Global investors like the new-look Japan government, for now


Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (centre, first row) poses during a photo session with members of her cabinet at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan. — Reuters

GLOBAL money managers are circling back to Japan’s stock and debt markets, drawn by the promises of its new reflationist government and a desire to diversify from pricier US and European markets.

Flows into yen-denominated stocks and bonds have been sustained this month, fund managers said, as investors watched Japan’s coalition partners wrangle and cut deals while positioning for right-winger Sanae Takaichi to become the country’s premier.

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