Insight - Tokyo’s superhero stocks need to take charge

Fast change: Pedestrians are seen near the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Japanese market needs a revamp to help make it a more attractive location for foreign investors. — AFP

TO wipe out superheroes, the villain of the Pixar movie The Incredibles had a fiendish plot: He would make them ubiquitous.

“When everyone’s super,” the villain named Syndrome opined, “no one will be.” The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has no such diabolical goals.