What is 'Samurai Market'

A slang term for the stock market in Japan. Samurai market is usually used buy non-residents of Japan, with a reference to the iconic Japanese warrior - the samurai.

Explaining 'Samurai Market'

The term Samurai market was used in business slang but has become widely accepted, much like the "Yankee market" refers to U.S. markets and the "bulldog market" refers to the market in the United Kingdom.

Further Reading

Credit Ratings and Spreads in the Samurai Bond Market
books.google.com [PDF]
… He argued that if the regulations had not been revised, the future market value of … a woeful, but typical story when it reported the following: "There were many samurai who took … opened up curio shops, while others established restaurants, sakeya, tea rooms, fish markets, and the …

Seven samurai opening up the ivory tower? The construction of Newcastle as an entrepreneurial university
www.tandfonline.com [PDF]
… He argued that if the regulations had not been revised, the future market value of … a woeful, but typical story when it reported the following: "There were many samurai who took … opened up curio shops, while others established restaurants, sakeya, tea rooms, fish markets, and the …

The Samurai Bond: Credit Supply, Market Access, and Structural Transformation in Pre-War Japan
www.cambridge.org [PDF]
… He argued that if the regulations had not been revised, the future market value of … a woeful, but typical story when it reported the following: "There were many samurai who took … opened up curio shops, while others established restaurants, sakeya, tea rooms, fish markets, and the …

The samurai bond market
fedinprint.org [PDF]
… He argued that if the regulations had not been revised, the future market value of … a woeful, but typical story when it reported the following: "There were many samurai who took … opened up curio shops, while others established restaurants, sakeya, tea rooms, fish markets, and the …

The Samurai Bond: Credit Supply and Economic Growth in Pre-War Japan
academiccommons.columbia.edu [PDF]
… He argued that if the regulations had not been revised, the future market value of … a woeful, but typical story when it reported the following: "There were many samurai who took … opened up curio shops, while others established restaurants, sakeya, tea rooms, fish markets, and the …

Why Japan needs to develop its corporate bond market
www.tandfonline.com [PDF]
… He argued that if the regulations had not been revised, the future market value of … a woeful, but typical story when it reported the following: "There were many samurai who took … opened up curio shops, while others established restaurants, sakeya, tea rooms, fish markets, and the …

Municipal Bond Sales in Foreign Markets: Experience and Results
onlinelibrary.wiley.com [PDF]
… He argued that if the regulations had not been revised, the future market value of … a woeful, but typical story when it reported the following: "There were many samurai who took … opened up curio shops, while others established restaurants, sakeya, tea rooms, fish markets, and the …

Municipal Debt Issues in Foreign Markets: Managing Currency and Interest Rate Risk
onlinelibrary.wiley.com [PDF]
… He argued that if the regulations had not been revised, the future market value of … a woeful, but typical story when it reported the following: "There were many samurai who took … opened up curio shops, while others established restaurants, sakeya, tea rooms, fish markets, and the …