TOKYO -- Nikkei will remove Tokyo-based chipmaking materials producer JSR from its Nikkei Semiconductor Stock Index on May 1, the company said on Wednesday. The index provider said in a statement ...

Asian shares have opened higher, led by an over 2% gain in Japan’s Nikkei 225 after U.S. stocks rallied for a second straight ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares rose on Wednesday, led by an 2% gain in Japan’s Nikkei 225 after U.S. stocks rallied for a ...

Stocks in the Asia-Pacific region rose Monday, April 1. Japan's Nikkei 225 Index NIK, -1.40% fell 1.4% to 39,803.09, while the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was closed. Of the Nikkei 225 Index ...

The Nikkei 225 fell below 40,000 and the yen surged after data showing accelerating wgae growth in Japan, boosting the prospects that it will soon end its negative interest-rate regime.

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Asian stocks tumbled Friday, with Japan’s Nikkei slumping 3.5% on heavy selling of semiconductor-related shares and other market heavyweights.

TOKYO, March 29 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average ended higher on Friday, driven by chip-related heavyweights, and posted a record fiscal-year gain in terms of points amid heavy foreign buying.

Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Retail and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic ...

TOKYO, March 29 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average logged the biggest rise ever on an absolute basis for the fiscal year ended on Friday, rallying 12,328 points. The index hit successive ...