Volatile Markets Test Kishida’s Push to Make Japan a Nation of Investors

August 6, 2024

By Sakura Murakami and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – A day after the Tokyo stock market had its biggest fall since 1987, Yuri Sekiya decided it was time to heed Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s longstanding call for Japanese citizens to invest more of their $15 trillion in household assets. The recent …