Japan stocks edge higher

There are so many 100-plus-year-old companies in Japan that there’s a word for them in Japanese: shinise. What is it about doing business in Japan that cultivates such an enduring legacy? Shitennō-ji temple is one of Osaka’s most important

Japanese shares hit highs not seen since 1990 on Monday as strong earnings and offshore demand fuelled a three-week winning streak, while the yuan was pushed higher by China’s central bank leading to broader softness in the dollar.

Stocks in the Asia-Pacific region mostly rose Tuesday, Nov. 14, Japanese shares climbing for the second session. The Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.17% of Hong Kong companies dropped 0.2% to 17,396.86, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index NIK, +0.34%

Japan’s Nikkei share average closed at a more than one-month high on Monday (Nov 6), tracking a Wall Street rally in the previous session, with chip-related stocks leading the charge. The Nikkei index jumped 2.37 per cent to

Japan’s economy is up and running, companies are making money and increasingly thinking about shareholders, and now the recent slide in share prices may offer a better entry point. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida complained a few weeks

Japan and Denmark are set to agree later on Tuesday to join hands in researching and developing floating offshore wind power technologies in a bid to combat climate change, an official at Japan’s industry ministry said. The nascent

Japanese exports grew 4.3% in September from a year earlier for the first year-on-year increase in three months, preliminary data released Thursday by the Finance Ministry shows. Exports increased to 9.19 trillion yen ($61 billion), while imports totalled

Japan’s business sentiment improved in the third quarter, a central bank survey showed, suggesting conditions for a durable economic revival are falling into place even as a global slowdown keeps policymakers cautious about the outlook. Big non-manufacturers’ mood brightened to levels unseen since 1991, when Japan was

Japanese equities are set to climb over the next six months, helped by optimism for corporate profitability and speculation the US will pause interest rate hikes, according to strategists. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average will rise to 34,000

Japan’s world-beating stock rally should continue to fuel sales in both its primary and secondary equity markets through next year, according to BofA Securities Japan Co. Proceeds from initial public offerings and additional share sales in Japan have

In June 2023, the Japanese government published a revised version of the implementation plan for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ‘new capitalism’ initiative. The original 2022 version, titled ‘Grand Design and Action Plan for a New Form of Capitalism’, had outlined

Japan’s new Economy Minister Yoshitaka Shindo said on Thursday that positive signs were emerging in output gaps and other areas for the economy to escape deflation. However, Shindo told his inaugural press conference that those signs must gather

In 2023, as ASEAN and Japan celebrate the 50th anniversary of an official relationship that has fostered trust, regional prosperity and security over the years since its shaky beginnings, the challenge to redefine its goals and purpose is

Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Machinery, Precision Instruments and Shipbuilding sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.10%. The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501),