NIKKEI 225 STOCKS LIST

Japans Nikkei index measures the performance of 225 large stocks of companies in a wide range of industries. It's part of the TSE or Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei 225 was born on September 7th 1950, and was retroactively calculated back to May 1949. If you were to compare it to a US exchange, it would be best comparable to the DOW.

What doe the Nikkei stand for? Well, it is named after the "Nihon Keizai Shimbun" or Japan's Economic Newspaper, commonly known as Nikkei, which sponsors the calculation of the index. Also interesting is how old it is.

The Nikkei is the oldest stock index in all of Asia. (Yes even China)

You can not invest directly into the exchange, but there are ETF's that you can invest in that are available on the US stock market as well. The most prominent one being the iShares MSCI Japan ETF.

ETF's: Nikkei 225 Stocks List

EWJ
BBJP
DXJ
FLJP
HEWJ
DBJP
DFJ
JPXN
SCJ
FJP

iShares MSCI Japan ETF
JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund
Franklin FTSE Japan ETF
iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF
Xtrackers MSCI Japan Currency-Hedged Equity Fund
WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend
iShares JPX-Nikkei 400 ETF
iShares MSCI Japan Small Cap ETF
First Trust Japan AlphaDEX Fund

Futures Symbols

NIYH0
NKDH0

Nikkei/Yen Futures Quotes
Nikkei/USD Futures Quotes

1. Nikkei 225 Stocks List

Foods

Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (TYO: 2802)
Asahi Breweries, Ltd. (TYO: 2502)
Japan Tobacco Inc. (TYO: 2914)
Kikkoman Corp. (TYO: 2801)
Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. (TYO: 2503)
Meiji Holdings Company, Limited (TYO: 2269)
Nichirei Corp. (TYO: 2871)
Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (TYO: 2282)
Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (TYO: 2002)
Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO: 2501)
Takara Holdings Inc. (TYO: 2531)

Textiles & Apparel

Teijin Ltd. (TYO: 3401)
Toray Industries, Inc. (TYO: 3402)
Toyobo Co., Ltd. (TYO: 3101)
Unitika, Ltd. (TYO: 3103)

Pulp & Paper

Nippon Paper Group, Inc. (TYO: 3863)
Oji Paper Co., Ltd. (TYO: 3861)

Chemicals

Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO: 3407)
Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (TYO: 4061)
DIC Corporation (TYO: 4631)
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO: 4901)
Kao Corp. (TYO: 4452)
Kuraray Co., Ltd. (TYO: 3405)
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (TYO: 4188)
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (TYO: 4183)
Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4272)
Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 4021)
Nitto Denko (TYO: 6988)
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4063)
Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4911)
Showa Denko K.K. (TYO: 4004)
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4005)
Tokuyama Corporation (TYO: 4043)
Tosoh Corp. (TYO: 4042)
Ube Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 4208)

Pharmaceuticals

Astellas Pharma Inc. (TYO: 4503)
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4519)
Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4568)
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4506)
Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4523)
Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4151)
Otsuka Holdings Co. Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4578)
Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4507)
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. (TYO: 4502)

Oil & Coal Products

JXTG Holdings (TYO: 5020)
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd (TYO: 5019)

Rubber Products

Bridgestone Corp. (TYO: 5108)
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5101)

Glass & Ceramics

AGC Inc. (TYO: 5201)
NGK Insulators, Ltd. (TYO: 5333)
Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5214)
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5202)
Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5232)
Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (TYO: 5233)
Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5301)
Toto Ltd. (TYO: 5332)

Steel Products

JFE Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 5411)
Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO: 5406)
Nippon Steel Corp. (TYO: 5401)
Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5541)

Nonferrous Metals

Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5714)
Fujikura Ltd. (TYO: 5803)
Furukawa Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5715)
The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5801)
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (TYO: 5711)
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5706)
Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd (TYO: 5703)
SUMCO Corp. (TYO: 3436)
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 5802)
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5713)
Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5707)
Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO: 5901)

Machinery

Amada Co. Ltd. (TYO: 6113)
Chiyoda Corp. (TYO: 6366)
Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 6367)
Ebara Corp. (TYO: 6361)
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6305)
Hitachi Zōsen Corporation (TYO: 7004)
IHI Corp. (TYO: 7013)
The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (TYO: 5631)
JTEKT Corp. (TYO: 6473)
Komatsu Ltd. (TYO: 6301)
Kubota Corp. (TYO: 6326)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 7011)
NSK Ltd. (TYO: 6471)
NTN Corp. (TYO: 6472)
Okuma Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 6103)
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 6302)

Electric Machinery

Advantest Corp. (TYO: 6857)
Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6770)
Canon Inc. (TYO: 7751)
Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6952)
Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO: 7735)
Denso Corp. (TYO: 6902)
FANUC Corp. (TYO: 6954)
Fuji Electric Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6504)
Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO: 6702)
GS Yuasa Corp. (TYO: 6674)
Hitachi, Ltd. (TYO: 6501)
Kyocera Corp. (TYO: 6971)
Panasonic Corp. (TYO: 6752)
Minebea Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6479)
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (TYO: 6503)
NEC Corp. (TYO: 6701)
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (TYO: 3105)
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6703)
Pioneer Corporation (TYO: 6773)
Ricoh (TYO: 7752)
Seiko Epson Corp. (TYO: 6724)
Sony Corp. (TYO: 6758)
Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6976)
TDK Corp. (TYO: 6762)
Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO: 8035)
Yaskawa Electric Corporation, Limited (TYO: 6506)
Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO: 6841)

Shipbuilding

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 7012)
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (TYO: 7003)

2. Nikkei 225 Stocks List

Automotive

Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO: 7205)
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO: 7267)
Isuzu Motors Ltd. (TYO: 7202)
Mazda Motor Corp. (TYO: 7261)
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO: 7211)
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO: 7201)
Subaru Corp. (TYO: 7270)
Suzuki Motor Corp. (TYO: 7269)
Toyota Motor Corp. (TYO: 7203)
Yamaha Motor Corp. (TYO: 7272)

Precision instruments

Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO: 7762)
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 4902)
Nikon Corp. (TYO: 7731)
Olympus Corp. (TYO: 7733)
Terumo Corp. (TYO: 4543)

Other Manufacturing

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO: 7912)
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO: 7911)
Yamaha Corp. (TYO: 7951)

Fishery

Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO: 1332)
Maruha Nichiro Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 1333)

Mining

Inpex Corp. (TYO: 1605)

Construction

Comsys Holdings Corp. (TYO: 1721)
Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (TYO: 1925)
Haseko Corp. (TYO: 1808)
JGC Corporation (TYO: 1963)
Kajima Corp. (TYO: 1812)
Obayashi Corp. (TYO: 1802)
Sekisui House, Ltd. (TYO: 1928)
Shimizu Corp. (TYO: 1803)
Taisei Corp. (TYO: 1801)

Trading Companies

Itochu Corp. (TYO: 8001)
Marubeni Corp. (TYO: 8002)
Mitsubishi Corp. (TYO: 8058)
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (TYO: 8031)
Sojitz Corp. (TYO: 2768)
Sumitomo Corp. (TYO: 8053)
Toyota Tsusho Corp. (TYO: 8015)

Retail

Aeon Co., Ltd. (TYO: 8267)
FamilyMart Uny Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO: 8028)
Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9983)
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO: 3099)
J. Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO: 3086)
Marui Group Co., Ltd. (TYO: 8252)
Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO: 3382)
Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO: 8233)

Banking

Aozora Bank, Ltd. (TYO: 8304)
The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (TYO: 8331)
Concordia Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 7186)
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8309)
Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8354)
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8306)
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8411)
Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8308)
Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (TYO: 8303)
The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. (TYO: 8355)
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8316)

Securities

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (TYO: 8601)
Matsui Securities Co., Ltd. (TYO: 8628)
Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604)

Insurance

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited (TYO: 8750)
MS&AD Insurance Group, Inc. (TYO: 8725)
Sompo Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8630)
Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (TYO: 8729)
T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8795)
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8766)

Other Financial Services

Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO: 8253)

Real Estate

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. (TYO: 8802)
Mitsui Fudosan Co.,Ltd (TYO: 8801)
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd. (TYO: 8830)
Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (TYO: 8804)
Tokyu Land Corp. (TYO: 3289)

Railway/Bus

Central Japan Railway Company (TYO: 9022)
East Japan Railway Company (TYO: 9020)
Keio Corp. (TYO: 9008)
Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9009)
Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9007)
Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9001)
Tokyu Corp. (TYO: 9005)
West Japan Railway Company (TYO: 9021)

Other Land Transport

Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9062)
Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9064)

Marine Transport

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO: 9107)
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO: 9104)
Nippon Yusen K.K. (TYO: 9101)

Air Transport

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9202)

Warehousing

Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. (TYO: 9301)

Communications

KDDI Corp. (TYO: 9433)
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (TYO: 9432)
NTT Data Corp. (TYO: 9613)
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (TYO: 9437)
SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (TYO: 9412)
Softbank Corp. (TYO: 9984)

Electric Power

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO: 9502)
The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO: 9503)
The Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO: 9501)

Gas

Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9532)
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9531)

Services

Dena Co., Ltd. (TYO: 2432)
Dentsu Inc. (TYO: 4324)
Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6178)
Konami Corp. (TYO: 9766)
Rakuten Inc. (TYO: 4755)
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6098)
Secom Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9735)
Tokyo Dome Corp. (TYO: 9681)
Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9602)
Trend Micro Inc. (TYO: 4704)
Yahoo Japan Corp. (TYO: 4689)

What Is the Nikkei 225 & What Does It Stand For?

The Nikkei has been experiencing some selling pressure, much is the case around the world for February 2020. Japans eononmy is big. How big? It's the world's fifth largest after China, the EU, India, and the United States.

Japan is a G7 nation and has built what is considered a highly free market system.

Some interesting facts about Japan that may affect the stocks on the Nikkei list:

Japan is the worlds largest creditor nation
In Japan they are experiencing a declining population and they have very low immigration which can be a problem for the aging population there.
Japan has a serious debt to GDP problem...but it continues to pay their bills. For now.
The economy is slowing, and is stagnant. Japan's actual GDP dropped sharply in the last few quarters of 2019 and may be entering a new recession.