Japan’s Nikkei 225 index surged more than 4% on Oct. 6, 2025, to hit an all-time high. The country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party elected conservative Sanae Takaichi as its new leader on Saturday. The election positioned her to become the country’s first female prime minister, per CNBC.The move sparked optimism over a potential revival in government spending and a continuation of loose monetary policy, per Reuters, as quoted on Yahoo Finance. The recent rally in the Japanese stock markets was helped by r ...