The benchmark Nikkei average has been moving between 11,000 and 12,000 for nearly two months in the absence of strong incentives to drive the market either up or down.
It is noteworthy that Japanese and U.S. stocks no longer move in tandem.
When U.S. stocks fell in the past, Japanese stocks did the same but at a faster pace.
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