TOKYO --- Younger generations in Japan are starting to invest in domestic stocks, albeit in small amounts, anxious that the country's pension system might not deliver the standard of living they expect by the time they retire.
Retail investors owned 17.2% of Japanese shares on a value basis in fiscal 2018, marking the first increase in three years, data released Wednesday by the Tokyo Stock Exchange and others shows. The ratio stood at a record low of 17% in fiscal 2017.
