TOKYO -- On Aug. 5, Katsuaki Nagai, a trading section manager at Marusan Securities, received a flood of orders from wholesale customers who wanted to buy the largest-ever daily dip in Japanese stocks.
Japan stocks' historic volatility at the beginning of August was caused by demand-supply dynamics rather than fundamentals, a trading manager says. (Source photos by Yo Inoue and Satoko Kawasaki)
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