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Yasuo Ueki
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Jul 23, 2002
Japan's reliance on U.S. must end
Tokyo stocks remain weak in response to falls in U.S. stocks and the dollar's value resulting from the shaken belief in the U.S. that everything should be left to the market.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2002
Strong Japan stocks needn't be Dow-pegged
Although the benchmark 225-issue Nikkei average is struggling to get back to the 12,000 level, Tokyo stocks are hardly weak these days.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
May 14, 2002
Tokyo market has lots of room to recover
The benchmark Nikkei average has been moving between 11,000 and 12,000 for nearly two months in the absence of strong incentives to drive the market either up or down.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Apr 9, 2002
Stocks look good but watch the foreigners
Tokyo stocks have been on the rise since bottoming out on Feb. 6.
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2002
Optimism abounds as TSE passes 11,000
Optimism is spreading rapidly throughout the Tokyo stock market. With the key Nikkei average having reclaimed 11,000, a level unseen for months, market players believe they have, for now, established the downside of the market.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Jan 22, 2002
Have fears of spring crisis ebbed or not?
Sentiments on the Tokyo stock market have been dampened by fears that Japan may slide into a deflationary spiral, allied to another Dow Jones average fall under 10,000.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Nov 27, 2001
Is second bottom coming or now passed?
Tokyo Stocks, as measured by the 225-issue Nikkei average, appear to have hit a second bottom, which is widely considered as a support level.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Oct 16, 2001
U.S. on slide but not Japan?
Stock markets worldwide are likely to fall deeper into confusion as the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. and U.S.-led military action against targets in Afghanistan increase economic uncertainties.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Aug 28, 2001
Market may yet escape U.S. slowdown
Tokyo stocks are threatening to take the key Nikkei average into a range between 10,000 and 11,000.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Jun 19, 2001
Stock rally just waiting for proper cues?
Tokyo stocks remain mired at a depressed price level.
BUSINESS
May 15, 2001
Bullish time for investors in upbeat market
Tokyo stock prices have bottomed out and started to rise, thanks to the Bank of Japan's quantitative easing of monetary conditions.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2001
Nikkei poised for a stampede of the bull
Although Tokyo stocks still remain on a roller-coaster ride, a bull market appears to be on the way.
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2001
Period of calm should follow trading storm
Tokyo stocks have been exhibiting chaotic movement over the past month.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2001
New century fails to lift stock market gloom
The decline in the Tokyo stock market continues despite the fanfare of entering the new century.
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2000
Market clear of latest correctional phase
The Tokyo stock market has crawled out of a corrective phase, with the key market indexes recouping much of their recent losses.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2000
Time for demand-, not export-driven focus
After climbing past the psychologically important 20,000 barrier for the first time in more than 2 1/2 years early last month, the 225-issue Nikkei average now is languishing at around 19,500.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2000
Tech rally not enough to hit 30,000 target
Market players were elated to see the benchmark Nikkei average climb past the 20,000 level briefly Friday, a formidable rising resistance line since 1992.
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.

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