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Akira Narumi
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Oct 23, 2001
Terror pessimism subsiding?
Tokyo stock prices have firmed back to levels before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Sep 4, 2001
Stock market set to rally by end of year
The Tokyo stock market is testing its downside, reflecting recent weakness in U.S. stocks as well as concerns about Japanese earnings prospects.
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2001
Bank issues defy overall fall
Some bank issues rose limit-up on the Tokyo stock market last week on heightened expectations of progress regarding the disposal of bad loans held by Japan's banks.
BUSINESS
May 22, 2001
Downside risk is subsiding
The Tokyo stock market's downside risk has visibly subsided, thanks to the stabilization of U.S. stocks.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2001
Stocks to soon bottom out
Tokyo stocks remain lackluster amid concern over economic and corporate earnings prospects and political chaos.
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2001
Light at end of TSE's long gloomy tunnel?
The Tokyo stock market is following movements in U.S. stocks that reflect concerns about economic and corporate earnings prospects.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Jan 30, 2001
Stocks' correction may be near an end
Tokyo stock prices are likely to stay weak and stage only moderate, occasional rallies, amid concerns that the U.S economy could be facing a possible hard landing and amid uncertainty surrounding the domestic economy and corporate earnings.
BUSINESS
Dec 12, 2000
Stocks likely to rebound on bargain-hunting
Tokyo stock prices appear poised to rebound strongly on bargain hunting.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2000
Share prices give up most of recent gains
Although the Tokyo stock market is still in a bit of a corrective phase, a light is beginning to flicker at the end of the tunnel.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2000
Sogo collapse hits banks, construction stocks
Bank and construction stocks have taken a battering in the wake of the collapse of department store chain Sogo Co. in July.
BUSINESS
May 2, 2000
Effects of reshuffle to linger
The 225-issue Nikkei average's recent reshuffle could continue to unsettle the Tokyo stock market for a while.
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2000
TSE approaching end of correctional stint
The Tokyo stock market appears to be crawling out of a correctional phase.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2000
Supply and demand look up
Tokyo stocks have stayed firm since mid-January on successive establishment of investment trusts, which is expected to improve the supply-demand balance together with brokerages' stock purchases on their own accounts.
Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson, who was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, arrives with Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France, at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on Friday.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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