Tokyo - Stocks ended morning trading lower in Japan Thursday on uncertainties over the US government's bailout package that passed the Senate earlier in the day.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell 125.61 points, or 1.1 per cent, to 11,242.65.
The broader Topix index of all first-section issues was also down 18.41 points, or 1.67 per cent, at 1,082.72.
Washington, Oct 1: A group of Japanese researchers has found that flies can sense hazardous heat by a specific sensor, namely 'Painless' protein.
The research group, led by Prof Makoto Tominaga and Dr Takaaki Sokabe, National Institute for Physiological Sciences
(NIPS), Japan, identified the receptor’s function during the study of a small fly, drosophila.
The ‘painless’ protein had been predicted as one type of ionic TRP (transient receptor potential) channels.
The researchers found that the channel could sense noxious heat directly. The channel activity was modulated by intracellular calcium to maintain optimal sensitivity. Camphor, a moth repellent, did block the activity of this channel.
Tokyo - Optimism in Japan's industry is at its lowest point in five years, a quarterly survey by the country's central bank said Wednesday.
For the first time since 2003, the Bank of Japan's Tankan index, a a business sentiment survey of 10,000 companies, turned negative in the July-September quarter.
The index slipped from plus 5 in the previous quarter to minus 3, indicating that pessimists have the upper hand as the global downturn threatens Japan's export markets and the country's economy hovers on the brink of recession.
Tokyo- Japanese stocks tumbled more than 4 per cent Tuesday to a three-year low, leading an Asia-Pacific sell-off in reaction to Wall Street's historic plunge.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell 483.75 points, or 4.12 per cent, to close at 11,259.86.
The broader Topix index of all first-section issues fell 40.46 points, or 3.59 per cent, to 1,087.41.
Tokyo - Stocks ended morning trading lower in Japan Thursday on uncertainties over the US government's bailout package that passed the Senate earlier in the day.
Tokyo - A fire before dawn Wednesday in an Osaka sex shop
Tokyo - The Tokyo stock market was higher in early trading Wednes
Tokyo - Optimism in Japan's industry is at its lowest point in five years, a quarterly survey by the country's central bank said Wednesday.
Tokyo- Japanese stocks tumbled more than 4 per cent Tuesday to a three-year low, leading an Asia-Pacific sell-off in reaction to Wall Street's historic plunge.
