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1. Various shots of Tokyo Stock Exchange officials and guests at hand-clapping ceremony to celebrate end-of-year trading 2. Close up people clapping 3. Top shot Tokyo Stock Exchange trading floor 4. Various shots of last day of trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange 5. Taizo Nishimura, President and CEO of the Tokyo Stock Exchange bowing on stage ahead of speech 6. Audience 7. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Taizo Nishimura, President and CEO of Tokyo Stock Exchange: "With the recovery of company results, stock prices went up this year. The environment surrounding the market is quite booming." 8. Various of monitors showing stock prices 9. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Vox pop, Tokyo Stock Exchange: "I sense a little bit that the bubble economy may come back. So, I hope the economy will recover without experiencing excesses." 10. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Vox pop, Tokyo Stock Exchange: "This year, I felt that economy recovered. I hope that this continues like this, for the better." 11. Various exterior shots of Tokyo Stock Exchange STORYLINE: Japanese stocks continued to rise amid optimism about a recovery in the world's second largest economy, traders said. Stocks ended lower on Friday, the last trading session of 2005, but the market's main index held onto a five-year high. Tokyo Stock Exchange officials held a traditional hand clapping ceremony to celebrate the end of year results. Adding to the upbeat outlook was the government's forecast this week that the economy would pull out of deflation sometime next year, ending the spiral of declining prices that has undercut corporate profits, hurt wages and prolonged the economic slump. President and CEO of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Taizo Nishimura, described the economy as "booming". But others were more cautious, with some warning of the possibility of the return of the "bubble economy", where extraordinary economic growth in the 1980s was followed by a collapse in the 1990s, and a 15-year slump. Japanese financial markets will be closed from December 31 through January 3 for the New Year's holidays. The markets will reopen on January 4th. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/62a186566987eef559516c69c8b37e82 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork