Japan

Japan and China, two countries investors are largely ignoring, are two markets that might warrant a closer look.

While the current focus is firmly on the implications of yen weakness, there is a far more compelling wider picture emerging in Japan.

Countless Hollywood movies voiced dark fears about the growing weight of this economic and industrial powerhouse.

Japan’s most recent half-decade census, conducted in 2020 but released at the end of November 2021, was a stark reminder of the permanence of that theme.