What will be the real impact of China's slowdown on Japan?

Renewed fears over China's slowdown have hit Japanese equity markets just as the country's reform programme comes under pressure, Hardeep Tawakley reports.

China's woes have had serious knock-on effects on global markets this year and neighbour/rival Japan is no exception. The rout from the Shanghai Composite in August prompted a 4% drop for the Nikkei 225 on ‘Black Monday'; its largest fall in over two years. It was a far cry from June, when the Nikkei closed at its highest level since 2000 and the MSCI Japan index was up by more than 15% since the beginning of the year, having been able to shrug off many of the political and economic challenges that had plagued other markets in 2015. Can corporate reforms help push Japanese equities...