The good times are almost over for Japan

The Japanese stock market is on a roll, hitting consecutive 34-year highs this week. The last time the Nikkei 225 index was at Wednesday’s closing level of 34,442 was in March 1990, a few weeks after ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s market rally lacks solid backing

One reason is that returns on equity remain low. On Lex’s calculations, forward ROE for Topix constituents (at 8.5 per cent) has crawled sideways for a decade. It is currently only just above the ... ( read original story ...)

The female marines Japan is training for war

Hikari Maruyama, Runa Kurosawa and Sawaka Nakano are part of an elite force: Japan's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), meant to lead assaults from the sea in a possible future war. ( read original story ...)