This fact surprised us because the general Japanese market for so long has been known to be one of the worst dividend paying stockmarkets.
But now many of the world's companies with the highest dividend growth are located in Japan, with dividend yields of 5%+ not uncommon.
Asian companies have begun to realise that western investors often tend to favour high dividend paying stocks so by paying up they can attract some major investment, especially from the all important investment funds and trusts.
And with payout ratios of income to dividends generally below 20% there's plenty of potential for Japanese listed firms to up the ante.
Sorry but we don't follow the Japanese market that much so can't provide some examples of these high paying dividend stocks. But the Tokyo Stock exchange website looks very comprehensive, see below.
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