Japan’s $580bn hidden asset? In the back of the cupboard
The country has stored goods worth roughly the combined market cap of its three most globally known corporate names
The country has stored goods worth roughly the combined market cap of its three most globally known corporate names

Foreign rivals and private equity covet the mid-caps with large shares of key markets

The country is the darling of investors, but that could change

The country is courting firms to help shake up moribund corporates and spur industry consolidation

Long stocks, short yen, chillax

Even as it faces national dotage, the country remains a formidable industrial power

Japan is in need of a plan B to dependence on the US. There may not be one