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Global Investor: Barton Biggs.
Byline: Biggs, the legendary Wall Street strategist, is a managing partner at Traxis Partners, which owns Japanese stocks.
A Bull Hidden In an Enigma
To global investors, Japan continues to be "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." I have been to Japan perhaps 50 times in the last 30 years, but on my most recent trip I was stunned by the atmospheric changes in Tokyo. The city has become one of the most avant-garde places in the world. Prosperity seems to be busting out everywhere, stylish young
shoppers swarming the Ginza, and sleek new office buildings and hotels opening. Yet the Japanese economy and stock market stagger along from slump to sluggish recovery.
It's a paradox that's endlessly frustrating to investors. ...
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- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 26, 2002 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) April 22, 2005 700+ words
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- Japan's Economy: Looking Stronger But Still Protected.
- Newspaper article from: Kiplinger Business Forecasts February 3, 2004 700+ words
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- News wire article from: Interpress Service December 22, 2006 700+ words
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- News wire article from: Interpress Service April 27, 2007 700+ words
...Sasakawa Peace Foundation. Japan continues to occupy a central...economically powerful. Today, Japan's economy is still 2.5 times...economy continues to contribute 50 percent to the overall Asian gross domestic...product. But, cautioned Kawato, Japan's central position in Asia...
- Japan-U.S. ties grow deeper.
- Magazine article from: Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri February 20, 2002 700+ words
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- Japan must take stand on Iraq.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire August 30, 2002 700+ words
...acquisition of weapons of mass destruction. Japan will soon face some difficult choices about...Iraq or whether to remain on sidelines. Japan needs to immediately think about what it...United States. If Bush asks Koizumi for Japan's help against Iraq while they are both...
Source: HighBeam Research, Global Investor: Barton Biggs.