Japan recently found out that it would be holding the 2020 Olympics, and the country may have more to celebrate than the initial burst in revenue. If the Olympics are able to stoke consumer and business sentiment like Societe Generale analysts Comtakuji Aida and Kiyoko Katahira think they will, then it could be the final piece of the puzzle to finally pulling Japan out of recurrent deflation.
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