The Financial Times decided to sell to the Japanese

The Financial Times will be bought by the Japanese media corporation Nikkei. The deal amounted to 844 million pounds (about 1.3 billion dollars).

• The Nikkei Corporation includes several newspapers with a total circulation of more than four million copies. In addition, it includes TV channels and a radio station. Nikkei 225 is the main Japanese stock index.
• Pearson Publishing House owned The Financial Times for nearly 60 years. The newspaper is one of the world's leading economic publications along with The Wall Street Journal.
• After the announcement of the sale by The Financial Times, Pearson's shares on the London Stock Exchange rose by more than three percent .