Financial security, not fine art, helps drive Japan stocks to record high
Tokyo (AFP) - Before Japan's asset bubble catastrophically burst in the early 1990s, stockbroker Ryuta Otsuka remembers waving a 10,000-yen ...
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Japan’s Nikkei breaks bubble-era record
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's Nikkei 225 on Thursday finally broke through a record high set just before the country's asset ...
Asian markets rally after Wall Street highs
Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets rose Friday, supported by Wall Street and eurozone records, as traders shrugged off weak ...
Germany overtakes Japan as third-biggest economy
Tokyo (AFP) - Once forecast to become the world's biggest economy, Japan slipped below Germany last year to fourth place, ...
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