...seems to be a lot of pressure from companies wanting to unwind cross-shareholdings above the 15,000 level," said Kunihiro Hatae, general manager at Tokyo Securities. Trading on the main section of the Tokyo exchange was estimated at 649.37...

...International blue chips are rising as Hayami's comments indicated the dollar could continue to rise," said Kunihiro Hatae, general manager of the stock division at Tokyo Securities. A weaker yen makes Japanese products more competitive...

...economic activity. "It is not as though the banks' bad loan problems will be solved with this measure," said Kunihiro Hatae, general manager of the stock division at Tokyo Securities. "But at least it relieves worries about the banks having...