Investor’s Bookshelf: The veteran Japan watcher bullish on the economy's revival

Japanese stocks have soared since early 2022, with the Nikkei 225 index reaching new highs recently, a clear indication that Japan’s economy – once perceived as stagnant after peaking in the early 1990s – is seeing a transformation that captures investors' attention. Despite doomsday dogma concerning Japan’s aging and declining population, Jesper Koll, a resident and veteran of the country’s investment industry since 1986 and author of Japan’s Economy – The Envy of the World, sees…