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Japan's Stocks Lacked Direction After BoJ Signaled Gradual Rate-Hike Approach
Akira Ito
03 Sep, 2025
Tokyo
Japan's stock market indexes eased, following losses in overnight trading on Wall Street.
The Nikkei 225 Stock Average decreased 0.9%, and Topix declined more than 1% amid rising bond yields and renewed trade tensions.
Investor sentiment has wavered over the last two weeks after the key benchmark indexes reached new record highs.
The Nikkei 225 Stock Average and the Topix rebounded about 50% from the lows reached on April 7, amid constant U.S. trade policy flip-flops and uncertainty about how tariffs will be collected.
The yield on the 10-year Japanese government bond edged up to 1.63% following comments from Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino.
Deputy Governor Himino said that the central bank should increase rates gradually amid elevated global risks, highlighting a lack of urgency in aggressive tightening.
Japan Indexes and Stocks
The Nikkei 225 Stock Average decreased 0.9% to 41,933.95, and the broader Topix dropped 1.1% to 3,048.09.
The Japanese yen weakened to 148.67 against the U.S. dollar as the central bank signaled the lack of urgency for aggressive tightening.
SoftBank Group declined 5.3% to ¥14,570.0, Tokyo Electron decreased 1.9% to ¥19,945.0, Advantest Corp. added 0.3% to ¥10,695.0, and Disco Corp.
Mitsui & Company increased 1% to ¥3,580.0, Mitsubishi Corp. decreased 2.2% to ¥3,359.0, Marubeni Corp. fell 1.4% to ¥3,410.0, Sumitomo Corp. declined 1.4% to ¥4,209.0, and Itochu Corp. eased 1.3% to ¥8,472.0.
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