bank of japan

Katsunori Kitakura, lead strategist at SuMi Trust, explains why investors have cause to be optimistic following Shinzo Abe's re-election.

Government requires 'boldness' to overcome long-term challenges

Gains for yen and Nikkei 225

Concerns about Trump

Withdrawal of QE could cause 'considerable fallout'

World's third-largest economy

Transfixed by Trump, Brexit and Le Pen, it is increasingly obvious that we have all become too addicted to banging on about the macro and politics.

Confidence in the Abe administration

Inflation to reach 2% by 2018

Still lower than other developed markets