News & Updates
Japan Investment Commentary and Market Outlook June 2025
10th July 2025
In June, the Nikkei 225 rose by 6.6% to 40,487.39 yen, and the TOPIX increased by 1.8% to 2,852.84 points. Japanese...
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New Tariff Rates from the U.S.
10th July 2025
The Trump administration has notified Japan, South Korea, and other countries of new tariff rates, extending the...
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The Bank of Japan to Slow Down the Pace of Japanese Government Bond Purchases Reduction from April 2026
18th June 2025
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced that it will maintain the current pace of reducing Japanese Government Bond (JGB)...
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Japan Investment Commentary and Market Outlook May 2025
13th June 2025
In May, the Nikkei 225 rose by 5.3% to 37,965.10 yen, and the TOPIX increased by 5.0% to 2,801.57 points. Early gains...
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AMO Insight 'From the perspective of monetary and fiscal policy, upward pressure on interest rates is likely, but it will be restrained'
9th June 2025
With the Upper House election scheduled for July this year, there is likely to be increased awareness of the need for...
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AMO Insight 'Will investors keep shunning away from the U.S.?'
28th May 2025
U.S. stocks have almost returned to the pre-tariff announcement levels, but the dollar is taking its time to follow....
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Japan Investment Commentary and Market Outlook April 2025
14th May 2025
In April, the Nikkei 225 increased by 1.2% to 36,045.38 yen, and the TOPIX rose by 0.3% to 2,667.29 points, influenced...
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Japan Investment Commentary and Market Outlook March 2025
17th April 2025
In March, the Nikkei 225 declined by 4.1% to 35,617.56 yen, and TOPIX dropped by 0.9% to 2,658.73 points, primarily...
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AMO Insight 'The Bank of Japan will continue interest rates hikes with the aim of reaching 1%, which is thought to be the lower bound for the neutral interest rate'
2nd April 2025
It has been one year since the Bank of Japan (BoJ) abandoned negative interest rate policy. Although the BoJ notes...
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