author

 
Menu
Search
 
November 22, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

Meta

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.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’
Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER