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I've been buying out of China for the last 12 months or so for a personal project. Some stuff I've bought and then had a design change has prompted me to resell those items. When I go back to the shopping sites to see what I paid I find the Chinese have bumped their USD prices by as much as 25%...

I'd be wary of reading too much into those figures. Few if any investors get close to market averages. Outperforming the market tends to be a rare event and never consistent. These figures are also in all likelihood nominal not real. I tend to find good news stories these days, or ones...

A fallacy DB. While Japan may fund the bulk of their own debt someone internally is on the hook for it. That's usually Mr & Ms Wantenabe.

Talk to Ziv Magen. He's the man on the ground there and an expert at investing there. Some here will know him and vouch for his integrity and expert PI knowledge in all things Japan http://nippontradings.com/

Only if you dislike your money. You're better off buying farmland in Zimbabwe. BOJ's gone full retard. The presses have never run faster or printed as much. Not long now....

I feel for the small business who lease commercial sites to set up small retail to service the expected new occupancy only to find they've invested in a ghost town.

Yep. Melbourne. Another Chinese city full of empty apartments. The big developers are marketing hard to Asia. Some tower blocks are sold entirely to Asian/Chinese buyers. In Sydney Asian buyers can represent up to 90% of buyers. It gives the appearance of a buoyant market. Trouble is coming.