The dollar's gains, combined with reports that Japan is about to buy shares in the market to boost prices sent the Nikkei share average up 2.65% in late trading.
For Japanese equity investors, it has not just been a lost decade, it has been a lost quarter-century; the Nikkei 225 average recently touched a 26-year low.
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今年,日本烟草公司股票下跌了10%,相比之下,日经225股票平均指数下跌了9.4%。
The stock has fallen 10 percent this year, compared with a 9.4 percent decline in the Nikkei 225 Stock Average.