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Sustainable dividends from Japanese stocks set to move even higher with the formation of a new government that ends months of uncertainty.

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The election of Japan’s Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, and now the formation of her new coalition government, has spurred the country’s Nikkei Stock Average to an all-time high.

Investors feel that the conservative-minded leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party – the country’s first female prime minister – will embrace tax cuts, increase defence spending and boost government investment to spur the economy.

Meanwhile, the Japanese yen has weakened on speculation that the Bank of Japan may delay further interest-rate increases to foster growth. As our analysts at The Successful Investor point

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