High school students hooked on stock-trading games in class are still a rarity in Japan -- for better or worse.
Better because many parents would likely hate to see their kids learning what they think is a risky practice. Worse because the situation symbolizes the poor investment knowledge of the general public, compared with Americans.
Toyoharu Tsutsui must believe the latter.
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