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Japan has been had a couple decades of stagnant growth, and likely will have another decade or more of the same. From what I have seen, Japan's economic policies are not likely to change significantly in the short term.
An update as to why I am shorting EWJ.
Japan is facing a couple more very difficult decades. Japan has a huge demographic problem as an increasingly large portion of their population is retired, rather than working.
Also, Japan needs major economic reforms, since their government is still building new infrastructure for towns and cities that have plunging populations.
I love Japan, but I am not going to invest there until their government makes major reforms.