1、 Japan:Accelerating OpportunityWhat Investors Can Learn by Looking Towards the Japanese MarketJapan:Accelerating OpportunityIn Asias rapidly evolving markets,it would be easy to overlook Japan-the country has traditionally been quite insular,with an unexciting stock market.Until recently,corporate g

2、overnance was a black box and access to information and data was limited for outside observers.This seems to be changing,and a number of different trends are converging to paint a more auspicious picture for investors.New corporate governance and stewardship codes are being implemented.Activist inve

3、stors are making their presence felt in the countrys board rooms,demanding better governance and improved transparency.A new Prime Minister,Yoshihide Suga,has been elected in the place of the departing Shinzo Abe,with a plan to revitalise Japans domestic economy and boost small and medium enterprise

4、.And Warren Buffett recently surprised market watchers by dropping US$6 billion on five Japanese trading companies.It seems one cannot afford not to be watching Japan closely at the moment.With this in mind,we have put together this special edition of Insights on the Japanese market,produced by inde

5、pendent Insight Providers with deep knowledge of the country and its nuances.We hope you find these Insights as thought-provoking and informative as we did-they are but a taste of the differentiated,high-quality research these Insight Providers publish daily on Smartkarma.If you want to discover mor

6、e high-quality intelligence in this vein,visit .Research ReinventedSmartkarma unites Independent Research Providers,Investors,and Investor Relations in one network.Cover Photo by Andre Benz on Unsplash Table of Contents1.Dividends and Repo as Asset Classes-Focus on the Nikkei 2254 Index-Brian Freita