Investing in Japan

Over the first several months of the year, Japan was a one-way street. The Nikkei would gain and the yen would weaken. The Bank of Japan's aggressive easing platform got everyone betting on Japanese assets (stocks, mostly), while also betting...

Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell 6.3 percent to 12,456.92 as of 11:03 a.m. The gauge dropped more than 20 percent from a May 22 high, and is poised to enter a bear market at the close.

Equity sell-off picks up across Asia as the Nikkei falls more than 5% in response to the yen’s rise to its strongest level against the dollar since early April

KAPOW. Japan is crashing again. The Nikkei is off 5%! USDJPY (the dollar against the yen) is down to 95, which indicates significant yen strengthening. Not only is this a remarkable turn events for the Japanese market, but the long...

Hong Kong stocks follow U.S., Japan lower; Hang Seng Index down 1.7%

Asian stocks swoon after uncertainty over U.S. monetary policy lead to more losses on Wall Street, with Japanese shares plunging toward their sixth loss in seven sessions as a strengthening yen hurt exporters. Hong Kong and Shanghai equities...

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Japanese stocks tumbled early Thursday as a strengthening yen and extended losses on Wall Street prompted further selling in exporters, setting the major share benchmarks on course for their sixth loss in seven sessions. The Nikkei Stock Average ...

Japan Airlines has requested approval from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to revise down the fuel surcharges applied on all its international passenger tickets issued between Aug 1 and Sept 30. JAL sets...