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Hiroyuki Terada ...
  • Julie Boote
  • Lindsay Whipp
  • Pelham Smithers

PSA Today 15 Feb: Nikkei 225 up through 38,000 / Sony, Bandai, Toei Animation / Technical recession / Nidec: succession / Appier forecasts / Freee's Q2 / Park 24's Jan – Nikkei 225 +1.62% | ¥$150.08

PSA Today Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, Julie Boote, Lindsay Whipp and Hiroyuki Terada
Tags: PeptiDream (4587 JT), Rakuten (4755 JT), Bandai Namco (7832 JT), Sony (6758 JT), Olympus (7733 JT), Toei Animation (4816 JT), Nidec (6594 JT), Appier (4180 JT), Freee KK (4478 JT), Money Forward (3994 JT), Park24 (4666 JT)
Main Points
• Nikkei 225 up through 38,000 as Japan falls into technical recession
• Why are Sony and Bandai selling their stakes in Toei Animation?
• Japan’s Q4 GDP falls -0.1% QoQ, putting country into technical recession
• Nidec’s new President and CEO
• Appier shares shrug off FY24 forecasts failing to meet expectations
• Freee’s shares fall following FY24 Q2 results
• Park24’s Jan KPIs ahead of guidance
Provider
Pelham Smithers Associates Ltd
Pelham Smithers Associates Ltd

Founded in 2009, Pelham Smithers Associates (PSA) provides market intelligence on Asian technology, focusing in particular on Japan. The industries covered by our team of specialists are: consumer electronics, telecomms, pharmaceuticals, internet, electronic parts and materials, automotive technology, retail and capital goods. 

PSA produces both company and sector reports. The focus of PSA’s research is to identify winners and losers as new technologies impact the top and bottom lines of corporations. Critical to our research is the clear explanation of how these new technologies work and how they impact companies and industries. 

The founding partners have worked closely together for twenty years and the team has more than doubled in size since 2012. 

Analysts
Hiroyuki Terada

Julie Boote

Lindsay Whipp

Pelham Smithers

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