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Japan Post went public in November 2015 along with its banking ... Still, many are worried about how the second sale will impact the market. The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average has hovered below 20,000 and remains susceptible to external factors. ( read original story ...)

Export-reliant stocks helped give wind to Japan’s Nikkei index Thursday. Global equity markets struggled to find direction as a new month began, though Japan outperformed despite a lack of action with the yen, which often affects the country’s stocks. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Japan is pushing back against United Nations criticism that its controversial anti-conspiracy bill and other policies infringe on press freedom and individual liberties, calling the characterization unfair and one-sided. David Kaye, a special ... ( read original story ...)

The broader Topix rose 17 points, or 1.1 percent, to 1493.9. Historically, the Japan NIKKEI 225 Stock Market Index reached an all time high of 38915.87 in December of 1989 and a record low of 85.25 in July of 1950. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average Index is a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei share average rose above the psychologically important 20,000-point level to the highest since August 2015 on Friday as strong U.S. stocks and the rising dollar lifted investors' risk appetite. The Nikkei rose 1.0 percent to 20,053.01 in ... ( read original story ...)

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan ticked up 0.1 per cent, while Japan’s Nikkei gained 1 per cent to top the psychologically important 20,000-point level for the first time since August 2015. “Market sentiment is very good. ( read original story ...)

GIFU, Japan The Bank of Japan will not face big losses in the long run when it eventually begins to tighten monetary policy, board member Yutaka Harada said on Thursday, seeking to address concerns of some market players. When the BOJ does tighten policy ... ( read original story ...)

"It is still several years, I believe, before the European Central Bank or the Bank of Japan starts tightening monetary policy," he said. "We may see a sort of increase in interest rates, even in Europe and Japan, from negative rates to back to zero rates. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, June 1 Japan's Nikkei share average started the month with gains on Thursday, buoyed by upbeat news of Japanese companies' growing capital expenditure as well as the dollar's ascent from overnight lows against the yen. The Nikkei was up 1 percent at ... ( read original story ...)

Ministry of Finance (MOF) data issued on Thursday showed companies raised ... It follows a preliminary estimate that Japan's economy grew an annualised 2.2 percent on the back of rising global demand. A recent run of indicators points to continued economic ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Microsoft Japan will launch a large-scale cloud service in Japan this year that will enable major corporations to run their enterprise systems on the cloud. The software giant will introduce the cloud service it rolled out in May in the U.S ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A licensing regime governing Japan's sharing economy is going into effect this month as the public and private sectors band together to foster a nascent industry. The sharing economy runs the gamut from ride-hailing to private home rentals -- the ... ( read original story ...)

The key Nikkei average lost further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ... The Tokyo market lacked new factors to trade on after Japan’s “earnings reporting season was over,” said Yoshihiko Tabei, chief analyst at Naito Securities. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Japanese companies raised spending on plant and equipment in January-March by 4.5 percent from the same period last year, Ministry of Finance (MOF ... reading followed a preliminary estimate that Japan's economy grew an annualised 2.2 percent ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Japanese lender Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) (8316.T) is looking to acquire asset management firms at home and abroad as well as commercial banks in emerging Asia to boost growth amid falling loan income and stricter bank regulation, its ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, May 31 Japanese stocks dropped on Wednesday morning after weakness in U.S. shares and a stronger yen hurt sentiment, while sliding oil prices dragged down the mining sector. The Nikkei share average fell 0.5 percent to 19,589.25 in midmorning trade. ( read original story ...)