iShares MSCI Japan ETF News

Japan ETFs have been surging over the past year on several factors and beating the S&P 500.

Vasu Menon, managing director of investment strategy at OCBC Bank, shares his views on Japanese stocks, the economy and central bank policy. The economy unexpectedly slipped into recession after shrin

While the China macro story of ongoing transition is a headwind to the rest of Asia, there is more to the region's economic health than this.

World stocks that hold US shares are up 1.6% year to date while foreign equities ex-US are down 1.5% in 2024. The Japanese stock market was a strong competitor vis-à-vis US shares last year too.

The first month of 2024 is already complete, and below is a look at the performance of various asset classes during January using key ETFs that we track closely. The S&P 500 (SPY) finished the month u

DXJ: Capitalizing On Japan's Bull Market, Mitigating FX Risk

The Nikkei 225 on Monday rallied to yet another 33-year high, advancing amid the Tokyo Stock Exchange publishing a list of companies that have taken actions to bolster their share price.

TOKYO — Asian stocks slipped on Thursday, tracking a weak start to 2024 on Wall Street as Japan's markets reopened.

The final trades of the day with the 'Fast Money' traders.

Japan has been in a long period of economic stagnation and muted stock market returns. The government in Japan is taking steps to reverse this by potentially changing its yield curve control policy as

Japanese securities have been gaining momentum lately driven by increased foreign inflow helped by improved corporate earnings and reforms in corporate governance. Along with the optimistic outlook by

The EWJ provides value-weighted exposure to the Japanese markets, but there are alternatives with lower expense ratios. The ETF has a high expense ratio of 0.5%, while the FLJP has a much lower expens

Things were looking tough for the BoJ as recently as this summer, when the country's core CPI bolted north of 4%, far beyond the 2% inflation target that major central banks view as ideal. The Bank of

The debate over the future of Japan continues. Because of its small footprint, we often forget the oversized role Japan plays in the global economy.

The IMF, the World Bank, and the United Nations all rank China and Japan as the second and third largest economies on the planet. More of what is occurring in the markets should reflect what is happen