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Foreign stock ownership recedes

Foreign ownership of Japanese stocks fell for the first time in five years in fiscal 2007 on concern that credit-market losses, rising costs and the strengthening yen will erode profits, the Tokyo Stock Exchange said Wednesday. Foreign investors owned... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Wed, Jun 18 2008

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