Last Friday, Bank of Japan announced that it will keep its key short-term interest rate unchanged at -0.1% whilst for 10 year bond yields, staying pat at 0%.

So how will Japan equity market react to this and in 2022, can the Nikkei 225 surpass the 31-year high achieved back in Mid September this year?

We speak to Chern Yeh Kwok, Deputy Head of Asia Pacific Equities & Head of Japan Equities at Aberdeen Standard Investments.

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Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Philip See

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Categories:  business analysis

Tags:  nikkei 225,  japanese equities,  japanese equity,  japanese economy,  bank of japan,