It has begun. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has started the process to reappoint Haruhiko Kuroda as governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) by submitting a request to the Japanese Diet.
Japanese equity markets have been tested by global market volatility so far this year.
10-year Treasury yields widened to 2.73%
Japanese equity indices were among the strongest-performing developed markets in 2017 (the MSCI Japan returned 20% in local currency terms). This robust performance came despite a near 5% appreciation of the yen versus the US dollar.
'BoJ have gone stir-crazy'
Treasuries still offer value
Jesper Koll, head of Japan at WisdomTree, takes a closer look at the 'outlier scenarios' he worries could have large investment implications.
After a torrid 15 years of deflation, it is time to forget about 'the lost decade' in Japan.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won his election comfortably, as many in the market hoped and expected.