Japanese institutional investors other than public pension funds have kept a low profile on foreign bond and equity markets since the beginning of the new fiscal year.
They seem to be in no mood to gear up for increased purchases of foreign currency-denominated financial products in the near term. There are good reasons for this.
For one thing, heightened tensions in the Middle East have prompted Japanese investors to play it safe.
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