Domestic equities suffered a negative return of 4.72 percent. Japan's Nikkei 225 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 8.7 percent and 2.9 percent, respectively, during the quarter after U.S. Pres... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei rebounds 1.12% on bargain hunting
Headline shares of the Japan share market ended higher on Friday, 06 July 2018, as investors chased for bargain hunting after benchmark indices closing at a three- month low on Thursday. Market reboun... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei falls to 3-month low; banks, inbound tourism stocks weaken
TOKYO, July 5 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average closed at a three-month low on Thursday as trade tensions spooked investors while shares of banks and firms that benefit from inbound tourism lan... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average opens up 0.47 percent
(Reuters) - Japan's benchmark Nikkei average .N225 opened up 0.47 percent at 21,647.66 on Friday, while the broader Topix .TOPX gained 0.55 percent to 1,685.50. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei PMI Data Point To Stronger Growth In Second Quarter
Charge inflation continues to lag the rise in input costs. The Japanese economy gained growth momentum in June, according to Nikkei PMI surveys, ending the second quarter on a stronger note. Other sur... ( read original story ...)
Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.78%
Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Electrical/Machinery, Machinery and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, th... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei up for 1st time this week, short-covering helps amid trade war fears
TOKYO, July 6 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average rose for the first time this week in a positive end to Friday, as investors took heart from gains in Chinese stocks and covered their short posit... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Momentum Slipping
Tankan survey and Japanese GDP. But don't forget investment. Bank of Japan still hamstrung by inappropriate inflation target. By Robert Carnell, Chief Economist Head of Research, Asia-Pacific Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
Japan unveils bullish GDP growth estimates for FY2019
The Bank of Japan is likely to cut its price growth forecasts at a policy meeting later this month as long-term inflation expectations stall, sources said, highlighting the central bank’s difficulty i... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Sales App Soars in IPO — WSJ
This article is being republished as part of our daily reproduction of WSJ.com articles that also appeared in the U.S. print edition of The Wall Street Journal (June 20, 2018). TOKYO -- Japanese flea- ... ( read original story ...)
Japan cult leader’s hanging closes chapter on shocking crime
TOKYO (AP) — The executions Friday of a doomsday cult leader and six of his followers closed a chapter on one of Japan's most shocking crimes, the poison gas attack on rush-hour commuters in Tokyo's s... ( read original story ...)
Japan households’ inflation expectations improve in June – central bank survey
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese households’ inflation expectations improved and pessimism about current economic conditions eased slightly, a quarterly survey from the Bank of Japan showed on Friday. The p... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Market to Outperform Europe in 3Q, Discount Bank Says
Israel Discount Bank recommends investors go overweight Japanese equities, underweight euro zone for the next three months based on findings from a model developed by strategist Shmuel Katzavian. Katz... ( read original story ...)
Japan executes cult leader behind 1995 Tokyo subway gas attack
Tokyo police have been placed on special alert and the chief cabinet secretary pledged “all possible measures” for public safety after the half-blind guru who led the Aum Shinrikyo Japanese doomsday c... ( read original story ...)
Stock Markets From Vietnam to Tokyo Hit by Trade War Contagion
In the U.S. versus China trade conflict, China isn’t the only loser for equity investors. Asian markets from Shanghai to Tokyo -- and even Ho Chi Minh City -- have been the biggest casualties ahead of ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese casinos are a real gamble
What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades." He was given the 2018 prize for excellence in opinion writing by the Society of Publishers in Asia, for his work for the Nikkei Asian Review. ( read original story ...)