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ARTICLE · 08 JULY 2026

Why Global Asset Managers Are Increasingly Focusing On Japan

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For decades, Japan was widely viewed as a nation of savers rather than investors. That perception is now beginning to change.

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For decades, Japan was widely viewed as a nation of savers rather than investors. That perception is now beginning to change.

A Market at an Inflection Point

Many of the world’s leading alternative asset managers, together with other global investment firms, are increasing their focus on Japan. They continue to invest in local distribution platforms, product development and private wealth capabilities in anticipation of growing participation by both institutional and private wealth investors. Blackstone, for example, has publicly stated that it sees Japan as having “the potential to become the second-largest market in the world for private wealth”.

Several structural trends help explain why: growing institutional allocations to private markets, one of the world’s largest pools of household financial wealth, supportive government policy and an established offshore fund infrastructure.

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