Foreign investors turning away from stocks

Testing times: A man walking in front of an electronic stock board of the Nikkei 225 index. Japanese stocks are increasingly being excluded from global stock indices, and if this trend continues, it could affect the companies’ fundraising. — AP

TOKYO: Stock markets have been flooded with investment funds due to global monetary easing since the Covid-19 pandemic began, but the share prices for Japanese companies have been slow to recover.

Japanese stocks are increasingly being excluded from global stock indices, and if this trend continues, it could affect the companies’ fundraising.