Murakami's move

摘要

When a powerful investor who intro-duced the concept of shareholder rights to Japan abruptly moves his home and business to Singapore, people start asking questions. Yoshiaki Murakami, a former civil servant, manages roughly ¥400 billion ($3.6 billion) in assets, through the Murakami fund, more than half of whose investors are foreign. The reason he gives for his move is that he wants to invest more money in other parts of Asia, and feels Singapore would be more suitable as a base. He appears to have had enough of Japan's stifling regulations. Taxes in Singapore are lower too.