Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) has received approval to open representative office from China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). This is the third approval for a foreign exchange to establish a representative office after the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.

Following the call for tender announced by FTSE Group (“FTSE”) and Athens Exchange on September 13th for the creation of the first Exchange Traded Fund to be listed on ATHEX, FTSE and ATHEX are pleased to announce that Alpha Bank Group has been selected to create an ETF based on the FTSE/ATHEX 20 Index. The product comes to market in January 2008 with an initial net asset value of €140 million.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange will co-sponsor the Japan Securities Summit, a joint initiative between the Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA) and the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) which is to be held in London, January 21-22, 2008.

To ensure confidence in the market, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) has phased in augmentations to the capacity of each system since last year.

The Hochiminh Stock Exchange (HOSE) and Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc. (TSE Group) signed a memorandum of understanding. Both Exchanges believe that this agreement will contribute to the growth of securities markets in both Vietnam and Japan, as well as lead to the development of a more convenient market for market participants in both countries.

Japan's agriculture minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka has committed suicide, just hours before he was to appear before a parliamentary committee for questioning. Authorities say Matsuoka died Monday in a Tokyo hospital after hanging himself.

Premier of China Wen Jiabao and his counterpart in Japan Shinzo Abe began their meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations and other issues of common concern. The two were expected to work out common grounds for their countries as China and Japan work hard to mend relations badly strained by former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's continued visits to the Yasukuni Shrine.

Under the positive environment being prepared for listing of a broad range of financial products thanks to the enactment of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. has launched an in-house cross-sectional "New Products Planning Project" in order to speedily and proactively work on developing and listing new products based on the recently adopted "New Medium Term Management Plan."

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has met with Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the start of a Tokyo visit. Later, al-Maliki thanked Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma for Japan's support in rebuilding his country and urged Japanese companies to return and do business there.

Ikegami Tsushinki Co., Ltd and Toshiba Corporation, industry leaders in state-of-the-art professional broadcasting systems , today announced their global collaboration in the development, manufacture and sales and marketing of a new　generation system of video production and editing.

Hundreds of demonstrators have marched through the Japanese capital, Tokyo, to protest the war in Iraq. Activists chanted calls for an end to the Iraq war and carried banners critical of U.S. President George W. Bush.