Japan's main stock market index, the JP225, rose to 49553 points on December 2, 2025, gaining 0.51% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has declined 3.78%, though it remains 26.25% higher than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from Japan. Japan Stock Market Index (JP225) - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on December of 2025.

Prices for Japan Stock Market Index (JPVIX) including live quotes, historical charts and news. Japan Stock Market Index (JPVIX) was last updated by Trading Economics this December 2 of 2025.

The Nikkei Stock Average (Nikkei 225) closed at ********* points in September 2025. In October 2025, the index reached a new all-time high of ******** points. The Nikkei 225 is a price-weighted stock market index that has been calculated by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) newspaper since 1950. It comprises 225 constituents listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

In 2024, the Nikkei 225 index closed at ********* points. The index surpassed a 34-year-old record in February and reached a new all-time high in July 2024. The Nikkei 225 is a price-weighted stock market index that has been calculated by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) newspaper since 1950. It comprises 225 constituents listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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The Nikkei 225 Index reached an all-time high of ********* on October 7, 2025. A year earlier, it had already surpassed the record of ********* set in 1989. The Nikkei 225 is a price-weighted stock market index that has been calculated by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) newspaper since 1950. It comprises 225 constituents listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

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Post-Christmas, Asian markets rise as retail and tourism stocks thrive, with gains in Japan's Nikkei 225 and increased oil prices boosting the momentum.

Japan Exchange Group reported JPY7M in Interest Income for its fiscal quarter ending in March of 2024. Data for Japan Exchange Group | 8697 - Interest Income including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last November in 2025.

Japan Exchange Group reported JPY17.04 in EPS Earnings Per Share for its fiscal quarter ending in September of 2025. Data for Japan Exchange Group | 8697 - EPS Earnings Per Share including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last December in 2025.

Explore the growing demand for toilet and facial tissue stock, towels, and similar paper in Japan, with market projections showing a steady upward trend over the next decade.

Using all stocks listed on the Japanese equity market and macroeconomic data for Japan, the dataset comprises the following series:

1. Japan_25_Portfolios_MV_PTBV: Monthly returns for 25 size-book-to-market equity portfolios, following the Fama and French (1993) methodology. (Raw data source: Datastream database)
2. Japan_25_Portfolios_MV_PE: Monthly returns for 25 size-PE portfolios, following the Fama and French (1993) methodology. (Raw data source: Datastream database)
3. Japan_50_Portfolios_SECTOR: Monthly returns for 50 industry portfolios. (Raw data source: Datastream database)
4. Japan_3 Factors: Fama and French three-factors (RM, SMB and HML), following the Fama and French (1993) methodology. (Raw data source: Datastream database)
5. Japan_5 Factors: Fama and French five-factors (RM, SMB, HML, RMW, and CMA), following the Fama and French (2015) methodology. (Raw data source: Datastream database)
6. Japan_NUCLEAR_Y: Instrument in years with a value of 1 when a nuclear disaster has occurred somewhere in the world and 0 otherwise. (Raw data source: Bloomberg and BBC News)
7. Japan_NUCLEAR_M: Instrument in months with a value of 1 when a nuclear disaster has occurred somewhere in the world and 0 otherwise. (Raw data source: Bloomberg and BBC News)
8. Japan_RF_M: Three-month interest rate of the Treasury Bill for Japan. (Raw data source: OECD)
9. Company data: Names and general data of the companies that constitute the sample. (Raw data source: Datastream database)
10. Number of stocks in portfolios: Number of stocks included each year in Japan_25_Portfolios_MV_PTBV, Japan_25_Portfolios_MV_PE and Japan_50_Portfolios_SECTOR. (Raw data source: Datastream database)

We have produced all return series using the following data from Datastream: (i) total return index (RI series), (ii) market value (MV series), (iii) market-to-book equity (PTBV series), (iv) total assets (WC02999 series), (v) return on equity (WC08301 series), (vi) price-to-earnings ratio (PE series), and (vii) industry (SECTOR series). We have used the generic rules suggested by Griffin, Kelly, & Nardari (2010) for excluding non-common equity securities from Datastream data. We also exclude stocks with less than twelve observations. Accordingly, our sample comprises a total number of 5,212 stocks.

REFERENCES:

Fama, E. F. and French, K. R. (1993). Common risk factors in the returns on stocks and bonds. Journal of Financial Economics, 33, 3–56. Fama, E. F. and French, K. R. (2015). A five-factor asset pricing model. Journal of Financial Economics, 116, 1–22. Griffin, J. M., Kelly, P., and Nardari, F. (2010). Do market efficiency measures yield correct inferences? A comparison of developed and emerging markets. Review of Financial Studies, 23, 3225–3277.

Japan Post reported JPY4.73T in Market Capitalization this December of 2025, considering the latest stock price and the number of outstanding shares.Data for Japan Post | 6178 - Market Capitalization including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last December in 2025.

West Japan Railway reported JPY1.47T in Market Capitalization this December of 2025, considering the latest stock price and the number of outstanding shares.Data for West Japan Railway | 9021 - Market Capitalization including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last December in 2025.

Japan Airlines reported JPY1.28T in Market Capitalization this December of 2025, considering the latest stock price and the number of outstanding shares.Data for Japan Airlines | 9201 - Market Capitalization including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last December in 2025.

The Japanese newspaper market was finally on the rise to reach $31B in 2024, after three years of decline. Over the period under review, consumption saw a perceptible downturn. Over the period under review, the market reached the peak level at $41.5B in 2012; however, from 2013 to 2024, consumption failed to regain momentum.

Japan Exchange Group reported JPY1.81T in Market Capitalization this December of 2025, considering the latest stock price and the number of outstanding shares.Data for Japan Exchange Group | 8697 - Market Capitalization including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last December in 2025.

Central Japan reported JPY4.29T in Market Capitalization this December of 2025, considering the latest stock price and the number of outstanding shares.Data for Central Japan | 9022 - Market Capitalization including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last December in 2025.

Japan Airlines stock price, live market quote, shares value, historical data, intraday chart, earnings per share and news.

Japan Exchange Group reported JPY27.04 in PE Price to Earnings for its fiscal quarter ending in September of 2025. Data for Japan Exchange Group | 8697 - PE Price to Earnings including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last December in 2025.