Japan stock bible sells like hot cakes, sets stage for Nomura to prosper

Tokyo

THINGS are looking up for Japan's biggest brokerages, if demand for a well-known stock handbook is any guide.

Copies of Kaisha Shikiho, widely regarded as the bible of Japanese equities, are being snapped up by people eager to find out more about the nation's soaring stocks. Sales of its Dec 15 edition are up 50 per cent from a year earlier, said publisher Toyo Keizai.

The trend bodes well for Nomura Holdings and Daiwa …