Japan-South Korea frictions may throw wrench into talks

TOKYO -- Some in the Japanese government are concerned that long-standing issues with South Korea will hamper progress at a three-way summit including China later this year. The Tokyo meeting will mark South Korean President Park Geun-hye's first visit to ... ( read original story ...)

Is Nikkei Ready To Rise Again?

After successful tests of its broken multi-decade downtrend, Japan’s Nikkei 225 has a chance to commence a new up leg... We’ve been pointing out the thinning nature of the stock market rally of late. In fact, as recently as yesterday we noted that just ... ( read original story ...)