Overseas investors eyeing 'rising stars' in Japan equity market: Nomura

Tokyo

FOREIGNERS who helped to fuel a three-year rally in Japanese stocks by investing in the most well-known companies are now looking off the beaten path for opportunities in the world's third-biggest equity market, according to Nomura Holdings Inc.

Nomura chose 25 companies that are "rising stars" to meet with global institutional investors in Tokyo this week, said Norikazu Akedo, a senior managing director at Japan's biggest brokerage.