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Bleak outlook for Japanese equities

Equities in Japan have underperformed those in other major developed markets since the start of 2018, owing to a stronger yen and weaker corporate earnings in particular. We expect this underperformance to continue over the rest of this year against equities in the UK and euro-zone, but not those in the US.

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