Japan weighs shortcut to green cards for Hong Kong financial talent

Tokyo plays catch-up to Singapore and others as a favored destination for bankers

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A man walks past Tokyo Station during the coronavirus outbreak. Japan will ready incentives to attract financial talent to Tokyo. (Photo by Hirofumi Yamamoto)

RIEKO MIKI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- A day after China passed and enacted a new national security law to govern Hong Kong, Japanese lawmakers kicked off official discussions over ways to welcome financial talent that may be contemplating leaving the international financial hub.

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