TOKYO (NQN)--Tokyo stocks closed lower Thursday, dragged down by profit-taking, which gained momentum amid a lack of cues a day after the Nikkei Stock Average broke through the 9,000 line.
TOKYO (NQN)--The office vacancy rate in central Tokyo hit a record 9.23% at the end of January, up 0.22 percentage point from December and marking the fourth straight month of increase, Miki Shoji Co. said Thursday.
YAMAGUCHI (Kyodo)--Yamaguchi Gov. Sekinari Nii said Thursday he would freeze a land sale to the government for U.S. military family housing near the Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station unless Iwakuni is delisted as a transfer destination for U.S. Marines currently stationed in Okinawa Prefecture.
TOKYO (NQN)--Machine tool orders fell 6.6% on the year to 97.704 billion yen in January, down for the first time in 26 months, the Japan Machine Tool Builders Association said Thursday.
TOKYO (NQN)--Fast Retailing Co. (9983) said Thursday it will open its first Uniqlo casual clothing store in the Philippines in June.