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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the last trading session of 2013. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)

SATORU NIHEI, Nikkei staff writer

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.

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