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TOKYO, Japan (AFP)–Tokyo stocks closed lower on Monday as investors retreated to the sidelines to wait for the outcome of US-China trade talks later this week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.32 percent, or 71.38 points, to 22,199.00 while the broader Topix index was down 0.32 percent, or 5.38 points, at 1,692.15. “The market is caught between hopes and worries,” said Mutsumi Kagawa, chief global strategist at Rakuten Securities. “The hopes are about possible […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP)–Tokyo stocks opened slightly higher on Wednesday after the Turkish lira rebounded but investors continued to keep a nervous eye on Turkey’s currency crisis. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 0.09 percent or 20.78 points to 22,376.86 in early trade while the broader Topix index was up 0.21 percent or 3.53 points at 1,714.58. Wall Street advanced on Tuesday as Turkey’s lira recovered some ground. But investors were watching closely after the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened lower Monday as investors watched tension between the US and Turkey that has driven down the lira, fanning fears of possible wider financial instability. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.83 percent or 185.56 points to 22,112.2 while the broader Topix index gave up 0.83 percent or 14.22 points to 1,705.94. The Turkish lira fell to a new record low of 7.2362 to the dollar overnight, before recovering […]
by Shingo Ito Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Japan bounced back to growth following its first contraction in two years, official figures showed Friday, but fears of US trade wars clouded the outlook for the world’s third-largest economy. The economy grew 0.5 percent quarter-on-quarter in the April-June period, compared with a 0.2-percent decline in January-March, according to data from the Cabinet Office. The growth figure — annualised at 1.9 percent — was better than […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan Friday launched an unprecedented probe into gender discrimination at all the nation’s medical universities after a Tokyo medical school admitted altering the entrance test results of female applicants to exclude them. The education ministry has asked all 81 private and public medical schools to check their admission procedures for possible discrimination against female applicants. Authorities said they would also check the gender ratio of successful applicants for the past six […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP)–Tokyo stocks opened lower on Friday as investors awaited the outcome of US-Japan trade talks while shrugging off solid Japan growth data. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.17 percent or 38.99 points to 22,559.40 in early trade while the broader Topix index was down 0.22 percent or 3.82 points at 1,736.34. “On top of the US-China trade row, Japan-US trade negotiations are underway in Washington, making investors cautious,” said Mutsumi Kagawa, chief […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful typhoon was churning towards Japan on Wednesday, prompting the nation’s weather agency to warn of heavy rain and violent winds and airlines to cancel dozens of flights. Typhoon Shanshan was expected to make landfall about 100 kilometres (62 miles) northeast of Tokyo by early Thursday, sparking fears that the busy morning commute in the capital could be disrupted. The storm is packing maximum gusts of 180 kilometres per hour […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened fractionally higher Tuesday following overnight gains on Wall Street, as investors searched for fresh news to move the market. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.06 percent, or 14.27 points, to 22,521.59 in early trade while the broader Topix index was up 0.04 percent, or 0.63 points, at 1,733.53. With a dearth of major incentives, players will likely cherry pick selective shares like companies with strong earnings, before […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP)–Tokyo stocks opened fractionally higher Tuesday following overnight gains on Wall Street, as investors searched for fresh news to move the market. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.06 percent, or 14.27 points, to 22,521.59 in early trade while the broader Topix index was up 0.04 percent, or 0.63 points, at 1,733.53. With a dearth of major incentives, players will likely cherry pick selective shares like companies with strong earnings, before turning their […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP)–A bell tolled Monday in Hiroshima as Japan marked 73 years since the world’s first atomic bombing, with the city’s mayor warning that rising nationalism worldwide threatened peace. The skies over Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park were clear, just as they were on August 6, 1945, when an American B-29 bomber dropped its deadly payload on the port city dotted with military installations, ultimately killing 140,000 people. Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui, standing at the […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP)–Australia Thursday vowed to “vehemently” oppose a new push by Japan to undermine a global moratorium on commercial whaling, and urged like-minded nations to stand firm against Tokyo. Japan has regularly sought an easing of the International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) prohibition on commercial whaling and continues to kill the animals under what it calls a “scientific research” programme despite international criticism. At September’s IWC meeting in Brazil, Tokyo has said it plans to […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Powerful storms have forced a Frenchman attempting to become the first person to swim cross the Pacific Ocean to suspend his bid, nearly two months into the mammoth undertaking. Ben Lecomte set off on June 5 from Choshi in Japan, planning to swim across the ocean in six to eight months. But after nearly two months swimming eight hours a day, severe storms forced the 51-year-old to head back to port […]
