Tokyo shares close at record high
Tokyo shares closed at all-time highs on Thursday, tracking records on Wall Street where bullish global investors drove US tech firms higher. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.82 percent, or 332.89
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Germany overtakes Japan as third-biggest economy
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Japan arsonist who killed 36 appeals death sentence
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Japanese man sentenced to death in anime arson trial
A Japanese man found guilty of carrying out an arson attack that killed 36 people at an anime studio in 2019 was sentenced to death on Thursday.
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Japan to double emergency funds after New Year’s Day quake
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Death toll from New Year’s Day quake in Japan rises above 200
The death toll from the powerful earthquake that flattened parts of central Japan on January 1 passed 200 on Tuesday, with just over 100 people still unaccounted for, authorities said.