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Japan's 'Lost Decade' Gives Way to the New Asian Reality

... even if the securities markets don’t yet reflect this: They’re up only marginally so far this year.

What securities markets in Japan could you possibly be referring to, please? Neither the N225 nor the TOPIX are up at all. Both are down nearly 10 percent in fact. They are up from down about 20 percent in March, but then that is still not up this year.