Tokyo Stocks Fall Sharply on Profit Taking Amid BOJ’s Early Hiking Cycle and Global Rate Stability

Tokyo’s equity markets declined significantly today, driven primarily by investor caution as the Bank of Japan (BOJ) embarked on its initial rate hiking cycle, raising the policy rate to 1.00% at its last meeting. This move contrasts with the Federal Reserve and Bank of England, which remain on hold

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Japan Stocks Fall Sharply as Bank of Japan Begins Rate Hiking Cycle Amid Global Policy Divergence

Japan's equity markets saw a significant downturn today, led by a sharp selloff in financials and broad risk-off sentiment. The key driver behind this move is the Bank of Japan's recent start to a rate hiking cycle, marking a notable shift in its monetary policy stance. This comes as other major cen

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BOJ Rate Hike Sparks Broad Selloff in Japanese Stocks, Financials Lead Declines

Japanese equities fell sharply this morning, led by a significant market reaction to the Bank of Japan’s recent move into a hiking cycle, marking the first step in raising its policy rate to 1.00%. This shift in BOJ policy signaling a departure from previous stances has unsettled investors, contribu

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BOJ’s Continued Hike Cycle Fails to Support Japanese Stocks Amid Broad Selling Pressure

Japanese stocks faced sharp declines midday, led by a steep 4.03% drop in the Nikkei 225, as investor sentiment soured despite the Bank of Japan (BOJ) entering a hiking cycle with its policy rate at 1.00%. This marked the first consecutive move upward for the BOJ, signaling a shift in monetary polic

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BOJ's Recent Rate Hike Weighs on Japanese Equities, Major Banks Lead Declines

Japanese stocks opened sharply lower following the Bank of Japan's recent move into a hiking cycle, marking a shift in monetary policy that is causing market participants to reassess valuations. The Nikkei 225 fell 4.03%, reflecting investor caution amid this policy change. The Bank of Japan's decis

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BOJ’s Ongoing Rate Hike Cycle Weighs on Japanese Stocks Amid Broad Market Sell-Off

Japanese equities faced sharp declines in midday trading as investors digested the Bank of Japan’s recent initiation of a rate hiking cycle, driving caution across the market. The BOJ’s move to raise its policy rate to 1.00% marks a significant shift from past stances and has added pressure on inter

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Marketing Authorization Application for In-house Developed Insomnia Drug Lemborexant Accepted for Evaluation by European Medicines Agency (EMA)

TOKYO, July 17, 2026 - (JCN Newswire) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted for evaluation a marketing authorization application (MAA) for its in-house-discovered and developed orexin receptor antagonist lemborexant (generic name) for the treatment o

Hitachi and NVIDIA collaborate to advance HMAX and enable end-to-end autonomous operations through the integrated control of physical AI

Developing open and sovereign-enabled multi-agent orchestration technology to optimize the overall operations at industrial sites: Enabling autonomous operations by seamlessly connecting and controlling customer facilities, equipment, and systems—including those fromthird-party manufacturers.C

Toyota's First "BE creation" Spin-Off Begins Operations in Japan

Toyota City, Japan, July 17, 2026 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced today that OneStream Co., Ltd. (OneStream), the first company to be spun off from Toyota's new-business-creation framework, "BE creation"*1, has received capital investment from three companies. Under th

MHI Advances AI Infrastructure Commercialization with U.S. Deployment of 10MW-Class Chiller and MCP Development

TOKYO, July 17, 2026 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) today announced deployment and strategic advancements in infrastructure technologies to meet the growing demands of high-performance computing environments, such as AI Factory.As AI Factory deployments accelerate, infras

Noetra Launches Full-Scale R&D for Japan-Developed Multimodal Foundation Model

TOKYO, July 17, 2026 - (JCN Newswire) - Noetra Corp., along with its core member companies and investors—Sony Group Corporation, SoftBank Corp., NEC Corporation, and Honda Motor Co., Ltd.—launched full-scale R&D for a Japan-developed multimodal foundation model that will serve as the