TOKYO -- Japanese households are snapping up more overseas assets as they shift their focus from saving to investing, a trend seen potentially leading to a further weakness in the yen.
Total assets held by Japanese households grew 7.1% in a year to 2.2 quadrillion yen ($13.7 trillion) as of the end of March, according to new data published Thursday by the Bank of Japan.
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