As Japan's leading business news and information publisher, Nikkei Inc. offers serious investors an unparalleled view of Japanese corporate and economic affairs. Now, international business executives and professional Japan market watchers can access the full spectrum of news and data through Nikkei Premium, the English-language version of Nikkei Telecom21, Japan's largest database service. Offering over 500 articles daily, along with corporate and market data, Nikkei Premium delivers a new level of Japan-focused business intelligence.

Nikkei Premium offers near real-time Japan business news with over 500 reports each day covering economic policies, political developments, markets, new products & technologies, foreign exchange, and news from around Asia.

A fully searchable news archive going back 20 years helps you pinpoint particular articles or issues with ease, Sources include Nikkei English News, The Nikkei Weekly, The Japan Times, Mainichi Daily News, The Daily Yomiuri, Japan Chemical Week, R&L Bond Ratings, New Straits Times, and Business Times Malaysia.

Make the most of Nikkei's news resources by setting up personalized folders to quickly locate the latest news relevant to your interests, Readers can set their folders to send regular news updates by e-mail. Articles of particular importance can be saved into a digital scrapbook for future reference.

Stay on top of the market with real-time stock quotes for all listed Japanese companies, along with comprehensive corporate data. Company information includes financial results and ratios, stock profiles, balance of margin trading figures, charts, and historical stock quotes.

Select from an array of ranking options for stocks across major Japanese exchanges or within Nikkei's indexes. Rankings cover the best and worst performing stocks for parameters such as price change, volume of trade, market capitalization, volume change, and more.

Follow the latest economic trends in Japan with detailed data covering economic growth, business confidence, production & consumption, commodities, markets, interest rates, foreign exchange, and balance of payments.

Access one of Japan's largest corporate databases with profiles of 250,000 companies. Each corporate profile includes date of the company's establishment, address, industrial classification, number of employees, sales and profit figures, capitalization, and credit rating.

Nikkei Inc. is Japan's primary source for business news and information. Our flagship newspaper, The Nikkei is the largest business daily in the world with a circulation in excess of three million copies, and its Nikkei 225 Stock Average is known worldwide As a key barometer of Japan's stock market. Through its publishing, broadcasting and online activities, Nikkei is the definitive choice for news on Japanese corporate, economic and political affairs.