Why Japan should be able to weather a US market crash

What if Wall Street stock prices were to collapse from their current pinnacles under the sheer weight of excessive investment in artificial intelligence (AI)?

Would markets in Tokyo and other Asian centres – not to mention Europe and beyond – follow suit?

These are questions that are likely to be put to the test before long if US stock prices continue their strong upward trajectory, interest rates and inflation keep rising and, as seems likely, the US-Israel war against Iran drags on.