2023-05-22 20:50:00
It has been pointed out that one of the reasons for the recent rise in stock prices is that companies are actively conducting so-called "share buybacks" as a measure to return profits to shareholders. Regarding this, the survey results that the total amount of "share buybacks" announced by companies this month exceeded 3.2 trillion yen, the largest ever.
2023-05-22 18:30:00
In the Tokyo foreign exchange market on the 22nd, the yen exchange rate rose slightly against the dollar.
2023-05-22 18:09:00
Keidanren Chairman Tokura said that the wage increase rate of major companies in this year's spring labor offensive was 3.91%, the highest level in 31 years. He also recognized that raising wages is important for the Japanese economy.
2023-05-22 16:43:00
At the beginning of the week on the 22nd, the Tokyo stock market and the Nikkei stock average rose for eight consecutive business days, and the closing price recovered to the 31,000 yen level for the first time in about 33 years since July 1990.
2023-05-22 16:29:00
While the use of generative AI that automatically creates sentences and images such as "ChatGPT" is spreading, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Fujitsu, etc. are using the supercomputer "Fugaku" to create a "large-scale language model" that is the foundation of generative AI. announced that it has begun development of In the future, we aim to lead to the development of generative AI that specializes in Japanese.
2023-05-22 16:25:00
Tokyo Electron, a major semiconductor device manufacturer, announced that it will participate in an educational program on semiconductors that is being developed at universities in Japan and the United States. Under this program, over the next five years, more than $60 million in donations will be collected from companies and others to support human resource development.
2023-05-22 16:24:00
Kokuyo, a major stationery maker headquartered in Osaka, has announced that it will raise the suggested retail price of 43 items such as notebooks and writing instruments by an average of 11% in response to soaring raw material prices.
2023-05-22 14:09:00
Since the beginning of the week on the Tokyo stock market on the 22nd, more buy orders have been placed, and the Nikkei Stock Average temporarily rose to the 31,000 yen level. It is the first time since August 1990 that the 31,000 yen level has been reached during trading hours. Against the backdrop of concerns about a slowdown in overseas economies due to interest rate hikes in Europe and the United States, there has been a continued movement of funds to be directed to the Tokyo market, mainly by overseas investors. is spreading.
2023-05-22 13:35:00
Last month, the amount of Japanese government bonds bought by overseas investors exceeded the amount sold by more than 1.9 trillion yen. It seems that the background is that speculation that the Bank of Japan will revise the current large-scale monetary easing measures has receded.
2023-05-22 12:09:00
At the beginning of the week, on the 22nd, the Tokyo stock market saw buy orders for stocks that announced strong performance, while there were also sell orders to temporarily take profits in response to the recent rise in stock prices. It is a small price movement.
2023-05-22 11:51:00
Due to the problem that the condominium "Harumi Flag" on the site of the athletes' village of the Tokyo Olympics is being resold, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government asked the seller to take measures, and as a result, the tower condominium that will start selling from next month will be sold under one name. It turns out that new restrictions have been put in place that will only allow you to apply up to your door.
2023-05-22 10:52:00
According to the "Machine Orders Statistics" released by the Cabinet Office, which shows the future of capital investment by companies, from January to March, the amount of orders received by major machinery manufacturers from domestic companies will fluctuate greatly. Excluding electricity, it was 2,670.5 billion yen. This is an increase of 2.6% over the previous three months, the first increase in three quarters.
2023-05-22 06:33:00
At the G7 Hiroshima Summit, which ended on the 21st, in the midst of the ongoing Ukrainian invasion and the U.S.-China conflict, the G7 announced a stance to work together to strengthen economic security and create rules in the digital field. In the future, its effectiveness will be questioned.
2023-05-22 06:20:00
Negotiations over the US debt ceiling have stalled. President Biden held a press conference after the end of the G7 Hiroshima Summit, and said that the opposition and Republican proposals were ``frankly unacceptable,'' revealing that there is still a large disagreement.
