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CEF Weekly Review: Central Securities Corporation
Joe Eqcome • Sat, May 25
CEF Weekly Review: Aberdeen Indonesia Fund
Joe Eqcome • Mon, May 20
It's Time to Buy These Two International Markets, Stat
Lou Basenese • Fri, Feb 8 • 6 Comments
2 Timely Contrarian Trades
Lou Basenese • Thu, Jan 24
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Declares $0.08102 Ordinary Income Distribution

Marketwire (Nov 19, 2012)
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund: A Unique CEF Trading At An 11.5% Discount
Robert Lewis • Thu, May 17, 2012 • 5 Comments
Time To Open Japan Back Up
Asa Harrington • Tue, Jan 24, 2012 • 5 Comments
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Declares $0.0355 Ordinary Income Distribution

Marketwire (Dec 12, 2011)
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund: Pricing for Closed-End Fund and How to Profit
Brett Samaha • Fri, Jun 24, 2011 • 2 Comments
Long Term Bullish Outlook for Japanese Equities Remains Intact
Daily Trading • Wed, May 4, 2011 • 4 Comments
Bet on a Recovery in Japan
Glenn Rogers • Tue, Mar 22, 2011 • 4 Comments
Jeffrey Saut: Ways to Invest in Japan, Banks and Energy
Jeffrey Saut • Tue, Mar 22, 2011 • 3 Comments
The Worst Outcome for Fukushima Is Priced Into Japanese Equities
Daily Trading • Mon, Mar 21, 2011 • 13 Comments
Investing in Japan: Questions and Answers on Closed-End Funds, Stocks and the Yen
Geoff Gannon • Thu, Mar 17, 2011 • 2 Comments
Swiss Franc vs. U.S. Dollar
Jose C. Ramirez • Wed, Mar 16, 2011 • 4 Comments
Japanese Stocks: Cheapest Fundamental Value on Record
Daily Trading • Wed, Mar 16, 2011 • 18 Comments
Are Investors Overpaying for the Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund?
George Spritzer • Wed, Mar 16, 2011 • 5 Comments
Japan, Inc. on Sale - At Double-Discounts
Joseph L. Shaefer • Tue, Mar 15, 2011 • 10 Comments
Buy Japan - But Beware of These 3 Investment Aftershocks
Lou Basenese • Tue, Mar 15, 2011 • 7 Comments
Japanese Equities: The Buy of the Decade!
Daily Trading • Mon, Mar 14, 2011 • 107 Comments

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Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund: A Unique CEF Trading At An 11.5% Discount
Robert Lewis • Thu, May 17, 2012 • 5 Comments
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund: Pricing for Closed-End Fund and How to Profit
Brett Samaha • Fri, Jun 24, 2011 • 2 Comments
Are Investors Overpaying for the Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund?
George Spritzer • Wed, Mar 16, 2011 • 5 Comments
Japanese Smallcaps Are Cheap - And 6 Other Observations From Barron's
David Merkel • Sun, Nov 18, 2007
A Disbeliever on Japan (CEF: JOF)
Roger Nusbaum • Thu, Apr 13, 2006

CEF Weekly Review: Central Securities Corporation
Joe Eqcome • Sat, May 25
CEF Weekly Review: Aberdeen Indonesia Fund
Joe Eqcome • Mon, May 20
It's Time to Buy These Two International Markets, Stat
Lou Basenese • Fri, Feb 8 • 6 Comments
2 Timely Contrarian Trades
Lou Basenese • Thu, Jan 24
Time To Open Japan Back Up
Asa Harrington • Tue, Jan 24, 2012 • 5 Comments
Long Term Bullish Outlook for Japanese Equities Remains Intact
Daily Trading • Wed, May 4, 2011 • 4 Comments
Bet on a Recovery in Japan
Glenn Rogers • Tue, Mar 22, 2011 • 4 Comments
Jeffrey Saut: Ways to Invest in Japan, Banks and Energy
Jeffrey Saut • Tue, Mar 22, 2011 • 3 Comments
The Worst Outcome for Fukushima Is Priced Into Japanese Equities
Daily Trading • Mon, Mar 21, 2011 • 13 Comments
Investing in Japan: Questions and Answers on Closed-End Funds, Stocks and the Yen
Geoff Gannon • Thu, Mar 17, 2011 • 2 Comments
Swiss Franc vs. U.S. Dollar
Jose C. Ramirez • Wed, Mar 16, 2011 • 4 Comments
Japanese Stocks: Cheapest Fundamental Value on Record
Daily Trading • Wed, Mar 16, 2011 • 18 Comments
Japan, Inc. on Sale - At Double-Discounts
Joseph L. Shaefer • Tue, Mar 15, 2011 • 10 Comments
Buy Japan - But Beware of These 3 Investment Aftershocks
Lou Basenese • Tue, Mar 15, 2011 • 7 Comments
Japanese Equities: The Buy of the Decade!
Daily Trading • Mon, Mar 14, 2011 • 107 Comments
A Stealth Bull Market Continues for Japanese Equities
Daily Trading • Mon, Mar 7, 2011 • 15 Comments
The Japan Allocation - Smart Strategy or Missing the Point?
Econ Grapher • Fri, Feb 25, 2011 • 1 Comment
Upside Yen Cross Break Could Signal Strength for Japanese Stocks
Daily Trading • Tue, Feb 15, 2011 • 5 Comments
How to Prepare for Inflation in Japan
Daily Trading • Wed, Feb 2, 2011 • 27 Comments
The Bullish Case for Japanese Equities Just Got a Lot Stronger
Daily Trading • Tue, Jan 18, 2011 • 12 Comments

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Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Declares $0.08102 Ordinary Income Distribution

Marketwire (Nov 19, 2012)
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Declares $0.0355 Ordinary Income Distribution

Marketwire (Dec 12, 2011)
Peter Brimelow: Adens, Schultz, batten down hatches

at MarketWatch.com (Mar 14, 2011)

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Company Description

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Sector: Financial

Industry: Closed-End Fund - Foreign

Country: Japan

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 5:05 PM Doug Kass is buying EWJ after analysis that began with a history lesson from Barton Biggs. Japan is no stranger to nearly unimaginable disaster, and each event often heralds a major change in the country's direction, says Biggs. And never forget valuation, "the market sells at book value and at half of sales." Comment! [Global & FX, Quick Ideas]
Thursday, April 7, 2011, 11:51 AM NHK reports 2 of the 3 power systems are out at TEPCO's (TKECF.PK -7.1%) Onagawa nuclear plant. Fortunately, that means one system is working. Kyodo reports no abnormal radiation levels have been detected there. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Thursday, April 7, 2011, 11:34 AM Kyodo News reports no additional issues arising at the Fukushima plant and the continuation of coolant injections in the wake of the Miyagi earthquake. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, April 7, 2011, 11:25 AM Unleveraged long Japan ETfs drop more than 1% on news of the latest earthquake. EWJ -1.2%, ITF -0.9%, JOF -1.7%, JEQ -1.4%, DXJ -0.9%. Buy the dip? 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Thursday, April 7, 2011, 7:12 AM At its monthly meeting, the BOJ unveils a $12B lending program to help companies affected by the earthquake. Perhaps expecting more extraordinary measures, shares sell off 1% from their highs and the yen strengthens, +0.5% at ¥84.90. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 9:06 AM A secret assessment of the Fukushima plant prepared by the NRC says measures being used to cool the reactors make them more vulnerable to aftershocks as well as increase the chance of explosions. "This paints a very different picture (from Japanese reports), and suggests that things are a lot worse," says a nuclear engineer. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 5:48 PM Time more than money will be the key for Japan's recovery from the earthquake, according to a BOJ presentation relayed by Marc Chandler. The BOJ expects insurance companies to sell JGBs, not overseas assets, to fund expected liabilities of $7B. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 8:21 AM Concerns over the fate of Japan's fishing industry mount after a fish is caught with dangerously high levels of radiation. Though fishing in the area near Fukushima makes up just a small portion of Japan's catch, guilt by association could put a cloud over the industry for years. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, March 31, 2011, 2:21 PM Radioactive iodine 10K times the legal limit has been found in the groundwater near the #1 reactor at the Fukushima plant. It is the first time contamination of the groundwater has been confirmed since the March 11 earthquake. Officials say such levels don't pose an immediate threat to human health. 9 Comments [Global & FX]
Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 4:09 PM Pressure mounts on the Japanese government to extend the 20km (12mi) evacuation zone around the Fukushima plant after the IAEA finds radiation at a village 40km away exceeds the level at which such an action would be called for. "We have advised (Japan) to carefully assess the situation." 2 Comments [Global & FX]
Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 7:16 AM The yen weakens to ¥83.11, with dollar/yen rising back to the range in which it spent the several months prior to the earthquake. Japanese shares +2.6%, return to just slightly below their pre-earthquake levels. Hitachi (HIT) is a big winner, +8.7% on good news about plant reopenings. Premarket: EWJ +1.1%. Comment! [Global & FX]
Monday, March 28, 2011, 1:10 PM Concern shifts to contamination of the ocean or ground as highly radioactive water is detected leaking from the Fukushima nuclear reactors. TEPCO says the dangerous level of 1,000 millisieverts per hour has been detected in tunnels underneath the reactors, but they do not flow to the sea. 2 Comments [Global & FX]
Friday, March 25, 2011, 10:54 AM Overseas investors have been a force behind the sharp rebound in Japanese shares, pouring $11B into the stock market last week, the highest amount since this sort of data has been tracked. The Nikkei is nearly 16% above its panic lows of last Wednesday. EWJ -1.8%. Comment! [Global & FX]
Friday, March 25, 2011, 7:24 AM Japan's nuclear safety agency denies damage to the containment functions at the #3 Fukushima nuclear reactor even though high-level radiation leaking there appears to have originated at the core. PM Kan says the situation does not yet warrant optimism. Japan +1.1%. Yen is down slightly. 3 Comments [Global & FX]
Thursday, March 24, 2011, 12:11 PM The poor state of Japanese sovereign finance, interest rates already at 0%, and slower worldwide growth make Japan's recovery from this earthquake more problematic than the 1995 experience, says Mohammad El-Erian, providing a compelling counterpoint to the reflexive buy-the-dip consensus. 6 Comments [Global & FX]

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stmcca02
All 4 of these companies are deep value now. MTU , JOF , EWF, BAC share dilution in JOF ,MTU scares me. EWJ is good now. BAC is evil.
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AlphaLoboTrading
JOF -(7.52) Japan Smaller Cap Fund - making nice move, breaks out with good volume.
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