European Financial Markets – Outlook and Prospects from Japan
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06.11.2023-
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21.11.2023Europe serves as an essential place for Japanese business and investment. Concerned parties in Japan hope that the regulations of the EU and UK will be optimized whilst still maintaining the necessary convergence.
Japan benefited enormously from the European financial markets, 120 years ago. At that time, in order to secure imports of necessary goods and maintain the gold standard, the procurement of hard foreign currency was a pressing issue for Japan. The greatest contribution to this breakthrough was the success of raising funds through the issuance of public bonds in Europe. This was due to not only vigorous negotiations in London by Korekiyo Takahashi, then Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan, but also the support of underwriters and investors in Europe including London and Paris, as well as in ...