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Tokyo stocks nosedive

TOKYO, Japan, April 7 Kyodo - A pedestrian looks at a financial board in Tokyo on the morning of April 7, 2025, showing the key Nikkei Stock Average tumbling over 2,700 points from the previous trading day's close. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stocks nosedive

A pedestrian looks at a financial board in Tokyo on the morning of April 7, 2025, showing the key Nikkei Stock Average tumbling over 2,700 points from the previous trading day's close.

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Tokyo stocks plunge

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the key Nikkei Stock Average plunging more than 1,600 points during morning trading on April 3, 2025.

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Tokyo stocks plunge

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the key Nikkei Stock Average plunging more than 1,500 points during morning trading on April 3, 2025.

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Tokyo stocks plunge

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the key Nikkei Stock Average plunging more than 1,500 points during morning trading on April 3, 2025.

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Nikkei hits lowest closing since Dec. amid widening subprime woes

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian looks up at the price board outside a brokerage house in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Aug. 15 as Japan's benchmark stock index ended at its lowest level since December with a loss of some 370 points. The key 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average plunged 369.00 points to end at 16,475.61, the lowest level since Dec. 8 when the index closed at 16,417.82.

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Nikkei tumbles 2.6% to 1-month low on global economic worries

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board in central Tokyo shows the key Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange ending at 15,661.99 on Oct. 2, 2014, its worst finish since Sept. 1.

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Nikkei ends above 16,000 for 1st time in 8 months

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in central Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange topping the 16,000 threshold for the first time in eight months on Sept. 18, 2014. The key index ended up 178.90 points, or 1.13 percent, from the previous day at 16,067.57, its best finish since Jan. 8.

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Nikkei ends below 15,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average (top L) on Jan. 28, 2014. The key stock index ended down 25.57 points, or 0.17 percent, from the previous day at 14,980.16, finishing below 15,000 for the first time since mid-November.

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Nikkei rises above 16,000

TOKYO, Japan - A display at an office of a money broker in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average trading above the 16,000 line on the morning of Dec. 24, 2013. The key Japanese stock index rose above the threshold for the first time in about six years.

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Nikkei rises above 16,000

TOKYO, Japan - A display at an office of a money broker in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average trading above the 16,000 line on the morning of Dec. 24, 2013. The key Japanese stock index rose above the threshold for the first time in about six years.

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Nikkei sinks to below 14,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard at a Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the Nikkei Stock Average trading below the 14,000 line on the morning of May 30, 2013. The key stock index ended the morning session down 393.54 points, or 2.75 percent, from the previous day at 13,932.92.

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Nikkei jumps after previous day's dive

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in central Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average trading up more than 400 points at 14,919.89 at 10:26 a.m. on May 24, 2013, after briefly staying above the 15,000 mark. Japan's key stock index rose sharply after diving more than 1,140 points or 7.3 percent the previous day.

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Nikkei ends above 14,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in central Tokyo's Yaesu district shows Japan's key Nikkei Stock Average above 14,000, up more than 500 points from May 2, the preceding business day, on the afternoon of May 7, 2013. The index finished at 14,180.24, its highest close since June 18, 2008, as sentiment was buoyed following robust U.S. jobs data for April and the yen's weak tone against the U.S. dollar.

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Nikkei ends above 13,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in central Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average, Japan's key stock index, closing up 358.95 points from the previous day at 13,192.59 on April 8, 2013. The Nikkei ended above the 13,000 line for the first time since August 2008.

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Japan stocks fall

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a display in Tokyo's Yaesu district indicating the closing level of the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average on June 1, 2012. Hit by concerns over a strong yen, the key Japanese stock index fell 102.48 points, or 1.20 percent, to 8,440.25, finishing below the 8,500 mark for the first time since Jan. 17.

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Nikkei closes at 30-month low

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Yaesu, central Tokyo, shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, Japan's key stock index, finishing down 186.13 points, or 2.17 percent, at 8,374.13 on Sept. 26, 2011, its lowest close since April 1, 2009.

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Nikkei ends at lowest level since April 2009

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Chuo Ward shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closing down 193.89 points, or 2.21 percent, at 8,590.57 on Sept. 6, 2011. The key Japanese stock index is currently at its lowest level since April 2009.

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Nikkei in free fall on nuclear worries

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average tumbling 1,232.71 points to 8,387.78 early in the afternoon on March 15, 2011, amid an escalating crisis at a nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11 killer quake and tsunami. The key index nosedived 1,392.86 points, or over 14 percent, shortly afterward, closing at 8,605.15, down 1,015.34 points.

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Nikkei hits fresh 7-month low on strong yen, China data

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic display at a securities company in Tokyo's Yaesu business district shows the key Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange losing 191.04 points to close at 9,191.60, the lowest closing level since Nov. 27, 2009, on July 1, 2010.

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Nikkei hits fresh 7-month low on strong yen, China data

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic display at a securities company in Tokyo's Yaesu business district shows the key Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange losing 191.04 points to close at 9,191.60, the lowest closing level since Nov. 27, 2009, on July 1, 2010.

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Nikkei tumbles 4% on weak U.S. jobs data, debt worries in Europe

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic display in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district shows the key Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange plunging 396.95 points to close the morning session at 9,504.24 on June 7, 2010, as investor sentiment took a beating from a disappointing U.S. jobs report and worries about a potential debt crisis in Hungary that sent U.S. stocks sharply lower on June 4.

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Tokyo shares tumble

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropping sharply in the morning session on May 7, 2010. The key index fell as investor sentiment worsened on continued fears about the Greece debt crisis.

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Tokyo shares tumble

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropping sharply in the morning session on May 7, 2010. The key index fell as investor sentiment worsened on continued fears about the Greece debt crisis.

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Tokyo shares tumble

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropping sharply in the morning session on May 7, 2010. The key index fell as investor sentiment worsened on continued fears about the Greece debt crisis.

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Tokyo shares fall sharply on mounting Greece debt worries

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows stock prices falling across global markets, including the key Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (top, center), on May 6, 2010. The Nikkei stock index fell more than 3 percent to a two-month closing low due to concern that Greece's debt problems could spill over to other European countries.

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Nikkei closes below 10,000 line for 1st time since Dec. 10

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district shows the key Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropping 105.27 points to close at 9,951.82, on Feb. 8, 2010. The index closed below the 10,000 line for the first time since Dec. 10.

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Nikkei briefly falls below 26-year closing low

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board outside a brokerage in Tokyo shows Japan's key Nikkei index closing at 7,268.56 on Feb. 24. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average briefly dropped below a 26-year closing low during the day's session, as investors were rattled after the Dow Jones index closed Monday at its lowest level in almost 12 years amid fresh financial worries.

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Topix stock index at TSE hit 25-yearr low

TOKYO, Tokyo - An electric stock signboard at a securities company in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Topix stock index at the Tokyo Stocks Exchange closing at a new 25-year low of 739.53 on Feb. 20. The key 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed at 7,416.38, its lowest finish since Oct. 27.

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Nikkei ends 6% higher

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board at a securities company in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district on Oct. 28 shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average up 459.02 points from Oct. 27 to 7,621.92 after reversing earlier losses that sent the key Nikkei index falling below the 7,000 line for the first time in 26 years.

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Tokyo stocks take another dive

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard at a securities company in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average's close on Oct. 10. The key Nikkei average fell more than 9 percent to its lowest level in about five years and five months.

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Nikkei falls below 10,000 mark for 1st time since Dec. 2003

TOKYO, Japan - A monitor at Gaitame.Com Co. shows Tokyo stocks opening sharply lower on Oct. 7, sending the key Nikkei index below the 10,000 mark for the first time since December 2003. The Nikkei Stock Average stood at 9,996.23 at 9:18 a.m.

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Nikkei plunges 3.6% on economic doubts, financial worries

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board at a securities company in Tokyo's Marunouchi business area shows the key Nikkei Stock Average losing 393.81 points to close the morning session at 10,544.33 on Oct. 6. The index dropped to 10,538.33 at one point, marking its lowest intraday level since May 2004.

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Nikkei drops below 11,000 level for 1st time since May 2005

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian walks past an electric board in Tokyo's Nihombashi area that shows the key Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange having plunged below the 11,000 level during the morning session Oct. 3.

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Nikkei extends losing streak to 12 sessions for 1st time in 54 years

TOKYO, Japan - A stock price board at a securities company in central Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average losing 27.51 points to close at 13,237.89 on July 4. The key index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange extended its losses for a 12th straight trading session for the first time in more than half a century.

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Tokyo stocks plunge on weak domestic data, Asian equity tumbles

TOKYO, Japan - The signboard of a securities company in Tokyo's Marunouchi district shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average diving 535.35 points to 13,325.94 on Jan. 21. The key Nikkei index nosedived on Japan's sluggish economic data, tumbles in Asian equities and fresh jitters over a global credit crunch.

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Nikkei closes 375 points lower, largest fall since mid-August

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board at a Tokyo securities firm shows the key Nikkei index falling 537.27 points shortly after noon on Oct. 22. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, which lost nearly 300 points Oct. 19, rallied later in the day, closing 375.90 points lower to 16,438.47. It was the Nikkei's biggest one-day fall since it plunged 874.81 points on Aug. 17, when equities fell worldwide on uncertainties about the global financial market.

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Nikkei briefly loses more than 700 points in morning

TOKYO, Japan - A passerby looks at an electronic stock board in central Tokyo showing the key Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange plunging on Feb. 28.

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Nikkei above 18,000 for 1st time in 7 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic stock signboard in central Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange rising above the 18,000 line on Feb. 22. The key index gained 195.58 points, or 1.09 percent, to close the day's session at 18,108.79.

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Nikkei loses some 400 points in morning after Wall St. slump

TOKYO, Japan - An electric stock board at a securities company in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district shows the plunge of the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on May 12. The key stock index fell below the 16,500 line for the first time in about a month and a half in the morning session.

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Nikkei clears 17,000 for 1st time in 5 yrs and 7 months

TOKYO, Japan - A stock board in Tokyo's Marunouchi district shows Japan's key Nikkei stock average ending well above the key 17,000-line in the morning of March 30, a level unseen in about five years and seven months. Buying was sparked by overnight gains in U.S. shares and optimism over the course of the Tokyo stock market in the new business year starting April 1.

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Tokyo stocks dip on 2005's last trading day

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony to mark the end of this year's trading is held at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 30. The key Nikkei Stock Average fell 232.77 points to finish this year's last day of trading at 16,111.43, but this marked a 40 percent surge from the year before.

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(2)Nikkei briefly tops 10,000 on gains in techs

TOKYO, Japan - People watch a price board as they walk by a brokerage house in Tokyo's Yaesu distcit on July 8. The key Nikkei Stock Average rose 103.56 points to close at 9,898.72, after briedly passing the 10,000 threshold for the first time since August 2002.

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Nikkei ends morning below 20-yr closing low

TOKYO, Japan - A chart board at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Yurakucho district shows hour-by-hour fluctuations of the key Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 25. The index ended the morning session below its recently scored 20-year closing low, battered by selling of technology shares triggered by Sony's bearish earnings outlook for the ongoing business year and falls in U.S. shares overnight. The 225-issue stock average dropped 169.29 points, or 2.16%, to end the morning session at 7,685.28, dipping below the 20-year closing low of 7,752.10 registered on April 14.

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Nikkei hits new 20-yr low

TOKYO, Japan - A woman walks by the price board outside a brokerage house in Tokyo on March 19, as stocks fell during the morning session, sending the key Nikkei index to a new 20-year low ahead of a looming U.S.-led war on Iraq. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 92.77 points, or 1.17%, to end the morning at 7,861.69, dipping below the March 11 close of 7,862.43 and hitting the lowest level since the 7,803.18 close registered Jan. 25, 1983.

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(2)Stocks fall, Nikkei ends year at 20-yr low

TOKYO, Japan - Passers-by watch a stocks price board at a brokerage in Tokyo's Nihombashi district on Dec. 30, the last day for this year's stocks trading. The key Nikkei Stock Average fell to 8,578.95, the lowest finish for a year since 1982.

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Nikkei briefly drops below 9,000

TOKYO, Japan - The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange temporarily fell below the 9,000 mark on Oct. 3 for the first time in a month on renewed concerns over the Japanese economy and falls in U.S. shares overnight. The key index ended the day's morning session at 9,015.41, off 33.92 points.

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Tokyo stocks tumble on Wall Street fall

TOKYO, Japan - An electric stock price signboard in Tokyo's Yurakucho district shows key Nikkei Stock Average figures on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which tumbled to 10,962.98, the lowest level in six weeks, on April 12.

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Nikkei briefly hits 12,000 line for 1st time in 7 months

TOKYO, Japan - The price board at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Yurakucho displays the Nikkei Stock Average closing sharply higher at 11,885.79 on March 8, up 237.45 points over the previous day. The key index briefly touched the 12,000 line for the first time in seven months, boosted by optimism over the Japanese economy.

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Key Nikkei stock index closes at 18-year low

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian watches the price board at a Tokyo stock brokerage house Feb. 5 as the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed at 9,475.60, the lowest closing level since Dec. 15, 1983.