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A passerby walks past a stock market indicator screen in Tokyo, Japan, on June 22.

Tokyo drift: Foreign investors abandon Korean, Taiwanese stocks for Japan

Record first-half selling in Korean stocks shows global investors shifting to Japan for broader semiconductor exposure and more upside.

2026.7.3

Kim Ju-ae, left, and her father, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, attend a road completion ceremony on May 15. [KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY]

Kim Jong-un's daughter appeared on North's state TV 600 days in past 3 years, analysis finds

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter, Kim Ju-ae, who is widely speculated to be his heir, has appeared on state television on a whopping 600 days over the past three years, according to new analysis.

2025.11.26

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Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), attends a press conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Oct. 4. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Japan's Nikkei at all-time peak ahead of PM vote

Japan's Nikkei share gauge continued its record run on Tuesday, ahead of a parliamentary vote expected to confirm fiscal dove Sanae Takaichi as the nation's next prime minister.

2025.10.21

Hannah Poferl, chief data officer of The New York Times, speaks at the the JoongAng 60th Anniversary Global Media Conference held at Lotte Hotel in central Seoul on Wednesday. [JOONGANG ILBO]

JoongAng 60th Anniversary Global Media Conference explores journalism survival strategies in the AI era

JoongAng 60th Anniversary Global Media Conference explored AI's role in journalism, discussing strategies for media adaptation, audience engagement, and leveraging technology in the evolving news landscape to combat declining readership.

2025.9.17

TikTok to enter Japan's e-commerce industry, Nikkei reports

Chinese social media platform TikTok will enter the online shopping industry in Japan within the next few months, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Sunday.

2025.4.27

A woman walks past a stock quotation board showing Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo on April 14. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Japan's Nikkei rises as iPhone-related stocks jump

Japan's Nikkei share average ended higher on Monday, as iPhone-related shares jumped after the United States excluded smartphones and other electronics from steep tariffs.

2025.4.14

A man walks past an electronic board showing the closing numbers of the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on April 10. [AFP/YONHAP]

Japan's Nikkei surges 9 percent on relief after Trump pauses tariffs

Japan's Nikkei 225 index surged 9 percent following Trump's tariff pause, despite previous volatility. Most stocks rose, indicating positive market sentiment.

2025.4.10

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to members of the press aboard Air Force One during a flight to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on April 6. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Asian markets plunge with Japan's Nikkei diving nearly 8% after the big Wall Street meltdown

Asian shares nosedived on Monday after the meltdown Friday on Wall Street over U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff hikes and the resulting backlash from Beijing.

2025.4.7

Screens in Hana Bank's trading room in central Seoul show the main Japanese stock market index, the Nikkei 225, close at a record-high 39,098, up 2.19 percent from the previous trading day on Thursday, and Korea's benchmark Kospi closing at 2,664.27 points, up 0.41 percent, or 10.96 points. [YONHAP]

Kospi closes up 0.41% as Japan's Nikkei hits record high

Korea's benchmark Kospi index closed at 2,664.27 on Thursday, arresting a 2-day downward trend.

2024.2.22