Kishida’s win may lift cloud of uncertainty over Japan stocks


Stimulus package: Trains travelling on three different rail lines are seen near the Ochanomizu station in Tokyo. New Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to resume the popular Go To Travel subsidy campaign. — AFP

TOKYO: The second-biggest gain of the year for Japanese stocks suggests the uncertainty hanging over them may finally be near an end and a period of outperformance lies ahead.

For much of 2021, Japan investors have played Whack-a-Mole with unpredictability, every time one worry was squashed, another would pop up.

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