Japan puts off an increase in its sales tax

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Time to add Tokyo real estate through a newish ETF

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Surprise! The Bank of Japan moves to crush the yen and restore economic growth and inflation

Following hard on the heels of a surprise interest rate increase from the Banco Central do Brasil, which sparked a huge rally in Sao Paulo, today the Bank of Japan expanded its promise of purchases of Japanese Government Bonds to 80 trillion yen ($727 billion), an increase of 30 trillion yen. The Government Pension Fund will increase its allocation to stocks to 50%