Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's dominance in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. The price rose over 600 yen at one point. (December 13, 2019, Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's dominance in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. The price rose over 600 yen at one point. (December 13, 2019, Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's dominance in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. The price rose over 600 yen at one point. (December 13, 2019, Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's dominance in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. The price rose over 600 yen at one point. (December 13, 2019, Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's dominance in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. The price rose over 600 yen at one point. (December 13, 2019, Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

The market temporarily rose over 600 yen. A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's advantage in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. Some people took pictures of stock prices with their smartphones. Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, December 13, 2019; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's dominance in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. The price rose over 600 yen at one point. (December 13, 2019, Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's dominance in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. The price rose over 600 yen at one point. (December 13, 2019, Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's dominance in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. The price rose over 600 yen at one point. (December 13, 2019, Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Toyota stock price hits all-time high

Toyota stock price hits all-time high

An electronic signboard shows the stock price of Toyota Motor Corp. at 8,353 yen, up 73 yen, in Tokyo's Nihombashi-Kayabacho district on March 17, 2015. Toyota stock rose to as high as 8,369 yen at one point the same day, hitting the highest level since its listing in May 1949, on buying attributed to its recent decision to offer its largest pay-scale hike of around 4,000 yen at the spring wage talks in a move expected to boost the overall Japanese economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nikkei rises to near 15-yr high

Nikkei rises to near 15-yr high

A stock price board in Tokyo's Nihombashi-Kayabacho district shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rising 263.14 points, or 1.39 percent, to 19,254.25, its highest close since April 2000, on March 13, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nikkei ends at fresh 15-year high

Nikkei ends at fresh 15-year high

An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Nihombashi-kayabacho district shows the Nikkei Stock Average ending the day up 67.51 points, or 0.37 percent, at 18,332.30, the highest close since May 2000, on Feb. 20, 2015. The key stock index extended the previous day's gains amid optimism over Japan's economic recovery. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

FEATURE: New digital exhibit on Japanese cuisine filling visitors' senses

FEATURE: New digital exhibit on Japanese cuisine filling visitors' senses

Event producer Tomohiko Suzuki poses on Feb. 14, 2017 in front of a poster from "The Mysterious Restaurant of the Food God," a digital art exhibition on Japanese food culture running in Tokyo's Kayabacho through May 21. Suzuki planned and organized the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Exhibit shows richness of Japanese food culture

Exhibit shows richness of Japanese food culture

Photo taken Jan. 27, 2017, shows fried tofu stuffed with boiled rice, or "inari-zushi," which is described as "a dish fit for the gods." It is served at a Tokyo exhibition aimed at promoting the richness of Japanese food culture. The event runs through May 21 in Tokyo's Kayabacho area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Exhibit shows richness of Japanese food culture

Exhibit shows richness of Japanese food culture

Visitors to a Tokyo exhibition learn about the richness of Japanese food culture through a digital exhibit on Jan. 27, 2017. The event runs through May 21 in Tokyo's Kayabacho area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Exhibit shows richness of Japanese food culture

Exhibit shows richness of Japanese food culture

Visitors to a Tokyo exhibition learn about the richness of Japanese food culture through a digital exhibit on Jan. 27, 2017. The event runs through May 21 in Tokyo's Kayabacho area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Exhibit shows richness of Japanese food culture

Exhibit shows richness of Japanese food culture

Members of the pop group Nogizaka46 attend a press conference on Jan. 27, 2017, for an exhibition in Tokyo which shows visitors the richness of Japanese food culture through digital exhibits. The event runs through May 21 in Tokyo's Kayabacho area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo