Japan

Investors looking to diversify their property investments should consider buying into alternative sectors such as prisons, according to Principal Global Investors' Simon Hedger.

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.

Climbing the wall of worry

Japanese equities tumbled last night after a second day of market volatility, but the move in Asia failed to drag UK markets lower this morning as traders drew a line in the sand following savage falls over the past week.

Japan

Japan focus

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.

Decisions, decisions

Fidelity's move into passive funds

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.