This file photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange.... Japanese financial markets were closed Tuesday for a national holiday.... Decliners were led by precision instrument, electric appliance and service issues....

A woman wearing a protective mask walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 and New York Dow indexes at a securities firm on June 25, 2021, in Tokyo.... The U.S. dollar was top-heavy in the upper 110 yen range for most of the day, failing to break through the 111 yen line following the agreement on the U.S. infrastructure deal totaling$ 1.2 trillion in spending over eight years, dealers said.... The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond fell 0. 00

People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, on Sept.... The U.S. dollar inched up to the upper 110 yen range following a rise in U.S. Treasury yields overnight, dealers said.... The Nikkei benchmark ended at its highest since July 14, supported by a weakening yen, while a recent decline in the number of coronavirus infections in Japan also lifted market sentiment, brokers said....

This May 7, 2020 file photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange.... Major gainers were led by air transportation and marine transportation issues.... The U.S. dollar inched up into the upper 113 yen range after U.S. Treasury yields rose as a rally on Wall Street overnight prompted investors to unload bonds, seen as a safe-haven asset, dealers said....

Advancement of technology during this period also contributed to new warfare.... Europeans arriving at the shores of Japan in 1543 introduced the “ arquebus ”, a type of long gun of its time.... It was the same weaponry used by the Portuguese when they invaded the Sultanate of Malacca in 1511.I find this period of Japanese history especially fascinating, as this is where samurai warlords such as Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu rose to prominence....

This May 7, 2020 file photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange.... Decliners were led by precision instrument, electronic appliance and services issues.... Tokyo stocks opened lower and extended losses, led by technology shares that tracked U.S. counterparts after the tech-heavy Nasdaq index fell over 3 percent overnight....

The Liberal Democratic Party( LDP)'s Executive Acting Secretary-General Seiko Noda answers a question from a participant during the online" LDP Open Town Meeting" held at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept.... The nationwide poll targeting some 10, 000 people was conducted by the Mainichi Shimbun and the Social Survey Research Center to gauge public opinion in the closing stage of the LDP leadership race.... Seven percent of respondents supported LDP Executive Acting Secretary-General Seiko

An electronic stock board shows Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 at a conference hall in Tokyo, on Oct.... The U.S. dollar hovered around the 114 yen line throughout Tokyo trading as traders retreated to the sidelines before the results of central bank policy meetings in Japan and Europe this week.... The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond fell 0. 005 percentage point from Tuesday's close to 0. 095 percent as the safe-haven debt was bought on lower Tokyo stocks....

Toshiba Corp. headquarters is seen in Tokyo's Minato Ward on June 15, 2017.... Toshiba will break up into three companies--two spinoffs that will each focus on infrastructure and devices and the third that will own a stake in flash-memory chip company Kioxia Holdings Corp.... The two spinoff firms will go public by the latter half of fiscal 2023....