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Navigating growth and value in Japan
Could it be a suitable investment for different styles?
By Paul Green 9
th March 2021 9:34 am
Having just completed a six-monthly review of the Japanese equity sector, we see there are many opportunities for investors to suit a range of investment styles.
The sector has navigated potential headwinds from Covid-19 and a change of prime minister relatively well.
Suga’s reassurances
Shinzo Abe’s resignation after nearly eight years was always a headline risk for international investors with exposure to Japan. Abe had provided a rare period of political stability in a country that had seen its fair share of prime ministers in the period leading up to his second term as leader in 2012. The Japanese equity market wobbled initially on the news that Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, and protagonist of the ‘three arrows’ of reform known as Abenomics, was stepping down. In many cases, investors