Samurai Market

If we say we’re going to the Met, people know we’re referring to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Similarly, if we’re talking about the “samurai market,” people know we’re referring to the Japanese stock market. That’s because the term “samurai market” is a popular nickname for Japan’s stock market.

It’s mainly used by people outside of Japan, the same way people outside of the U.S refer to our stock market as the “Yankee market.”