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Julie Boote ...
  • Nia Dokova
  • Pelham Smithers
  • William Nestuk

PSA Today 5 June: Shares slide on strong yen, disappointing wage growth/ Has the true Lasertec been exposed? / Japan's auto assemblers strong May in USA / Sagging Automation / Daiichi Sankyo's buybacks – Nikkei -0.89% | ¥$155.86

PSA Today Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, Julie Boote, William Nestuk and Nia Dokova
Tags: Lasertec (6920 JT), Nidec (6594 JT), SoftBank Group (9984 JT), Subaru (7270 JT), Honda Motor (7267 JT), Suzuki Motor (7269 JT), Maruti Suzuki (MSIL IN), Daiichi Sankyo (4568 JT), Toshiba (6502 JT), Ushio (6925 JT), Microsoft (MSFT US), IBM (IBM US), ASML (ASML NA), Scorpion Capital Partners (pvt), Komatsu (6301 JT), Nikon (7731 JT), JEOL (6951 JT), KLA Corp (KLAC US), Toyota Motor (7203 JT), Mazda Motor (7261 JT), Fanuc (6954 JT), Harmonic Drive Systems (6324 JT), Keyence (6861 JT), Yaskawa Electric (6506 JT), AstraZeneca (AZN LN)
Main Points
• Tokyo shares slide on strong yen, disappointing wage growth
• Has the true Lasertec been exposed?
• Japan’s automakers post sales gains in the US in May
• Automation keeps sagging
• Daiichi Sankyo rises on share buyback news
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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
Julie Boote

Nia Dokova

Pelham Smithers

William Nestuk

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