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Julie Boote ...
  • Lindsay Whipp
  • Pelham Smithers

PSA Today 22 Sep: Holding the 27,000 line / Video game console sales / Honda and TOY cutting production / PKSHA's chatbot services - Nikkei 225 -0.58%

Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, Julie Boote, Thao Nguyen and Lindsay Whipp
Tags: Hitachi (6501 JT), Honda (7267 JT), SoftBank Group (9984 JT), Samsung (005930 KS), Toshiba (6502 JT), Oracle Japan (4716 JT), NTT Data (9613 JT), Asipero, Salesforce (CRM US), Mercari (4385 JT), Embracer (EMBRACB SS), Electronic Arts (EA US), Honda (7276 JT), Toyota Motor (7203 JT), PKSHA (3993 JT), Toyota Motor (7203 JT), KDDI (9433 JT), Aeon Financial Service (8570 JT), Money Forward (3994 JT), Zeals, Relia Digital, Sciseed, Chat Plus, NTT Docomo
Main Points
• Tokyo shares hold 27,000 line as BoJ leaves rates unchanged
• Video game console sales +19% YoY
• Honda and Toyota to cut production in October
• PKSHA says its chatbot services have largest market share in Japan
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

Lindsay Whipp

Pelham Smithers

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