What is Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)?

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) is the largest stock exchange in Japan and the third largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization. The TSE lists 3,786 companies as of September 2021, including Japanese corporations Toyota, Sony, Keyence Corp, Softbank, Mitsubishi, Honda, and others. The TSE was founded in May of 1848 and is made up of five distinct sections with the first two comprising the largest companies, the next two sections made up of startups and smaller companies, followed by the last section which is only available to institutional investment firms.