Japan Tokyo Stock Exchange resumes trading one day after system failure: "Normal trading from 9 AM"

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] The Tokyo Stock Exchange, which had suspended trading due to a system failure, will resume trading.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange, under the Japan Exchange Group (JPX), announced on its website on the 2nd that normal trading will resume from 9 a.m. the same day. The previous day, the Tokyo Stock Exchange experienced a failure in the system that delivers price and market information, and even the backup system did not operate, resulting in a full-day suspension of trading for all listed stocks.

A cameraman is taking a photo of the in-house electronic board, where the price information has turned blank, after a system failure occurred at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japan on the 1st, causing all stock trading to be suspended.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

The Tokyo Stock Exchange cited hardware failure as the cause of this IT incident. In response, they carried out replacement work on the related equipment.

This is the first time since November 2005 that trading of stocks was halted due to a system failure at the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It is also the first time since the current IT system was introduced in 1999 that trading was suspended for an entire day rather than temporarily.

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