Foreign activist funds set their sights on Japan's smaller companies

Kyushu Railway told to boost returns from 'high-quality' properties

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A Kyushu Railway bullet train in Kumamoto Prefecture, western Japan (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)

AKIHIDE ANZAI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Activist investors are piling into Japan, and they are starting to look beyond global names like Sony and Olympus to local companies as the push for better corporate governance gathers steam.

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