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Japan's Indexes Trimmed Strong Weekly Gains Amid Renewed Doubts About Elevated AI Spending
Akira Ito
13 Feb, 2026
Tokyo
Japan's stocks traded down on Friday and trimmed weekly advances following losses on Wall Street amid renewed AI concerns.
The Nikkei 225 Stock Average decreased 0.7%, and the broader Topix dropped 1% as investors booked profit following a surge earlier in the week.
Benchmark indexes soared more than 7% after the ruling LDP party expanded its seat count in the lower house following a historic win in Sunday's election.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration is looking to provide additional fiscal stimulus and eliminate the tax on food products for one year.
The larger-than-usual stimulus could provide a boost to corporate earnings without putting additional pressure on the yen.
Japan Indexes and Stocks
The Nikkei 225 Stock Average declined 0.7% to 57,263.33, and the broader Topix Index decreased 1.0% following a surge earlier in the week.
Friday's market sell-off was prompted by a decline in AI-linked stocks in overnight trading on Wall Street.
SoftBank Group dropped 9% to ¥4,389.0 despite the leading technology company returning to quarterly profit on higher valuation gains linked to OpenAI.
Kioxia Holdings Corp. soared 5.7% to ¥22,385.0, and the memory chipmaker reported strong quarterly profit, supported by an AI-driven rally in NAND memory prices.
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