Coupland Cardiff's Aston: Slowdown in global growth more relevant to Japan than trade war

Stronger yen a risk

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Foreign investors have consistently sold Japanese equities since the beginning of the year, reflecting concerns over global economic growth, the pace of US interest rate rises and the re-emergence of the land sale scandal in which Ministry of Finance officials and leading politicians, including the Prime Minister, have been implicated.

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