South KoreaSouth KoreaQualified professional investor
  • Email sign up
  • Client Login
  • Contact us

The information in the website you are about to enter is intended only for Qualified Professional Investors based in South Korea. If this is not suitable for you, please click “Change” below. If you confirm these details are correct, we'll save this information.

01. Your location
South Korea
02. Your user type
Baillie Gifford & Co
  • Strategies
  • Funds
  • Insights
  • About us
    • What makes us different?
    • Philosophy and values
    • Responsible investment
    • Inclusion
    • Private companies
    • Actual investors
    • The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
  • Careers
    • Life at Baillie Gifford
    • Working at Baillie Gifford
    • FAQs
    • Early careers
    • Client manager programme
  • Search
  • Email sign up
  • Client Login
  • Contact us
  • Insights
  • Investing in Japan: the country’s underappreciated edge
Video

Japan’s underappreciated edge.

July 2021 / 14

Overview

Key Points

  • Inflation is not an unhelpful thing for Japan as a whole, or for us as investors
  • Internet businesses have better lower-cost models than their offline equivalents, so we think they would continue to take market share
  • Our approach to growth investing in Japan remains flexible
Share

  • Fairytales and fundamentals revisited

    Jonny Greenhill on Long Term Global Growth’s patient approach to backing transformative companies.
    November 2025
    Webinar|32 minutes
  • The science behind investing

    From nanotechnology to investing, Olivia Knapp explores the chemistry of good research.
    November 2025
    Video|6 minutes
  • Profile of a returning industry veteran

    After nearly 20 years leading global equity teams, explore why Alistair Way returns to Baillie Gifford.
    November 2025
    Video|6 minutes

  • Worldwide Japanese Fund

    The Worldwide Japanese Fund aims to maximise total return principally through investment in equity securities which are listed, traded or dealt on Regulated Markets in Japan.

  • High angle view of people walking at subway station in Kyoto, Japan.

    Japan All Cap

    Discover Japan's untapped potential. Focusing on fundamentals, we try to find mispriced, under-appreciated growth opportunities.
  • Robotic arm welding in a futuristic assembly automotive manufacturing plant.

    Japan Growth

    Unearthing Japan's hidden opportunities, our strategy targets emerging disruptors, strong franchises, and corporate reform for growth.
Learn about Baillie Gifford
  • Strategies
  • Funds
  • Insights
  • About us
  • Careers
  • Actual investors
  • Philanthropy
  • Media hub
  • Client login
Legal
Help and support
  • Product and regulatory data
  • Fraudulent activity
  • Accessibility
  • Important disclosures
Legal
  • Legal and regulatory
  • Manage cookies
  • Terms of use
  • Modern slavery statement
  • Privacy notices
Stay in touch via social media
  • LinkedIn Logo
  • YouTube Logo
Have a question?
Contact us
Baillie Gifford & Co
© Copyright Baillie Gifford & Co. All rights reserved. 2025