Shares of Japanese car manufacturers soared on Wednesday, with Toyota rising by 11 per cent and Honda climbing 9 per cent, following U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of a trade agreement with Japan that involves a 15% tariff.

Asian stock markets started Tuesday’s session mostly on the front foot, with Japanese equities notably rising as investors appeared to shrug off a weekend election setback for the country’s ruling coalition.

Japan's benchmark stock index extended its gain to briefly rise above the 40,000 level on Tuesday, the first trading day after Sunday's election.

The Nikkei Stock Average rose to a fresh 34-year high, underpinned by expectations for the Bank of Japan to maintain its super-loose accommodative monetary policy stance and a weaker yen.

The Nikkei Stock Average fell nearly 5% on the first trading day after former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, 67, secured the prime minister’s job in a ruling-party vote.

Japan’s Nikkei stock index has been on a record-breaking spree, but the country’s ailing economy has experts divided over this sustainability of this rally. Skip to content.

Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 2.1 percent on Wednesday to come within a hair's breadth of the psychologically important mark of 10,000, as fresh funds flowed into the market on hopes for a ...

Tokyo stocks were lower Friday morning, as earlier rises tracking Wall Street advances were erased by selling to lock in gains after the key Nikkei index climbed above the 40,000 threshold for the first time in two weeks.