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The Tokyo stock market in Japan was hit by a system failure, causing an unprecedented disruption of trading for all stocks throughout the day. The Japanese stock market is the third largest in the world after Dow Jones and Nasdaq in the United States, and the suspension of trading is unusual. I will connect with the International Department to get more information about the news. Reporter Park Hong-gu! Didn’t the Japanese stock market trade all day today? Yes, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japan today, the stock trading was completely suspended. This is the first time since May 1999, when all stock trading was fully systematized on the Tokyo Stock Exchange throughout the day. In 2005 and 2006, trading was suspended for about 3 hours due to system problems, once each, but this is the first time that the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which trades around 3,700 shares, has been suspended all day Japanese media reported. As in Korea, the exchange opens from 9 am, but today the system was not working properly before opening. The market price information was not distributed smoothly, but the system was not restored after 9 o’clock, so the transaction could not be started. The Tokyo Stock Exchange announced today that it would stop trading all shares due to a problem with the system that transmits information about the price of shares. Additionally, the Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo stock exchanges, which use the same system as the Tokyo Stock Exchange, were also suspended for the entire day. For this reason, in addition to the average price of Nikkei shares, representative stock indices such as Tokyo indices and stock issues could not be calculated. The exchange’s closing time has passed at 3pm and the exchange is in a hurry to recover, but Japanese media reported that it is not known when trading will resume at this time. On the other hand, the Osaka Stock Exchange, which is mainly for futures trading, uses a different system than Tokyo Securities, so trading was carried out normally. Japan’s Justice Minister Kato Katsunobu said it was a “regrettable situation” regarding the suspension of stock trading and stressed the importance of preventing a repeat with a speedy recovery. The market capitalization of companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is the third largest in the world after Dow and Nasdaq in the United States. This is YTN Hong-Koo Park from the International Department.
