29.09.2008 - Tokyo bourse to allow trading directly from overseas
From Reuters: The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) plans to allow foreign brokerages without an office in Japan to trade TSE-listed securities directly from abroad. The bourse aims to introduce the new type of membership by the end of the year, said Satoshi Futagi, a spokesman for the bourse. "Foreign players account for roughly 60 percent of cash stock trading here and even more of derivatives trading. We see sizeable demand for direct trading from abroad, and it's also in the exchange's interest to increase the market's liquidity," he said...... Full Article: Source
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