Editorial

18:59 JST, June 3, 2025

If people can invest in stocks with more affordable amounts of money, the base of individual investors, including those in younger generations, will be expanded. It is hoped that the benefit of increased corporate value will lead to asset building for a wide range of households.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange currently urges companies to make an effort to allow investors to buy shares with an investment of less than ¥500,000 when they go public.

With their own efforts progressing, such as splitting stocks, the average minimum investment threshold in the Prime Market for large companies has dropped to about ¥260,000. However, this is still about eight times that of the United States and is a stumbling block to broadening the base of individual investors.

The TSE has announced a........

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