By: Momoka Yokoyama, Kanoko Matsuyama
The shift, driven partly by a stabilizing yen, has spurred U.S. capital inflows into the tech-heavy Nikkei 225 Stock Average, as reflected in its divergence from the Topix, said Bruce Kirk. With Japanese policymakers unlikely to tolerate a significant yen decline past current levels near 160 per dollar, unhedged U.S.-based investors may be more willing to buy Japanese stocks, he added.














