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Have seen so far this year. The countrys biggest corporations are seeing opportunities in all of this. What is going on . Theyre buying back shares, rish. Index, for example, though worst performer this year. It comes amid a rising stock market globally. The index at unprecedented highs. Decay to 25 down by five and a half percent. The weaker yen is also having an impact. This year, not as much. What we are seeing is the major japanese corporates. Toyota and mitsubishi corp. Buying back 25 billion worth of shares. What it has done is led to an increase in terms of investor perceptions, foreign investors, and at the market declines. Share buoyed their prices. We have a 5 decline for the nikkei, but some of the stocks are up more than 5 on the year, a very interesting move, indeed. Buybacks do boost the appeal of these japanese companies, i guess, for investors. Why . Return equity is what i am talking about. Additionally, that metric has lagged in japan. They havent had a strong r oe co ....