the niei is up 2.54% from friday's close. south korean's kospi is up about .1 of a japan's fiscal and monetary policies are likely to be key topics of monetary meetings. japanese finance minister and bank of japanovernor will attend the conference and moscow on friday. there's concern over current manipulation specifically mentioning japan. investors are showing confidence in the japanese economy. they aenuraged by the weakening yen and recent political change. the market value of japanese firms has soared more than 30% over the past three months. the total market value stood at $3.5 trillion as of last friday. that's up 31% since mid-november in yen terms. former prime minister called the general election around that time. the liberal democratic party beat the democratic the following month. 71 companies have market capitalization of more than 1 trillion yen or nearly $11 billion. that's up from 47 in mid-november. analysts say the rapid increase suggest investors think the weakening yen will help japanese exporters improve