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Did Japan's Stock Market Hit Bottom? Or Simply A Scene Of Financial Kabuki?

Japan's stock market has jumped more than 11% since Jan. 21. Is it more than just kabuki theater? (AP)

DAVID SAITO-CHUNG
05:15 PM ET 02/01/2016

Is Japan's stock market rebound more than simply another scene from kabuki theater? After diving more than 6% on Jan. 20 and 21, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index has barreled 11.5% higher. On Monday, the Nikkei throttled ahead 2% to close at 17,865. While the index is still down 6.1% since Jan. 1, IBD chart analysis suggests that a short-term bottom…

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