Japanese investors ditch foreign stocks on US economic concerns, tariff tensions

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Japanese investors significantly reduced their holdings in foreign stocks, withdrawing 752.1 billion yen last week, amidst global market concerns over the U.S. economic outlook and new trade tariffs. This reverses a trend of net purchases, though year-to-date investments still show a substantial 3.37 trillion yen inflow. Simultaneously, they sold foreign long-term bonds.