oiler developer inpex and showa shell both closed higher. shares bounced back after a weaker yen, including sumco, panasonic and tokyo electron. but toshiba continued to struggle, closing down .5%. the nikkei was able to recover some of its losses from monday's session, but investors are still waiting for clarity on how and when trump will implement his fiscal stimulus plan. i'm phoebe amoroso, reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> most other markets also ended higher. hong kong's hangseng gained. after the gdp figures were revised up slightly from the initial readings. sydney's s&p/asx index closed up. oil prices also supported the increase but the shanghai composite fell for the second day down .43% to 3252. the country's central bank skipped fund injection for a third straight day. workers in japan, cap on overtime hours and fairer treatment for nonregular employees. the plan limits annual overtime to 720 hours and monthly overtime to less than 100 hours during a so-called peak month. revised c conditions for medica doctors are sti

both oil explorer inpex and refiner showa shell fell more than 2%. nintendo gained 3.7% as its latest game console went on sale i'm giang nguyen reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> march 11th this year marks six years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern japan. we start a series about challenges that people in fukushima are confronting.overn lifting evacuation orders for some municipalities in march while the decontamination work for these places is finished, radiation fears persist. for former residents, they're being left with a difficult choice -- try to move back home or stay away. nhk world has the story of one couple's decision. >> reporter: this may be a house, but it's no longer a home since the disaster six years ago. >> translator: when my grandson used to come here we would play together in a small kid's pool and then have a barbecue. >> reporter: he and his wife look at the emptiness of what was once filled with family and happiness. their town is namie, their house about ten miles from the fukushima daiichi nu

jx holdings and showa shell both ended higher.he dollar touched a one-week high against t the yen in early trading hours and also against the euro. the european central bank is wary of changing its easing money policy at the moment. on the other hand, some u.s. federal reserve officials expressed support for a couple more rate hikes this year. that's something to keep an eye on in the months to come. giang nguyen, reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. >> many other markets in the asia-pacific region ended lower. shanghai composite was down almost 1%. hong kong fell .4%. kospi, 2164 the closing number. samsung electronics was higher after it announced the launch of a new galaxy smart phone. australia's s&p/asx200 index rose. energy and material related shares were among the winners as futureres and material prices climbed. >>> in south korea, samsung electronics has rolled out a new smart phone. the company is hoping to gaiain lost ground over batteries that overheated and caught fire. samsung unveiled its galaxy s8 at an event

showa shell rose 1.3%, and inpex climbed more than 1%. so there were no major surprises, either from the fed or boj. investors will be breathing a sigh of relief, but that dollar/yen pair remains in focus. i'm phoebe amoroso reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> other benchmarks in the asia pacific region also ended higher after the fed announcement. many investors were unfazed about the possibility of capital outflows from emerging economies. hong kong's hang seng index rose more than 2%. indonesia was up 1.6%. in china, the shanghai composite climbed 0.8%, finishing at 3,268. that's the highest level in more than three months. analysts say sentiment was up following the national people's congress with investors more hopeful that authorities will carry through reforms. south korea's cospi index ended this way up also, by 0.8%. samsung electronics among the big gainers. >>> the rate hike by the u.s. federal reserve is only the third in a decade, but the central bank has forecast it will be one of three increases in 2017 alone. fed

both oil explorer inpex and showa shell fell more than 2%, and nintendo gained 3.7% as latest game console switch went on sale on friday. i'm gian nguyen reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> most of the markets in asia pacific region ended lower, hong kong fell 0.7%. sydney with 0.8% lower. dragged down by resource shares, the sharpest one-day fall in more than a month. in south korea, the kospi ended down by 1.14%. the lowest in more than two weeks, plans to install a advanced u.s. missile defense system are causing tensions with china and that's weighing on market sentiment. the shanghai composite ended down .4%, 3218, after service sector activity slowed in february, investors stayed cautious before the start of the annual national people's congress on sunday. >>> japanese government officials have released the latest batch of economic data. we start with the consumer price index, a leading gauge of inflation, it rose in january for the first time in 13 months. the officials say the index inched up 0.1% from the same month last year. higher crude oil helped push up prices, the i