Japan’s Nikkei hit a 20-month low after US stocks took a dive amid unrest, fear stoked by Trump

Yohei Fukai/Kyodo News via AP Japanese stocks plunged Tuesday and other Asian markets declined following heavy Wall Street losses triggered by President Donald Trump’s attack on the U.S. central bank. The Nikkei 225 fell by an unusually wide margin of 5.1 percent to 19,147.45 points. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 2.1 percent to 2,473.75. Benchmarks […]

Japan’s Nikkei crashes 5% as US markets see worst December since Great Depression

Japan’s Nikkei 225 and Topix indices have both tumbled by roughly 5% to a 20-month low after US markets suffered their worst Christmas Eve crash on record. On the heels of the US markets crash, Nikkei 225, which has been slowly sliding downward over the past weeks, dropped sharply to 19,144 on open Tuesday, down […]

Nintendo exec Tatsumi Kimishima told the Nikkei that the Switch’s enhanced paid online services will

Nintendo exec Tatsumi Kimishima told the Nikkei that the Switch’s enhanced paid online services will cost between 2,000 yen to 3,000 yen (US$ 17.60 to $ 26.40) annually. “With paid [services], we will be able to fully commit to customers,” Kimishima added.  Kotaku