Japan’s game-changing investment programme

Investment strategy: A file picture showing a cyclist passing a stock quotation board flashing the Nikkei 225 key index in Tokyo. One of the key missions of Abenomics is to encourage Japanese people to move more money into the stock market. — AFP

Abenomics has a new weapon to pry money from bank accounts

TOKYO: An outspoken regulator has unleashed an unusual tactic to shake up Japan’s asset-management industry.