Shinzo Abe

Easy to become 'despondent' over Japan

Investors unconvinced

It has been three years since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office and Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda launched his aggressive and unconventional monetary policy, characterised by the central bank's enormous balance sheet expansion.

Neptune's George Boyd-Bowman, manager of the Global Income fund, assesses the impact of Abenomics on corporate Japan.

Japan is attempting to resurrect its economy, and bringing with it more tourists and eagerly awaited corporate governance reform, says Genzo Kimura, economist at SuMi TRUST

John MacDougall, manager of the Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon fund, explains how Japan's old corporate structure is being replaced with a new era of entrepreneurialism and high-growth focused start-ups

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently announced changes to strip one of Japan's most powerful lobby group - which controls the country's agricultural sector - of certain exclusive powers. What changes are on the horizon to liberalize the country's farming...

There are two other factors, aside from wage growth, that could support growth in Japan, says Michael Stanes, investment director at Heartwood Investment Management

How far would yen have to fall?