Japan Retail Investors Bought Record Stocks Last Week in Selloff

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Japan Retail Investors Bought Record Stocks Last Week in Selloff Japan government panel member calls for moderate BOJ rate hikes - Published When the mayor of a small town in western Japan announced she was taking maternity leave, she expected some raised eyebrows. But the reaction was far stronger - and more divided - than Shoko Kawata had ever anticipated. The 35-year-old has been plunged into a national debate about whether elected officials should take time off for childbirth, in a country that's struggling to lift birth rates.