Japan

Tokyo Stock Exchange Surges to Record Highs on AI Boom – Inside the Nov 3, 2025 Rally

Japan Stock Market Outlook for November 20, 2025: 10 Things to Watch Before the Nikkei Opens

As Tokyo investors get ready for Thursday’s (20 November 2025) cash session, the backdrop is one of rising bond yields, a softening Nikkei, a sliding yen, and geopolitical stress with China — all layered on top of tonight’s Nvidia earnings in the U.S. Below is a structured briefing on what you should know before the Japan stock market opens. Key Points at a Glance 1. How Tokyo Traded on November 19 Equity performance Winners and losers Drivers Going into Thursday’s open, positioning looks cautious: the market has already de‑rated from recent highs, but volatility remains elevated and sellers are still

19 November 2025

Japan Stock Market Today (Nov 14, 2025): Nikkei 225 Tumbles 1.8% as Tech and AI Stocks Sell Off

TOKYO – Japan’s stock market fell sharply on Friday, November 14, 2025, as a global tech rout and growing doubts over U.S. interest-rate cuts triggered broad profit‑taking in high‑flying artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor names. The Nikkei 225 closed around 1.8% lower at 50,376.53, losing roughly 905 points from the previous session, while the Topix index slipped about 0.7% to 3,359.81. Multiple market reports from Tokyo and global wire services confirmed the scale of the decline. Business Standard+1 At one point in early trade, the sell‑off was even more dramatic: the Nikkei briefly dropped more than 1,000 points to an

14 November 2025

AI · Japan · Nikkei 225 · Stock Market · Technology

Japan’s $300 Million Undersea Cable Gamble: Inside the Global Race to Secure the Internet’s Lifelines

Japan’s Bold Move: Subsidizing Cable-Laying Ships Japan’s decision to bankroll NEC’s purchase of undersea cable vessels signals a major policy shift to protect the nation’s digital lifelines. According to officials, Tokyo is prepared to front hundreds of millions of dollars so that NEC – Asia’s biggest undersea cable installer – can acquire ocean-going cable-laying ships of its own tomshardware.com lightreading.com. Each such ship is a massive specialized vessel (costing about $300 million apiece) equipped to carry and slowly spool out thousands of kilometers of fiber-optic cable across ocean floors. Until now, NEC has owned zero of these, relying instead on leasing

17 September 2025

Cables · Infrastructure · Internet · Japan · Technology

Japan Drone Laws 2025: 10 Critical Facts You Must Know Before Flying

MLIT/JCAB is the central regulator for drones in Japan, handling registration, safety rules, and flight permissions. The National Police Agency enforces the Drone Act, banning flights over sensitive facilities and can intervene if drones pose security threats. Japan uses a risk-based classification with Category I low-risk operations in permitted areas, while Category II and III require MLIT permission, with Category III covering higher-risk flights such as over people in public areas. Drone registration is mandatory for unmanned aircraft 100 g or heavier as of 2022, with a registration ID displayed on the aircraft and a three-year validity. Registered drones must

17 June 2025

2025 · Drone Laws · Japan · Regulations · Safety

Internet Access in Japan: A Comprehensive Overview

SoftBank Corp. holds about 21% of fixed internet subscriptions, KDDI about 19%, NTT Communications (OCN) about 12%, NTT Docomo about 8%, and J:COM about 4%. Japan’s mobile market is led by NTT Docomo with about 42% of mobile subscriptions, KDDI around 30%, SoftBank roughly 25–26%, and Rakuten Mobile about 2% as of 2022. As of 2023, there are approximately 36.6 million FTTH subscriptions out of ~44 million fixed broadband lines, meaning over 80% of fixed connections are fiber. By end of 2024, fiber networks reached about 99.9% of premises, with 1 Gbps residential plans standard and 10 Gbps services like

10 March 2025

Broadband · Digital Trends · Internet · Japan · Technology