How benefical is the yen's impressive performance?

JAPAN

Financial Express analyst Sam Harrison discusses how important the resurgence of the Japanese yen is for investors looking to the IMA Japan sector

Japan has been the subject matter for a myriad of positive headlines over recent months. While the election for the leadership of the Democratic Party of Japan failed to install reformer Ichiro Ozawa as the country’s Prime Minister, many still see this as the time when Japan will finally shake off the economic malaise that has dogged the nation for the past 20 years. The strengthening yen appears to support this argument and has seamlessly grown against both the sterling and the euro over the past 12 months. While the yen’s impressive performance has led some to wonder if this coul...