Uncertainties over forex intervention slow foreigners' Japan stock buys

Weak yen and hawkish signals from the Bank of Japan weigh on shares

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Global investors have piled into Japan this year, driving the rally in the country’s equity market, but the trend appears to have slowed for the moment. (Photo by Yuji Murakami)

LISA KIM, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Foreign investors have reduced their buying of Japanese stocks, seeing the government's apparent effort to shore up the yen as an additional source of market uncertainty.

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