Is now the time to invest in Japan?

Mark Mobius Executive chairman, Templeton Emerging Markets investment trust I am saddened by the devastation and lives lost in Japan as a result of the earthquake, tsunami and aftershocks. If there is one thing that I am confident of, it is the ability of the Japanese people to bounce back from this, as evidenced by their quick recovery after the 1995 Kobe earthquake, which occurred in a more economically vibrant area. We expect the fiscal stimulus package to be much bigger than Kobe. Japan's foreign reserve is second only to China at almost $1trn. Most Japanese debt is also ...