The Nikkei closed back above 15,000 today, helped by a renewed decline in the yen past 100 to the dollar. We expect Japanese equities to advance further and the currency to continue to weaken, due largely to domestic fiscal and monetary developments. However, economic reform may still be slow and patchy and the external background less favourable, limiting the absolute gains for stocks.
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