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Presents interviews with Morgan Stanley Japan chief strategist Alexander Kinmont, Nikko Securities deputy general manager of investment strategy Yuichi Matsushita and Kleinwort Benson International head Japan strategist Peter Tasker. Advise for dollar-based investors; Effect of jusen solution on Japanese domestic investors' attitudes; Encouraging retail investors to buy stocks again.

Informs that Japanese financial-industry regulators are allowing ailing financial institutions to file for bankruptcy instead of forcing stronger rivals to take them over. Yamaichi Securities, Japan's fourth-largest stockbroker, applying to the Ministry of Finance for permission to cease business; Why bankruptcy permission is good news for Japan.

Discusses non-United States investments as of February 21, 1997. The views of John Roque of Lehman Brothers, Ian M.T. McAvity of the newsletter `Deliberations,' and Sid Klein of `Sid Klein's Daily Fax' on the state of the Japanese stock market; Details of Goldman Sachs' first-ever global priority list of 30 stocks; The performance of stock markets around the world.

Opinion. Offers ten predictions for the Japanese economy in 1997 from Morgan Stanley strategist Alexander Kinmont. Includes the raising of interest rates by the Bank of Japan and its effect on the stock market, legislation enabling the creation of holding companies and the importance of absolute valuation; The performance of selected overseas stock markets for the week ended January 17, 1997.

Discusses efforts to hold a national election in Japan. Special session of Diet (Japanese parliament) on September 27, 1996; Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to dissolve Diet; Possibility of strategic victory for the Liberal Democratic Party; Opinions on the outcome of the election; Best bargains to be found in European sector. INSETS: Global stock markets;Emerging markets.

Reports on the increase in the Japanese gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 1996 and on the performance of stock markets worldwide. Questions on the sustainability of the GDP and its implications on the Bank of Japan; Performance of the yen against the dollar; Global stock performance.

Analyzes the impact of sustained economic recovery in Japan on its stock trading. Growth in nominal gross domestic product in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1997; Performance of Nikkei index of Tokyo shares; Bullish trend in Tokyo's stock trading; Economic forecast for 1996 and 1997.

Reports that Japanese authorities have given financial markets more of what they want in response to an ongoing banking crisis. Bank of Japan's slashing of its discount rate to another historical low; Effects on the foreign exchange market; Expectations of more economic stimulus packages.

Comments on changes in the stock market in Japan as of June 12, 1995. Lowest level of the 225-share Nikkei index since August 1992; Japan's five-year reform plan for the financial system; Global stock markets; Emerging markets.

Comments on foreign investments for the week ending March 27, 1999. First-quarter 1999 advances in Japan; Toshiba, Sony and Sumitomo Rubber models of Japanese corporate restructuring; Outlook for Japanese currency and economic recovery.

Presents foreign investment-related news for January 4, 1999. Transition to use of the euro for trading on 11 Continental European exchanges; Identification of the currencies that have been replaced; Rates for the conversion of legacy currencies to euros; Montreal, Quebec-based technical analyst Sid Klein's bullish forecast for Japanese stocks; 1998 performance of bourses tracked by Bridge.

Comments on developments concerning global business and financial markets. Implications of the euro currency to the retail trade and consumers of Europe; Performance of Nikkei stock index in Japan.

Focuses on foreign stocks for United States investors. Vancouver-based technical analyst Leon Tuey's Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Momentum Indicator's signal of a buy alert; His stock recommendations and timing advice; Why Japan's nationalization of Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan is good news; Impact of the January 1999 adoption of a common European currency on European stock portfolios, and prospects for investors.

Deals with the decline of the Tokyo, Japan stock market in October 1998. Views of Giles Ockenden, Japan strategist for Jardine Fleming Securities; Performance of the yen; Investment in Japan; Global markets.

Evaluates international stock exchanges for the week ending August 28, 1998. Ronald F. Daino's recommendation against investment in any foreign market; Global market declines in Europe, Latin America and Asia; Falling Nikkei index in Japan; Further predicted declines; Carl B. Weinberg of High Frequency Economics; Emerging markets; Dow Jones Global indexes.

Discusses prospects for Japanese stocks in particular, and foreign stocks in general, as of June 1998. Montreal-based technically oriented observer Sid Klein's assessment of the outlook; His belief that a secular bull market has begun; Nikkei prediction; Impact on the United States stock market; Basis of Klein's analysis; Role of the Japanese government; Overseas market performance; US intervention in the value of the yen.

Reports on the efforts of Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to bolster his country's stagnant economy by implementing temporary tax cuts, as of April 10, 1998. Why the move represents a backstep away from fiscal austerity; The need for more significant tax cuts to revive consumer confidence in Japan; How various critics responded to the prime minister's plan; Financial data.

Reports on an announcement made by Eisuke Sakakibara, vice minister for international affairs at the Japanese Ministry of Finance in December 1997. Claims made that the Japanese government plan to bolster the financial sector; How Toshoku's filing for protection from creditors effected the stock market; Subsequent drop in the Japanese stock market; Comments from Stephen Bronte a managing partner of a hedge-fund group that invests only in Japan.

Discusses the effect of Japanese parliamentary politics on the Tokyo stock market. The coalition formed between the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the Social Democratic Party, and the New Party Sakigake; The expected re-election of Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto; The LDP's plan to lure former LDP members away from the opposition New Frontier Party; The effect that the LDP's success in doing so would have on the market; What to expect if the LDP gains control.

Discusses the opinions of pan-European food products analyst Charles Manso de Zuniga on food conglomerate Unilever. His sell recommendation; Third quarter earnings estimates; Basis for his analysis; The Goldman Sachs Crossholdings Adjusted (GSCA) Japan average, and how its way of indexing the Japanese stock market differs from traditional ways of doing so.

Reports that the debate over jusen (housing loan companies responsible for the poor state of the Japanese banking system) liquidation shows that Japan is becoming a more open society. Details of Japanese banking and of the proposal for the liquidation; How this solution could force domestic investors back into the Tokyo stock market; Details of the Nikkei index; Details on emerging markets and global stock markets.

Focuses on countries with good economic and financial fundamentals and showing potential for stock investment. Author's opinion on certain countries in Europe and Asia; Attempts by the Japan's finance ministry and central bank to deal with a banking crisis and to reflate the economy.

Reports on stock trading developments in Tokyo, Japan as of March 6, 1995. Performance of the Nikkei index of stocks; Development of the bond/equity earnings yield ratio matrix.

Discusses the relative merits of investing in Japanese bank stocks. Contrasting opinions of fund managers and investment bankers; Implications of writeoffs by Japanese banks on their stock prices; Writeoff by Sumitomo Bank of non-performing loans; Sanwa Bank; Asahi Bank; Outlook for overseas stock markets.

Reports that Japanese companies may now buy its own shares. Possible rise in earnings per share and fall in price/earnings ratio; Low dividend yield in Japan; Possibility of buying shares in the market for immediate cancellation; Fall of prices in overseas stock markets.

Reports on developments in international stock markets as of September 5, 1994. Japanese investors' preference for telecommunications stocks; Decline in the stock price of Euro Disney SCA; General improvement in the performance of overseas stock markets.

Focuses on developments in the stock market in Tokyo, Japan. Expectation of slump in Japanese stocks similar to 1993; Focus on the performance of Japan Telecom and Japan Tobacco; Steep decrease in stock price in Tokyo in October 1993 due to the flotation of JR East railway company.

Reports that the outlook for foreign investment is far clearer in Japan than in China because of the election of Tomiichi Murayama, head of the Socialist Party, as the new prime minister of Japan. Two linked factors which have made Tokyo the destination of choice in the Pacific Basin.

Reports on developments in politics and the stock market news as of June 13, 1994 including the announcement of United Kingdom Prime Minister John Major pertaining to his pet cat Humphrey. Nicholas Knight, strategist for Nomura Research Institute Europe; Effect of the approval of the budget bill on the fate of Japanese Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata; Recovery of the Japanese economy.

Presents opinions on the state of the Japanese economy and its impact on the stock market. Includes opinions from Carl B. Weinberg, chief economist for High Frequency Economics; Kenneth S. Curtis, Tokyo, Japan-based strategist and senior economist for Deutsche Bank; Barton Biggs, chief strategist for Morgan Stanley.

Looks at the performance of the stock markets in South Africa and Japan as of April 25, 1994. Elections' impact on stock market performance.