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Julie Boote ...
  • Pelham Smithers
  • Thao Nguyen

PSA Today 16 June: Market up but nervousness remains / Trade and yen effect / Video game console games picking up / Court rules against Kakaku.com's Tabelog – Nikkei 225 +0.4%

Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, Julie Boote, and Thao Nguyen
Tags: Lasertec (6920 JT), Aisin Corp (7259 JT), Koito Manufacturing (7276 JT), Toyota Motor (7203 JT), Mitsui OSK (9104 JT), Cosel (6905 JT), Cookbiz (6558 JT), Sony (6758 JT), Honda (7267 JT), GM (GM US), Murata (6981 JT), Nintendo (7974 JT), Kakaku.com (2371 JT), Gurunavi (2440 JT)
Main Points
• Four-day losing streak snapped but nervousness remains
• Trade numbers show yen’s effect
• Video game console sales picking up
• Kakaku.com reaches a new low as court rules against Tabelog
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. 

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Julie Boote

Pelham Smithers

Thao Nguyen

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