Ongoing efforts to improve corporate capital efficiency in Japan create a constructive medium-term backdrop for stock investors, according to Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

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Ongoing efforts to improve corporate capital efficiency in Japan create a constructive medium-term backdrop for stock investors, according to Columbia Threadneedle Investments.
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