While it may be temporary, the major risks we see for Japanese stocks right now are the Iranian situation and currency moves. That's still going to keep a lid on the market.

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(The takeover) helps us to anticipate future restructuring in the retail sector. For example, we cannot imagine that rival Aeon will not do anything after this.

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Technology shares here got a lift from strong gains in the Nasdaq index as many investors here regard this sector as having lagged last year.

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This market just keeps going and going and people are betting on even further gains. Strength in economic fundamentals is the biggest incentive.

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I had expected a market correction of an almost 10 percent fall sometime between January and March.

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Relatively speaking, Japan looks the least uncertain market in regard to politics and the economy.

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When a catastrophic event happens, such as the Hurricane Katrina, there is always rebuilding demand after the disaster and that tends to be reflected in stock prices.

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The fact that investors are chasing commodity stocks on the back of higher oil prices, instead of selling stocks outright, suggests that market sentiment is quite strong.

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A sudden jump in trading volume like this would catch off-guard any exchange (in industrialized countries). I'm sure they will fix it.

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