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stocks rose on Friday and put global markets on course for a week of heady gains as AI darling Nvidia's stunning results sparked a wave of record highs from Asia to Europe and the U.S., while the yen nursed losses on a range of currencies. Nvidia surged 15%, adding a record $250 billion in market value on Thursday. The Santa Clara, California-based company's results supercharged a global AI-led rally in technology stocks, propelling the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrials, Europe's STOXX 600 and Japan's Nikkei share average to record highs.

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Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index has surged past the record it set in 1989 before its financial bubble burst, ushering in an era of faltering growth

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(formerly Twitter). Nikkei has surged about 52% from its January 2023 trough, supercharged by a tech-rally, cheap valuations and corporate reforms that lured foreign money amid a weak yen. Also Read: Japanese Stocks Look Different - and Better - than in the 1980s The rally in Nikkei comes despite a recession in Japan, global geopolitical uncertainties and rising interest rates and inflation.

Investing.com-- Shares of major Asian semiconductor companies surged on Thursday, tracking aftermarket gains in Nvidia after the chipmaker’s consensus-beating earnings and guidance fueled more hype over an AI-driven demand boom.

(Reuters) — Japan's Nikkei share average hit a record high on Thursday, surpassing its 1989 peak after a year-long rally driven by cheap valuations, corporate reforms and investment flows diverted from a battered Chinese stock market.

Investing.com-- Japan’s Nikkei 225 index hit an intraday record high on Thursday, buoyed chiefly by gains in the technology sector as hype over artificial intelligence spurred a rally in major chip stocks.

Investing.com-- Japan’s Nikkei 225 index opened above its record closing high on Thursday, and remained within sight of new intraday peaks as hype over artificial intelligence drove strong gains in the technology sector. 

TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan's Nikkei share average on Thursday surged past an all-time closing high scaled in December 1989, as chip-related stocks jumped after U.S. chipmaker Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA)'s outlook beat market expectations.

TOKYO (Reuters) — U.S. investment advisory firm Curi RMB Capital on Thursday said it demands that Japan Aviation Electronics and its majority shareholder NEC Corp cancel the ongoing tender offer and reconsider alternative buyout offers they have received.

Japan has reported its exports surged nearly 12% in January, helped by robust demand for vehicles, auto parts and machinery

The head of a renewable energy subsidiary of Japan’s top refiner, Eneos Holdings, has been fired for sexual harassment as awareness of the #MeToo movement grows in the country

Japan’s industry minister has chided the president of the utility that runs the Fukushima nuclear plant for a radioactive water leak earlier this month

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Hirotake Yano, who founded the 100-yen retail chain Daiso, Japan’s equivalent of the dollar store, has died

Investing.com-- Most major Asian chipmaking stocks moved in a flat-to-low range on Wednesday, tracking overnight declines in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) as markets awaited more cues on an AI-driven boom from the chipmaker’s fourth-quarter earnings. 

By Tetsushi Kajimoto

Japan has pledged long-term commitment to Ukraine’s reconstruction, calling it a future investment, while stressing support for the war-torn country about to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion

Solo Leveling, the highly anticipated anime of Winter 2024, continues to enthrall fans with Sung Jin-Woo's thrilling adventures. As Episode 8 approaches, viewers eagerly anticipate the new arc's developments and the challenges awaiting the protagonist.