
TOKYO -- Shinzo Abe's decision to step down as prime minister has triggered a mad dash for information among Japanese market watchers, who are looking for clues on whether to dump or double down on the country's equities.
More than 50 overseas investors joined a telephone conference hosted by Goldman Sachs Japan on Sunday, eager to find out what Japan would look like after the exit of the nation's longest-serving prime minister, who announced his resignation over health concerns just two days earlier.