Both a major buyer and processor of fish, Japan is an important link in the global seafood distribution chain. So the effects of the disaster — including the ruined ports, roads, fisheries and processing centers — have taken …
A basket case for so long, Japan is actually showing glimmers of economic progress. It’s in the right place to offer investors access to Asia’s booming emerging markets while also providing a stable, safe-haven platform for ent…
In Asia Friday the Nikkei 225 Index sank 1.1% to 10,360 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index slid 0.7% to 23,617. In China the Shanghai Composite Index inched up 0.1% to close at 2,753.
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Mired in deflation and stagnant for decades, Japan has been the economic basket case of the developed world, a cautionary example of malaise run amuck. But because it’s export-oriented, the world’s third-largest economy is gett…