Tokyo’s Nikkei stock index closes at 21-year high

Tokyo's benchmark stock index closed at a more than two-decade ... But it remains far below a record close of almost 39,000 in the last days of 1989 before a stock and property market bubble collapsed. The index then began a long descent as the once ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. helicopter crash-lands, burns close to Okinawa home

HIGASHI, Okinawa Prefecture--A U.S. military transport helicopter caught fire in mid-flight and crash-landed on grazing land on private property here Oct. 11 ... would file a protest over the incident with Tokyo and Washington. He was incensed that ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Sumitomo entersThai real estate market with JV

JAPAN-BASED Sumitomo Forestry Co Ltd will invest in developing ... in Thailand as a joint venture with Thailand’s listed company Grande Asset Hotels and Property Plc, and Property Perfect Plc. The joint venture will develop condominium worth Bt6 billion ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei closes at 21-year high amid global stock rally

But it remains far below a record close of almost 39,000 in the last days of 1989 before a stock and property market bubble collapsed ... In index futures trading on the Osaka Exchange, the key December contract on the Nikkei average rose 40 points ... ( read original story ...)