Japan brokerages bolster research on hidden gems

Foreign investors seek insights into stocks less vulnerable to trade war winds

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Brokerages are helping foreign investors find smaller, overlooked companies in Japan's crowded business world. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)

TAIZO WADA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese brokerages are strengthening research operations in hopes of turning them into profit machines by tapping growing overseas interest in small and midsize businesses here.

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