Activist investors regain their appetite for Japanese stocks

Holdings double since 2015 as calls for change find receptive ears

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Managers in Japan are becoming more willing to listen to activist calls for boosting profitability. (Nikkei montage)

TAKENORI MIYAMOTO, TOMOHIRO NOGUCHI and YOSHINARU SAKABE, Nikkei staff writers

NEW YORK/TOKYO -- Investors who press management to unlock value for shareholders have taken a renewed interest in Japan, a once-fruitless market that has become one of the most promising for bargain hunters.

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