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Japan

AI boom makes 139-year-old cable company Japan’s hottest stock

The company will join the MSCI global standard indexes on Nov 25 as the sole addition from Japan while eight other companies from the country will be removed.

Japan

Retail investors bought Japanese stocks for fourth straight week

This is the longest such streak since the beginning of January 2023.

Global Markets

Japan’s three-day meltdown rewrites records; analysts debate Fed inter-meeting cuts

The Fed did “meaningful” inter-meeting cuts in 2020 during the outbreak of Covid-19, notes one analyst.

Japan

Japan hedge funds post best single-day performance: Goldman Sachs

Japan’s Topix index swung between gains and losses as banks provided support on an increase in long-term bond yields.
Japanese yen

Tokyo stocks close higher on weaker yen

TOKYO (May 20): Tokyo stocks closed higher Friday, ending the week on a positive note as a weaker yen lifted exporters.
Tokyo stocks

Tokyo stocks close higher after sales tax delay report

TOKYO (May 16): Tokyo stocks closed higher Monday as investors cheered a report that Japan's government may postpone a sales tax rise to avoid damaging an already fragile economy.
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