The initial trigger for the Tokyo share price rally in recent weeks was foreign investors' stepped-up purchases.
Their net purchases in April soared to 1.09 trillion yen, topping the 1 trillion yen level for the first time since June 1999.
What's more, they bought 426.53 billion yen more than they sold in May's holiday-studded first week.
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