Nikkei 225 Plunges 10.27% in a Month: Why Japan Stocks Are Falling Apart

Artefacts at Tokyo Stock Exchange (96849) (why the nikkei 225 is falling)

The Nikkei 225 fell 10.27% in the month to November 12, 2026, closing at 60,819.36 (Yahoo Finance). Most of why the Nikkei 225 is falling comes from the AI chip trade breaking down across Asia, and it happened even though a yen at 159.71 per dollar should have helped Japanese exporters. Your bank savings aren’t touched by this. A Japan stock fund, though, has just had a one-month drop of correction size, and what hap…