Computer_NN   glitch_NN   hits_VBZ   Tokyo_NNP   market_NN    
_.   
_.  Traders_NNS   had_VBD   to_TO   sit_VB   on_IN   their_PRP$   hands_NNS   for_IN   more_JJR   than_IN   four_CD   hours_NNS   
_.  Share_VB   trading_VBG   on_IN   the_DT   Tokyo_NNP   stock_NN   market_NN   was_VBD   suspended_VBN   for_IN   more_JJR   than_IN   four_CD   hours_NNS   on_IN   Tuesday_NNP   after_IN   a_DT   computer_NN   fault_NN  ._.   
_.  The_DT   Tokyo_NNP   Stock_NNP   Exchange_NNP  ,_,   the_DT   world_NN  's_POS   second_JJ   largest_JJS   market_NN  ,_,   had_VBD   to_TO   delay_VB   share_NN   trading_NN   after_IN   an_DT   upgrade_NN   to_TO   its_PRP$   software_NN   system_NN   caused_VBD   a_DT   breakdown_NN  ._.   

_.  Market_NN   analysts_NNS   said_VBD   the_DT   problem_NN   could_MD   hinder_VB   the_DT   exchange_NN  's_POS   plans_NNS   to_TO   float_VB   its_PRP$   own_JJ   shares_NNS   next_IN   year_NN  ._.   

_.  Despite_IN   the_DT   suspension_NN  ,_,   the_DT   Nikkei_JJ   225_CD   benchmark_NN   index_NN   rallied_VBD   in_IN   a_DT   truncated_JJ   session_NN  ,_,   closing_VBG   up_IN   1.9_CD  %_SYM   at_IN   13,867.86_CD  ._.   

_.  Share_VB   trading_VBG   on_IN   Tuesday_NNP   only_RB   began_VBD   at_IN   1.30_CD  pm_NN   Japanese_NNP   time_NN  ,_,   four_CD   and_CC   half_DT   hours_NNS   later_RB   than_IN   usual_RB  ._.   

_.  'Regrettable_JJ  '_''   

_.  The_DT   stock_JJ   market_NN   had_VBD   upgraded_VBN   the_DT   software_NN   used_VBD   to_TO   process_VB   transactions_NNS   last_JJ   month_NN   in_IN   an_DT   effort_NN   to_TO   handle_VB   record_JJ   levels_NNS   of_IN   dealing_VBG  ._.   

_.    I_PRP   hope_VBP   the_DT   exchange_NN   will_MD   immediately_RB   investigate_VB   why_WRB   the_DT   failure_NN   occurred_VBD   

_.  Kaoru_NNP   Yosano_NNP  ,_,   Minister_NNP   for_IN   economic_JJ   and_CC   fiscal_JJ   policy_NN   

_.  Trading_NN   has_VBZ   been_VBN   buoyant_JJ   this_DT   year_NN   as_IN   Japan_NNP  's_POS   economic_JJ   fortunes_NNS   have_VBP   continued_VBN   to_TO   improve_VB  ,_,   with_IN   the_DT   Nikkei_JJ   hitting_VBG   a_DT   four-year_JJ   high_NN  ._.   

_.  The_DT   delay_NN   to_TO   the_DT   start_NN   of_IN   the_DT   session_NN   -_:   which_WDT   also_RB   curtailed_VBD   trading_VBG   in_IN   bonds_NNS   for_IN   much_RB   of_IN   the_DT   day_NN   -_:   was_VBD   the_DT   first_JJ   since_IN   1997_CD  ._.   

_.  The_DT   stock_JJ   exchange_NN   said_VBD   it_PRP   "_''  deeply_RB   apologized_VBN  "_''   for_IN   the_DT   problem_NN   while_IN   Kaoru_NNP   Yosano_NNP  ,_,   minister_NN   for_IN   economic_JJ   and_CC   fiscal_JJ   policy_NN  ,_,   described_VBD   the_DT   situation_NN   as_IN   "_''  regrettable_JJ  "_''  ._.   

_.  "_''  I_PRP   hope_VBP   the_DT   exchange_NN   will_MD   immediately_RB   investigate_VB   why_WRB   the_DT   failure_NN   occurred_VBD   and_CC   take_NN   measures_NNS   to_TO   ensure_VB   this_DT   does_VBZ   not_RB   happen_VB   again_RB  ,_,  "_''   Mr_NNP   Yosano_NNP   said_VBD  ._.   

_.  The_DT   problem_NN   is_VBZ   an_DT   embarrassment_NN   for_IN   the_DT   exchange_NN   as_IN   it_PRP   is_VBZ   seeking_VBG   to_TO   attract_VB   investors_NNS   for_IN   a_DT   planned_JJ   flotation_NN   of_IN   its_PRP$   own_JJ   shares_NNS   next_IN   year_NN  ._.   

_.   
_.