Campbell Gunn, lead portfolio manager for the Japan equity strategy at T Rowe Price, answers five questions about the challenges which still remain for Japan.
1 Will Prime Minister Shinzo Abe deliver his promise to change the outlook for Japan? Abe is certainly different to his predecessors, and I believe he can be truly transformational. Having recently returned from Buenos Aires with an Olympic bid win, it is clear, health permitting, he intends to remain in office until 2020. While it is common for approval rates to spike after an election win, the vote of confidence Abe has received from the people of Japan is unprecedented in recent decades. Skeptics would argue this is a low benchmark, given the ongoing political turmoil and in-figh...
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