The Tokyo Stock Exchange is currently implementing various reforms at a feverish pitch.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange should be grateful that they aren't listed yet,

We must continue with the shortened session since our actual trading capacity hasn't been expanded yet. We plan to expand the system sometime around May or June. We'll make an official announcement on Feb. 21.

We have observed totally unexpected and abnormal increases in trading volumes and it is extremely regrettable that we had to take such action.

There was no crash in the Baghdad stock exchange, no crash ever, never.

This [the systems failure] is unbelievable. It almost made me laugh. They [the Tokyo exchange] should be grateful that they aren't listed yet. The problem would have been bigger if they were public.