The World Economic Forum, the winter gathering of the powerful, kicks off today in the Alpine town of Davos, Switzerland. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will give the keynote address later today. Japan has been in the midst of what appears to be a dramatic economic turnaround since Abe took office. And Japan isn’t the only economy on the mend, says BBC business reporter Anthony Reuben from Davos.

“It’s a very sunny morning here in Davos, and a lot of people are seeing that as a reflection of the way the economy is going,” Reuben says. “It was a much gloomier economic forum this time last year. A lot of people are coming in and saying, ‘Actually, we’re seeing a bit of a recovery now.'”

To find out more about this year’s World Economic Forum, click the audio player above to listen to the interview.