"Very significant tailwinds are helping share prices move higher in the Japanese market"
- Tim Schroeders, a fund manager at Pengana Capital Ltd.
Japanese stocks rose slightly on Monday.
The Nikkei 225 advanced 0.12%, or 12.16, to 10,141.99. The broader Topix gained 0.19%, or 1.62, to 868.35.
"What we're seeing is a return to more buoyant growth taking away the impact of negative growth from the nuclear crisis around this time last year," said Tim Schroeders, a fund manager at Pengana Capital Ltd. in Melbourne.
"Very significant tailwinds are helping share prices move higher in the Japanese market."
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