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Bullion World | Volume 5 | Issue 06 | June 2025
Japanese Gold market
Mr Bruce Ikemizu, Representative Director, Japan Bullion Market Association
DEVELOPING, DRIVING AND
1. JAPANESE RETAIL INVESTORS ARE
BUYING GOLD IN UNPRECEDENTED CONNECTING ASIA PACIFIC
WAY.
BULLION MARKET
Last year September I wrote about changes in
attitudes of Japanese investors toward gold.
After nearly 10 months, gold has become even WE BRIDGE OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW YOUR PRECIOUS METALS BUSINESS
more popular as an investment item. Japanese
investors became more eager buyers of gold.
Mr Bruce Ikemizu While Gold in JPY keeps going North, breaking OUR VISION & MISSION MEMBERSHIP
historical high consecutively 11000 yen/gram a Our vision is for Singapore to emerge as a SBMA is a non-profit member-driven
year ago to 15500yen. And even at this high level, leading precious metals hub in the Asia Pacific organisation that represents our members from
retail shops are seeing more buying than profit the precious metals industry, including but not
taking selling. This had never happened even 5 region and a global centre of connectivity for
There are 2 points that I years ago. precious metals. limited to bullion banks, exchanges, refineries,
believe I should point out trading firms and logistics companies. Our
Japanese investors were known as bargain Our mission is to support member companies members enjoy wide-ranging benefits from their
about recent Japanese gold hunters. They buy when the gold price dips, and in expanding their businesses within Singapore membership.
market they sell when the gold price rallies. However, and leveraging the nation as a launchpad to
recently especially after Covid days, they became propel their operations into the Asia Pacific FIND OUT MORE:
quite strong buyers of gold even at the price
strength. One of the reasons I believe is that the region.
generations of investors changed after Covid. It
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