Corporate Japan Learns to Love Its Shareholders

Heard on the Street: Buybacks are booming and engaged investors are getting clear results

Japan’s corporate governance reforms are starting to pay off, and plenty more could be coming. This is a good reason to get excited about the country’s cheap stocks, even if growth prospects aren’t exciting.

The Japanese stock market has quietly outperformed every large rich-world peer outside of the U.S. over the past decade. Much of the burst hasn’t come from a rampant economy. Growth has been solid by Japanese standards, but hardly impressive by anyone else’s.

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