Captured Japanese stock increased the total supply of food to 14 days worth.

The most obvious clue that change is at hand can be seen in the performance of small Japanese stocks.

But some are cautious on the outlook for Japanese stocks.

Japanese stocks finished 2002 at the lowest level in two decades.

Investors sent Japanese stocks down 5.53 percent, the worst performance on any major market in the quarter.

At the same time, investors who buy Japanese stocks with dollars today are still getting a lot for their money.

Many also say that Japanese stocks are cheap compared with years past and other major markets.

"I'm short Japanese stocks, and not one of them is up since last summer."

They have been putting most of that money into Japanese stocks instead.

Those investing in Japanese stocks alone fell 9.93 percent, on average.