The Nikkei average is up about 330 yen, with trading volume led by Disco, Fujikura, and SoftBank Group.

At around 2 PM on the 23rd, the Nikkei average stock price was trading near 39,980 yen, about 330 yen higher than the previous day. The market opened with a focus on Buy in the afternoon session. The index then continued to widen its gains, reaching 39,998.13 yen, up 351.88 yen at 1:51 PM. It approached the psychological barrier of 40,000 yen, moving in a high price range. In the Foreign Exchange market, the dollar was fluctuating around 156.60 yen. The top volume stocks around 2 PM (Main Board) included JDI <6740.T> and NTT <94>.

Kabushiki ShimbunJan 23 00:02 ET

Hot Stocks Digest (Morning Session): Furukawa Electric, Mitsui E&S, Softbank Group, etc.

Fuji HD <4676>: 1971.5 yen (+148.5 yen) is experiencing a significant increase. Concerns regarding Fuji Television's compliance issues, along with the fact that the short interest, which had been below 0.1 million shares until the second half of last year, has increased to over 1.3 million shares, suggest that current short covering is contributing to the rise in stock prices. As US Dalton sends a second letter, an extraordinary board meeting is scheduled for the 23rd, indicating a movement to expect rapid improvement in governance due to external pressure.

Fisco JapanJan 21 21:45 ET

Reprocell partners with Minakara for online Health Care services.

Reprocell <4978.T> announced on the 21st that it has entered into a basic sales contract for the company's mail-order testing kit "Wellmil" with Minakara (Shibuya, Tokyo) and will establish a business alliance regarding the collaboration of online Health Care services. Minakara is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTT <9432.T> Group's NTT Docomo, providing both online and offline Health Care and pharmacy services. With this partnership, Minakara's operation of the drug EC site "Minakara".

Kabushiki ShimbunJan 21 18:40 ET

ADR Japanese stock rankings - SoftBank Group and other stocks are generally favored for Buy, with Chicago trading at 39,275 yen, which is 315 yen higher than Osaka.

The Japanese stocks of American Depositary Receipts (ADR) saw increases compared to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (converted at 1 dollar to 155.75 yen), with SoftBank Group <9984>, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group <8316>, Mizuho Financial Group <8411>, Disco <6146>, Nidec Corporation <6594>, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group <8306>, Advantest <6857>, etc., showing a general bias towards buying. The closing price of the Chicago Nikkei 225 Futures was up by 315 yen compared to the Osaka daytime, standing at 39,275 yen. The US stock market continued to rise, with the Dow Inc increasing by 537.98 dollars.

Fisco JapanJan 21 18:32 ET

Today's flows: 01/21 Disco saw an inflow of JPY¥ 10.9 billion, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries saw an outflow of JPY¥ 5.06 billion

On January 21st, the TSE Main Market saw an inflow of JPY¥ 635.25 billion and an outflow of JPY¥ 673.77 billion.$Disco(6146.JP)$, $Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group(8316.JP)$ and $Ibiden(4062.JP)$

Moomoo NewsJan 21 01:45 ET

The Nikkei average started up by 261 points, with MAZDA MOTOR CRP and Daiichi Sankyo, etc. rising.

[Nikkei Average Stocks・TOPIX (Table)] Nikkei Average; 39163.53; +261.03 TOPIX; 2728.09; +16.82 [Opening Overview] On the 21st, the Nikkei average opened at 39163.53 yen, up by 261.03 yen, continuing to rise. The previous day's U.S. stock market was closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In major European markets, the UK FTSE 100 rose by 0.18%, others up by 0.42%, and the French CAC 40 rose by 0.31%. Today's Tokyo stock market was led by Buy. Last

Fisco JapanJan 20 19:37 ET