Tokyo Stock Exchange starts the week with optimism

The Tokyo Stock Exchange index rose Monday morning, June 27, reassured like Wall Street on Friday June 24 by the prospect of a possible deceleration o

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Yen Collapses Against the Dollar

  The Japanese currency, the yen, fell Wednesday, April 13 to a 20-year low against the dollar, weighed down by the widening gap between Japan’s

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Tokyo’s financial market is recovering and is on the rise this morning

  The Nikkei remained Friday morning March 18 slightly up, while Wall Street also continued Thursday, March 17 its momentum and the risk of default by

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Discovering another Japan and the Niigata Geisha

Andrea Smadja Since the Edo period (1603-1867), when Niigata was an important port on the Kitamaebune (literally, “north-bound ships”) tra

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