helped lift Japan’s Nikkei by 1.1 per cent . The dollar’s strength has fanned fears investors could shift funds to the United States from emerging markets. Emerging market stocks, which had fallen 7 per ... ( read original story ...)

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Shipbuilding and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.10% to hit a new 6-month high. Advancing stocks ... ( read original story ...)

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Marine Transport and Transport sectors propelled shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.03%. Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by ... ( read original story ...)

Following are prices for Tokyo rubber futures at the end of the Tokyo market's evening session on Nov 2016. Contract Day Volume Evening Volume * Nov 196.2 66 201.0 12 * Dec 194.1 33 195.6 3 * Jan 195.6 147 201.3 19 * Feb 196.0 271 202.0 138 * Mar 198.4 797 ... ( read ...

Tokyo stocks gave up early gains to end the morning session ... However, Honda was up 0.42 percent at 3,101 yen and Toyota gained 0.36 percent to 6,060 yen. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group jumped 4.32 percent to 643.7 yen after the megabank announced ... ( read original story ...)

SAITAMA, Japan — While much of the world anxiously awaits what happens under U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, one factory manager in Japan is all smiles. Ogawa Studio, the only manufacturer of rubber masks in Japan, is working feverishly to catch up ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks jumped Monday morning as a weaker yen lifted exporters ... Banks also extended gains, with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group up 1.20 percent at 615.2 yen. mis/pb/dan ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday, extending last week's gains as a weaker yen lifted exporters with sentiment buoyed on optimism for US President-elect Donald Trump's administration. The real-estate mogul-cum-reality TV star's shock win of the US ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Japan's top banks, already wrestling with shrinking loan profitability, posted falls in first-half profit as they struggled in the ultra-low interest rate environment exacerbated by the Bank of Japan's aggressive negative interest rate policy. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO/NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) - Japan's economic growth handily beat expectations in the July-September period, expanding for a third straight quarter as exports recovered, but weak domestic activity cast doubt on hopes for a sustainable economic recovery. ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy grew more than expected in the third quarter as exports offset slack consumer spending, government data showed Monday, offering up some rare good news for Tokyo's battered growth project. The world's third largest economy expanded 0.5 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese robotics startup ZMP Inc has received ... according to a regulatory filing to the Japanese finance ministry. At the indicative price of 760 yen per share and including an overallotment arrangement in the event of strong demand ... ( read original story ...)

KEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 surged 1.8 percent to 17,681.50 in early trading and the Shanghai Composite rose 0.3 percent to 3,206.93, but most other markets fell. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.6 percent to 5,336.20 and South Korea's ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Nov 14 Japan's Nikkei rose on Monday as a sagging yen bolstered exporter shares while expectations that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's policies will stoke inflation and upbeat economic data at home underpinned financials and the market's outlook. ( read original story ...)