richard wilson, you will continue to stay with us. right. let's cross live to tokyo and check in on the trading day there with the nikkei. >> hello, christine. tokyo stocks ended slightly higher today. the nikkei 225 briefly rose above the year-to-date high. but the gain was paired down to 2.3%. cannon rose after raising its operating profit for the year through december due to a 5% raise. toyota stocks performed well, litting a year-to-date high. yfq holdings continues to turning. meanwhile, nippon shael came in below their earlier projection in a april. softbank climbs as much as 35% where investors will join forces. decliners were led by shipping, transportation and domestic demand related sectors such as real estate and footballs. nomura holdings announced after the market closed that a group net profit came in at 11.8 billion yen, the returning to the back for the nifrt time in six motors. lon da motors says it was upgraded to $17.10 billion. >> thank you very much for that. >>> the search is foonl hi over, or is it? microsoft and ya sh