Surveys & Rankings

TOKYO (Nikkei)--With Japan in the throes of a once-in-20-years cold snap, winter apparel vendors and drugstore operators have been among the retail sector's biggest stock market gainers.

TOKYO (Nikkei)--Convenience store operators and their suppliers made the most headway toward their full-year operating profit goals in the recent March-November period.

TOKYO (Nikkei)--In the 20-plus years since the bubble burst, Japanese stocks have paled in comparison with others. But domestic shares have finally regained their value, with the average dividend yield of issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's first section now exceeding 2%.

TOKYO (Nikkei)--Long-established companies and consumer goods manufacturers occupied the top spots in a Nikkei Veritas ranking of stocks with high dividend payout ratios.