Today we are going to take the advice of Rudyard Kipling and look east. In particular to the Far East and Nihon. So let me open by saying well done to any readers who have been long Japanese shares and hence its stock market. From Nikkei Asia. TOKYO — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei Stock Average breached the 30,000 mark on Monday for the first time in nearly 31 years, as strong corporate earnings and GDP data coupled with optimism over COVID-19 vaccine development prompted investors to flock to risk assets. The blue-chip Nikkei index jumped over 500 points, or nearly 2%, to hit its highest level since August 1990, when the asset bubble burst in Japan. The broader Topix gauge rose 1% to a three-decade high.