Japan

Deflation in Japan has accelerated at its fastest pace since 1970, threatening the recovery of the world's second largest economy.

Gartmore has launched its Japan Absolute Return fund managed by John Stewart.

Japan, the world's second-largest economy, has for 20 years been an unfashionable area to invest in and therefore largely ignored by investors.

The big issues that long term investors must address when looking for investments

Standard & Poor's has threatened to cut Japan's government debt rating amid concerns the Government is failing to fix the nation's finances fast enough.

In 2009, we felt quality Japanese companies were too cheap and as we start 2010 our view has changed very little.

Legg Mason Equity Japan manager expects trend favouring domestic-oriented small-cap growth to continue

Investor keenness in sector pushes prices up sharply but long-term case remains intact

With some justification, investors took an increasingly positive view of the prospects for most Asian markets last year.

All eight funds in the IMA Asia Pacific including Japan sector delivered returns higher than 29% over one year according to Morningstar