イランへの攻撃中止で、株価が大きく上がる

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is June twelfth. Tokyo's stock market had a huge day — Japan's main stock index jumped more than twenty-five hundred yen at one point, after an announcement from Washington eased fears about a conflict in the Middle East. Let's listen.

Let's break it down.

On June twelfth, on the Tokyo stock market, Japan's main stock index rose sharply.

It means stock price. The first character means stock, the second means price — you'll hear it in every market report.

Compared with the previous day, the index was at one point more than twenty-five hundred yen higher.

It means for a time, or at one point. News stories love this word — it says something happened briefly, not all day.

The reason was an announcement from the American president.

It means announcement, making something public. Companies, governments, even students presenting in class all use this word.

On the eleventh, the president revealed on his own social media that he had called off a planned attack on Iran.

It means cancellation — stopping something that was planned. Rained-out fireworks, cancelled events, and here, a called-off attack.

Hopes that the fighting might end spread a sense of relief through markets around the world.

It means expectation or hope — looking forward to something good. Markets run on exactly this feeling.

In the American market, shares of semiconductor companies rose sharply.

It means semiconductor — the chips inside phones and computers. The first character means half, because these materials half-conduct electricity.

In Tokyo too, the move to buy shares of chip-related companies grew stronger.

It means movement or trend. It comes from the verb to move, and news Japanese uses it for what investors, politicians, or whole countries are doing.

Experts say the situation in the Middle East still needs to be watched carefully.

It means situation — how things stand right now. A very common word in news, business, and everyday check-ins.

Let's listen to the full story one more time.

Quiz time. Three questions.

Compared with the previous day, how much higher was the index at one point? More than twenty-five hundred yen.

What did the president reveal he had called off? A planned attack on Iran.

Shares of what kind of companies were investors rushing to buy? Companies related to semiconductors.

That's today's Japanese Daily News. Full transcript with furigana at podcast.jpnotes.dev. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. See you tomorrow.