Another plus for Japan shares: record yen-bond prices make stocks look cheap.
At its height in 1995, the cult had 17, 000 members in Japan, plus another 20, 000 in Russia.
That is on top of interest payments well above those available in Japan, plus juicy capital gains as, thanks to falling interest rates, prices of long-term bonds have soared.
The action-packed fantasy RPG sold 302, 040 copies on PS3 in its first week in Japan, plus another 29, 024 on Xbox 360, making it the best week for a new IP in a decade.
CES, CTIA and Mobile World Congress (Barcelona), plus noisy Games shows in Japan, continue as top global tech industry forums for candidates, where stealth recruiters listen intently to forum speakers, and pounce on them like lions seeking wildebeest prey on the way back to their corporate booths.
Critics might fret that the recent slowdown in the growth in Japan's monetary base (banks' reserves at the central bank plus notes and coins in circulation) suggests that the Bank of Japan has tightened policy.
The U.S. provides a nuclear umbrella for 30-plus countries, including several -- Japan, Germany and South Korea, for example -- capable of developing their own nuclear weapons.
For instance, if a Japanese company is primarily an exporter, a fall in the yen will probably boost its sales outside Japan and thus be a plus for the stock.
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Sacconaghi notes that iPhone reportedly had 12%-plus market share of the handset market in Japan in the September quarter.
England's 2015 World Cup bid rivals include Japan, Italy and South Africa, plus Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
Every year, we have the ASEAN Summit plus the three East Asian giants -- China, Japan and Korea.
Analysts believe that by upgrading relations with India, Asean Delhi will provide a strategic balance to North Asia's influence, now that there is a regular summit with China, Japan and South Korea, known as Asean plus three.
Then he covers every top whisky producing country in depth, especially Scotland, which he breaks into no less than 16 single malt regions, plus blended Scotches, then Ireland (whiskey), Japan, Canada, the US, Europe, South Africa, India, and Australia.
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The G7 gathers finance ministers and central bank governors from the UK - which holds the presidency in 2005 - plus the United States, France, Canada, Italy, Japan and Germany.
The festival peaks on Whitsunday (19 May) with a street parade, which features colourful dance groups from Korea and Japan, trucks blaring music from Brazil and Angola, plus Irish folk, Jamaican dancehall, Caribbean soca and more.
He said aggressive easing will raise expectations for inflation, and that recent official interest in Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks is a plus for the stock market.
"It's not the time to be rash with hasty new rules, especially when the NRC has added 40-plus 'safety enhancements' " to its initial requirements following the Japan disaster, said Sen.
He said aggressive monetary easing will raise expectations for inflation, and that the recent official interest in Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks is also a plus for stocks.
While this is unquestionably classic Keynesianism: loose money plus (largely deficit financed) public works spending, it must be said that Japan does need to begin replacing its ageing capital stock.
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However, confirming what Venture Capitalists know well, Japan still is the second-largest mobile market in terms of revenues, plus the second-largest advertising market with an accelerating pick-up in e-commerce, especially among high-spending young adults (even Rakuten, a high-flying Japanese domestic e-commerce site, is flush with cash and looking to expand to foreign markets).
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However, should the European economy fall apart, Japan will face a double whammy: falling exports due to recession among its trading partners, plus a rising yen which will further depress exports.
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There is also the potential for positive developments in Europe, Japan and the Middle East. (I know some of these are long shots.) Plus, valuations for large-cap stocks are cheap relative to projected earnings.
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