Japan's investors gear up for 23-hour US trading

Trading Asia

Retail buyers and sellers welcome longer hours while institutional investors weigh costs and benefits

MASAYOSHI HARIMA, HARUKA SHIINA, RIE MIYOSHI

TOKYO -- The U.S. stock market is set to move toward nearly round-the-clock trading in early December, giving investors in Japan unprecedented flexibility to buy and sell shares in the world's largest equity market.