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.

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Prices for Japan Stock Market Index (JP225) including live quotes, historical charts and news. Japan Stock Market Index (JP225) was last updated by Trading Economics this December 2 of 2025.

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is the largest stock exchange in the world, with an equity market capitalization of almost ** trillion U.S. dollars as of November 2025. The following largest three exchanges were the NASDAQ, PINK Exchange, and the Frankfurt Exchange. What is a stock exchange? A stock exchange is a marketplace where stockbrokers, traders, buyers, and sellers can trade in equities products. The largest exchanges have thousands of listed companies. These companies sell shares of their business, giving the general public the opportunity to invest in them. The oldest stock exchange worldwide is the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, founded in the late sixteenth century. Other functions of a stock exchange Since these are publicly traded companies, every firm listed on a stock exchange has had an initial public offering (IPO). The largest IPOs can raise billions of dollars in equity for the firm involved. Related to stock exchanges are derivatives exchanges, where stock options, futures contracts, and other derivatives can be traded.

In this table, we list major worldwide stock market crashes from 2007 to 2023. For each crash, we show its name, rough time of occurrence, stock index’s high and low, and in which country it occurred.

Using all stocks listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange 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.

Nissin Cup Noodle was the leading FMCG brand in Japan, purchased by over ** percent of households, relegating the beverage manufacturer Suntory's RTD drink brand Suntory Boss to second place. The top 10 FMCG brands are all owned by the leading processed food manufacturers listed on the Tokyo Stock Price Index in Japan. Fast-moving consumer goods – navigating a saturated market Domestic and foreign companies are in a fierce competition within the Japanese FMCG market. Parity products fill the market and offer consumers a broad range of options. While national brands top the market, private labels and store brands entered to challenge the status quo. Private brand products were considered low-quality products in the past, but the focus of brands on improving and maintaining consistent quality standards has gradually changed consumer opinions. Amid rapid price inflation in Japan, private labels are given a chance to encroach on the popularity of established national brands. FMCGs in Japanese household FMCGs are the largest expense items of Japanese households, owing to the prominence of the food and beverage categories. Prepared and instant meals lead the category, which contributes to the high penetration rate of the first-ranked FMCG brand Nissin Cup Noodle. Nissin is a food manufacturer and the key market player for instant noodles, generating over *** billion Japanese yen in revenue through the manufacturing and sales of various noodle products.