TOKYO: The arrest of Japan's most popular startup star has highlighted a startling weakness here: The world's second largest economy has no independent body that regulates its stock market.
The alleged antics of Livedoor Co. Chief Executive Takafumi Horie involving stock swaps and dubious inflation of shares would never have gotten as far as they have if Japan had the equivalent of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, analysts say.
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