The Japan Times66%
Tokyo stocks decline to a 2026 low after yen breaks ¥160 to the dollar 83%
By Francis Tang0%
3/30/2026, 8:15:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Biased Writer Voice, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 49% saturation with 50 hits. Analysis detected 320 faulty-reasoning hits from 102 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 75.8% and a BS Rank of 83% (2,869 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 82.90% of the article peer group.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average sank 5% minutes after the opening Monday to a 2026 low as the conflict in the Middle East continued and Brent crude traded above $115 per barrel.
The benchmark clawed back some of the morning losses and ended the day 2.79% lower at the close.
At the beginning of the year, the Nikkei 225 was 51,010.28.
It reached 59,332.43 on Feb. 26, two days before the United States and Israel carried out an attack on Iran, and has been moving downward ever since.
Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
4.9%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Anchoring Bias
10.8%Anchoring Bias
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10.8%AuthorFrancis Tang
1.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Availability Heuristic
31.4%Availability Heuristic
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31.4%AuthorFrancis Tang
8.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Hindsight Bias
26.5%Hindsight Bias
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26.5%AuthorFrancis Tang
2.1%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
3.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Framing Effect
13.7%Framing Effect
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13.7%AuthorFrancis Tang
21.9%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Loss Aversion
17.6%Loss Aversion
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17.6%AuthorFrancis Tang
1.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Pessimism Bias
26.5%Pessimism Bias
OverallThis article
26.5%AuthorFrancis Tang
4.9%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Negativity Bias
49%Negativity Bias
OverallThis article
49%AuthorFrancis Tang
18.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
9.5%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Recency Bias
26.5%Recency Bias
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26.5%AuthorFrancis Tang
7.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
1.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
6.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
8.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
15.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
2.8%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
40.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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40.2%AuthorFrancis Tang
15.2%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
2.8%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
3.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
31.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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31.4%AuthorFrancis Tang
5.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
3.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Biased Writer Voice
40.2%Biased Writer Voice
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40.2%AuthorFrancis Tang
8.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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0%AuthorFrancis Tang
2.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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102 words analyzed.
Analysis
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