TOKYO -- The Japanese Finance Ministry is pressing the Chinese government to ease capital controls, Nikkei learned Tuesday, in the hope that investors' appetite for Japanese securities will bring in capital from mainland China.
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An electronic board shows Shanghai stock indexes. Slowing economic growth in China has investors looking overseas. © Reuters
TOKYO -- The Japanese Finance Ministry is pressing the Chinese government to ease capital controls, Nikkei learned Tuesday, in the hope that investors' appetite for Japanese securities will bring in capital from mainland China.