TOKYO -- Japan's benchmark Nikkei Stock Average on Thursday closed above its all-time high set in December 1989, just before the country's economic bubble burst.
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The Nikkei Stock Average jumped nearly 900 points at one point on Thursday. (Photo by Yutaka Miyaguchi)
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