Japanese Pray for Better Business in 2010
In Japan, the Year of the Tiger has just begun.
And after the economic turmoil of 2009, people are hoping for better luck in 2010.
On Monday, the first business day of the New Year, many of Japan's business men flocked to Tokyo's Kanda Myojin Shrine - dedicated to the country's god of business.
[Yoshiharu Asanuma, Business Owner]:
"Financial institutions seem to be gradually recovering, so I have high hopes that the economy may pick up this year. Well, life can be miserable without hope."
[Junko Asai, Asset Management Director]:
"This year, I'd like to have a baby."
Although probably not influenced by the local offerings,
Tokyo's stock market opened up for the first day of trading of the New Year –with Asian equities helped by optimism that U.S. employment figures later in the week will reflect a sustained economic recovery.
Japanese New Year's tradition also sees women don kimonos and visiting shrines.
At Tokyo's aquarium it turned into a wetter experience for one kimono-clad diver who teased out a moray eel as part of her new year's greetings ceremony.
And after the economic turmoil of 2009, people are hoping for better luck in 2010.
On Monday, the first business day of the New Year, many of Japan's business men flocked to Tokyo's Kanda Myojin Shrine - dedicated to the country's god of business.
[Yoshiharu Asanuma, Business Owner]:
"Financial institutions seem to be gradually recovering, so I have high hopes that the economy may pick up this year. Well, life can be miserable without hope."
[Junko Asai, Asset Management Director]:
"This year, I'd like to have a baby."
Although probably not influenced by the local offerings,
Tokyo's stock market opened up for the first day of trading of the New Year –with Asian equities helped by optimism that U.S. employment figures later in the week will reflect a sustained economic recovery.
Japanese New Year's tradition also sees women don kimonos and visiting shrines.
At Tokyo's aquarium it turned into a wetter experience for one kimono-clad diver who teased out a moray eel as part of her new year's greetings ceremony.
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