Singapore emerges as top Asian investor in Japan

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SINGAPORE is the only Asian country which has over a trillion yen - or S$12.74 billion at Monday's exchange rate - invested in Japan, according to the first official Japanese report on foreign direct investments in the country.

That makes Singapore, already the biggest investor in China and India, the top Asian investor in the world's third-largest economy, says Invest Japan Report 2015 published last week by Jetro, Japan's trade and investment promotion agency.

Yet, the exact amoun…