The Bank of Japan's controversial march to the top of the shareholder rankings in the world's third-largest equity market is picking up pace.

Hisashi Taniguchi used a sabbatical from developing software for driverless taxis and drones to take a pilgrimage to a Buddhist temple in western Japan. He shaved his head, donned black robes and studied to become its leader. He passed the test, yet within a week ...

Stocks tumbled, the yen strengthened and bond yields melted away after Japan moved to negative interest rates, but the head of the country's giant pension fund is far from fazed. The Government Pension Investment Fund is still assessing whether rates below zero will be effective ...

For global equity investors and Shinzo Abe, it’s splitsville.

When the giants of sumo wrestling prepared to step into the ring for last month's grand tournament in Tokyo, Akiyoshi Takumori fired up his spreadsheet. For Takumori, an economist at one of Japan's biggest asset managers, the ancient sport is more than entertainment: It is ...

After the worst start to a year on record, Japanese stocks are approaching levels that in the past have proved to be springboards to recoveries. The rout that's erased more than $300 billion from Japanese equities in 2016 sent bearish bets to historic levels and ...

For the first year since 1989, foreign investors sold Japanese stocks and missed a rally. Overseas investors, who account for more than two-thirds of trading in Tokyo, cut holdings in 2015 even as the Topix index climbed 8.9 percent in dollars and 21 percent in ...