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Investing.com — Japanese equities are in the midst of one of their most powerful rallies in decades. The Nikkei 225 is up more than 20% year-to-date, setting fresh record highs and growing at a pace not seen since Japan’s economic golden age in the 1980s. Investor optimism is running high as the yen strengthens and corporate reforms continue to unlock value across the market.
While many global investors have been fixated on Wall Street’s performance, Japan has quietly become one of the best-performing major markets of 2025.
As most investors are only now waking up to the country’s comeback story, our Japan Value ProPicks strategy has been ahead of the curve in identifying overlooked companies poised to benefit from this historic bull run. It provides a monthly list of high-upside, under-the-radar Japanese stocks selected by our proprietary AI model.
For less than $10 a month, members received the latest list on October 1, and just weeks later, several names have delivered standout returns.
*InvestingPro members can click here to jump straight to the full list of Japanese October picks.
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Here’s a look at one of our big winners of this month:
- Kumagai Gumi (TSE:1861): +16.90% in October ALONE
Our AI flagged Kumagai Gumi ahead of its rally, recognizing improving fundamentals and a powerful re-rating catalyst. The construction and civil engineering company surged this month after Daiwa Securities upgraded its rating and raised its target price from ¥1,125 to ¥1,650, citing stronger profitability, better project margins, and lower operational risks. Recent earnings momentum and improved liquidity have also attracted fresh institutional interest — factors our AI model identified before the broader market reacted.
Both the analysis and the timing proved spot-on. And this isn’t an isolated case. Since its introduction on August 1, 2025, the Japan Value ProPicks strategy is up +12,70 %, comfortably outpacing Japan’s major indices over the same period.
Globally, our other ProPicks AI strategies continue to deliver as well. The Tech Titans strategy, for example, has achieved a +40,50 % gain within the last twelve months.
*These are not backtested or simulated figures — they reflect real-world, live performance.
So if you missed Kumagai Gumi’s sharp October rally, don’t worry. A new set of AI-selected opportunities will be released on November 1, giving members another chance to capture Japan’s ongoing market momentum.
How ProPicks AI actually works
At the start of every month, our AI system refreshes each strategy with up to 20 new stock picks, analyzing more than 150 investor-grade financial models built on 15 years of historical and real-time data.
It identifies where risk and reward align most effectively by removing underperformers, retaining top names, and adding new candidates with improving outlooks. Each strategy uses equal weighting across all selections to ensure transparent and consistent performance tracking.
It’s not about chasing headlines. It’s about using data discipline to find stocks before they move — and knowing when to rotate out once they lose momentum.
Check out the 12-year outperformance of Tech Titans over the S&P 500 below:
This means a $100K principal in our strategy would have turned into an eye-popping $2,649,600.
Now is the perfect time to subscribe to InvestingPro and get up to 45% off.
Disclaimer: Prices mentioned in articles are accurate at the time of publication. We regularly test different offers for our members, which may vary by region.