A pedestrian is reflected in an electronic stock board displaying the closing figure of the Nikkei 225 Stock Average outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Feb.19, 2015. Japan stocks rose, pushing the Nikkei 225 Stock Average to the highest close in 15 years, as the biggest banks jumped and Trend Micro Inc. and Sony Corp. gained. Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg via Getty Imag