Japanese stocks have rallied to their highest level since November 2007 and the yen has plummeted after the Bank of Japan shocked the market with unexpected new stimulus measures.
Abenomics is not the whole picture for investors in Japan - the country's corporates have undergone a slow revolution too, explains AXA Framlington's Chisako Hardie.
Japanese equity funds have seen the largest even outflows in US dollar terms as investors rushed for safe-haven cash, latest data from Bank of America Merrill Lynch reveals.
Polar Capital has reported a 1% rise in AUM over the six months to end-September as outflows from its Japanese equity fund held back asset growth.
The economic situation in Japan over the last two decades can teach Western economies a number of lessons, with the region actually very successful at boosting its own citizens' wealth, M&G's bond veteran Richard Woolnough has said.
GLG Partners is to soft close Stephen Harker's GLG Japan CoreAlpha strategy, two years after it reopened to investors, following a huge climb in AUM, Investment Week can reveal.