Akihiko Sakakibara Quotations

The newspaper reports have somewhat relieved nagging market concerns over political instability, which could result if the LDP suffers a loss in the election.

I haven't seen any recovery in fundamentals in Japan. We are just back at square one.

Investors who were fearful of a further downturn in Tokyo stocks a while ago are now jumping onto the buying bandwagon.

This is a classic case of bad timing. If it hadn't been for the downgrade, those (Japanese) semiconductor shares should have performed strongly today.