Japan has several long-term social and economic challenges, and looking for companies that seek to address these can be a way to find firms with good fundamentals, writes Satoshi Marui from SuMi TRUST. 

As Japanese households and companies wake up to the return of inflation for the first time in 40 years, investors should be prepared, explains Adrian Hickey, head of Japanese equities, Pictet Asset Management.

Japan considers itself not just a pioneer in climate finance, but also a champion of the now widely held view that richer countries should help poorer countries.