The second indicator, the Topix, also closed the session gaining 3.18% to 2,926.38 points.
The Nikkei index reflects the unweighted average of the top 225 stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, while the Topix indicator includes shares from the 1,600 largest listed companies.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday (today in Japan) a trade agreement with Tokyo, which provides for a reduction to 15% in customs duties on automobiles, allowing Japan to escape the threat of a widespread 25% surcharge, which was reduced to 15%.
“We just concluded a massive trade deal with Japan,” Donald Trump wrote on the platform Truth Social, asserting that “there has never been anything like this.”
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday a trade agreement with Japan that includes tariff surcharges of 15% on Japanese products imported into the United States.
Lusa | 02:41 – 23/07/2025
