February 25, 2013, Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo stocks are traded in the upper-11,500 range, the highest level since September 29. 2008, during the morning session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange market on Monday, February 25, 2013. The news the government is likely to nominate Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda, an advocate of aggressive monetary easing, as its next Bank of Japan governor prompted investors to buy stocks, while the yen depreciated. The news pushed Japanese yen to its lowest since May 2010 of 94.61 yen against the U.S. dollar. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)