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TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE

EDITORIALS
Mar 16, 2015
A corporate governance cure-all?
New Tokyo Stock Exchange rules requiring all companies listed on its First and Second sections to have at least two independent outside directors on their board is in line with the Abe administration's push to beef up corporate governance as a way of luring more foreign investors.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2014
$617 billion 'fat finger' error raises concern over Tokyo trading controls
The unleashing of ¥67.78 trillion ($617 billion) of mistaken stock orders in Japan is reviving concern about the accountability of brokers overseeing trades in the world's second-biggest equity market.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 8, 2014
Nikkei financial newspaper has a lock on earnings prescience
If you wanted to find out what Toyota Motor Corp., NTT Docomo Inc. and Canon Inc. earned last year before they reported their results, the best guide wasn't analyst or company predictions. It was the Nikkei newspaper.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 31, 2014
Tokyo Stock Exchange moves toward longer hours as night session eyed
TSE moves toward longer hours as night session eyed
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 22, 2014
TSE cuts tick sizes for 80 stocks
The Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday began allowing smaller price increments on shares of about 80 of Japan's biggest companies as the bourse seeks to win back business from private trading venues.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 3, 2014
Firms woo female investors with goodies
When Chiho Higo started teaching stock trading at a Tokyo night school in 2008, there were often no female attendees. Now there are 50. One mother said she bought shares in a toymaker instead of toys for her child.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2014
Japan Display shares fall
Japan Display Inc. shares plunged to 25 percent below last month's initial public offering price in Tokyo trading after reporting preliminary earnings that missed its forecasts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2014
JPX misses estimates as slump continues
Japan Exchange Group Inc., the main bourse operator in the world's second-largest equity market, tumbled in afternoon trading after forecasting full-year profit that missed analyst estimates.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 14, 2014
Bourses scrap disclosure reforms
Japan Exchange Group Inc. has decided to scrap a plan to adopt tougher disclosure rules, saying the nation's companies are getting better at communicating with investors on their own.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 19, 2014
Merger of Jasdaq, Mothers, second section eyed
Japan Exchange Group Inc. will consider merging three smaller equity markets to simplify its exchange structure, a bourse official said.

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