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Tokyo, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Apr, 2024) Tokyo stocks opened higher on Tuesday as investors cheered overnight gains of US high-tech shares. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 0.14 percent, or 54.07 points, to 39,857.16 in early trade, while the broader Topix index rose 0.11 percent, or 2.90 points, to 2,724.12.…

TOKYO, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Apr, 2024) Central Tokyo logged a record-high temperature for March at 28.1 degrees Celsius, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The summer-like heat was recorded at 1:32 p.m. local time in Chiyoda Ward at the heart of the Japanese capital, marking the highest reading for…

Core inflation in Japan’s capital slowed in March and factory output unexpectedly slid in the previous month, heightening uncertainty on how soon the Bank of Japan can raise interest rates again after exiting its radical monetary stimulus. The slew of weak signs in the economy could prompt the central bank to go slow in its next rate hike and…

It's been a week of guessing and hoping, with our emotions shifting from heightened anticipation to resigned disappointment, as Tokyo's cherry blossoms were expected to bloom last weekend but did not arrive as forecast. We now have good news for you – the wait is over.  Japan Meteorological Agency has announced that the 2024 cherry blossom…

TOKYO, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Mar, 2024) Tokyo stocks closed higher on Friday, buoyed by the overnight gains seen in the U.S. stock market. Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended up 201.37 points, or 0.50 percent, from Thursday to close the day at 40,369.44. The broader Topix…

Tokyo, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Mar, 2024) Tokyo stocks ended higher on Wednesday with investors seeking to secure dividend rights as the current financial year draws to a close. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.90 percent, or 364.70 points, to end at 40,762.73, while the broader Topix index added 0.66 percent, or…

Tokyo, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Mar, 2024) Tokyo stocks ended flat on Tuesday as investors held out hope for gains in semiconductor-related shares while locking in profits after recent rallies. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index trimmed earlier losses and inched down 0.04 percent, or 16.09 points, to 40,398.03 at the close,…

By: Charie Abarca - 20 hours ago Two Filipinos in Tokyo were reportedly indicted for murder and trespassing over an elderly Japanese couple’s death. But Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo De Vega said Monday, March 25, 2024, that the Philippine government is still verifying such reports.…

An earthquake measuring a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 hit areas near Tokyo on Thursday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of casualties, the weather agency and local authorities said. The quake struck around 9:08 a.m., with its focus in southern Ibaraki Prefecture in eastern Japan at a…

Cherry blossoms are seen at Ueno Park in Tokyo's Taito Ward in this March 14, 2023, file photo. (Mainichi/Daisuke Wada) Click here to read this in easy English TOKYO -- Everyone has been waiting for it, and now it's here: the cherry blossom season has begun in Japan's capital. Everyone loves the pink…