Stocks that moved or were traded in the first half of the session.

* Makino Milling Machine <6135> 9250 - Nidec Corporation Sponsored ADR has announced an unsolicited tender offer. * DeNA <2432> 3060 +365 10-December period sees significant expansion in the Gaming business positively received. * Nomura Micro Science <6254> 2013 +168 the sentiment of a bottoming stock price may continue the trend of short covering. * Migaro HD <5535> 2600 +213 the growth expectations for the Facial Recognition platform business continue. * Kyowa Hakko Kirin <4521> 4497

Fisco JapanDec 26 23:26 ET

Defense spending is increasing, and Japan's total budget for 2025 will reach a record 115 trillion yen.

In the new budget proposal, the spending items with the largest increase include: a significant increase of over 10% in defense spending, reaching 8.5 trillion yen; and an approximately 7% increase in allocations to local governments. Due to record high tax revenues, the scale of newly issued government bonds will decrease by nearly one-fifth, down to 28.6 trillion yen.

wallstreetcnDec 26 21:12 ET

PS Construction has reached a new high.

The new high price stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Main Board are PS Construction <1871> and Daiwa House Industry <1925> among 30 stocks. The new low price stocks are Golf Digest Online <3319> and Eisai <4523> among 3 stocks. "Tokyo Stock Exchange Main Board" "Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard" "Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth" New highs New lows New highs New lows New highs New lows 12/26303234762412/252119135674412/2419192

Fisco JapanDec 26 01:44 ET

China's AI industry is rapidly emerging, aggressively chasing after American OpenAI.

[Generative AI] As exports of cutting-edge Semiconductors to China are being restricted, it has been reported that emerging companies in the country may be catching up to U.S. tech giants’ Artificial Intelligence (AI) models at a pace that exceeds industry Financial Estimates. The emerging company DeepSeek, backed by a major Chinese hedge fund, has released a preview of its latest large-scale language model. <6702> Fujitsu <7046> TDSE <4011> Headwaters <3993>

Fisco JapanDec 25 17:27 ET

Despite the absence of Overseas investors, a solid development is underway.

The Nikkei Average rebounded, finishing at 39,130.43 yen, up by 93.58 yen (with an estimated Volume of 1.7 billion 60 million shares). Buoyed by the previous day's rise in U.S. tech stocks, buying began early, pushing the Nikkei Average up to 39,180.59 yen shortly after the open. However, with European and American investors entering the Christmas holiday, market participation was low, leading to a shift to a negative trend due to position adjustments, with the index dropping to 38,927.16 yen during the middle of the morning session. The afternoon session saw a market environment characterized by strong stagnation.

Fisco JapanDec 25 02:18 ET

Canon Inc-Spons Adr, Espec, etc. [List of stocks from the newspaper]

*Canon Inc-Spons Adr <7751> re-enters the ArF lithography equipment market, aiming to gain Share through miniaturization (Nikkei Industrial Daily page 1) -○ *Espec <6859> launches aggressive strategies for Semiconductors, continuously introducing contract measurement services (Nikkei Industrial Daily page 1) -○ *Nippon Steel <5401> believes in 'presidential approval' for the acquisition of United States Steel, statement made for final decision (Nikkei Industrial Daily page 3) -○ *Sumitomo Chemical <4005> sells polarizing film to two Chinese companies, targeting large LCDs, to local companies in spring next year (Nikkei Industrial Daily page 3) -○ *Mitsubishi Corporation <8058> diverse workforce.

Fisco JapanDec 24 18:23 ET