Buy Japan, says Abe, as minister defends Abenomics

Japanese minister Yasutoshi Nishimura delivered an upbeat assessment of the nation’s growth plan at a forum in Hong Kong yesterday, although his speech was underpinned more by “hope” than detail. Speaking at the Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference, his address followed a two-minute pre-recorded video message from prime minister Shinzo Abe, the extent of which was: “Now is a once-in-a-decades opportunity to invest in Japan.” Nishimura was seeking to convince the internation…