Soaring Nikkei
, May 15, 2013
A woman walks past a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo on May 15. Japan's Nikkei share index rose 2.2 percent to break above 15,000 on Wednesday, with Sony Corp surging after a proposal from a US activist fund to list its entertainment unit sent its US-listed shares soaring 10 percent. Reuters/Toru Hanai