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Joel Scheiman ...
  • Julie Boote
  • Thao Nguyen

PSA Today Apr 18: Back above 22k / Micro cap Inter Action in the sun / China to remove ownership cap / Solid-state LiBs / Kakaku's one-year high - Nikkei +1.42%

Japan Market Comment by Julie Boote, Joel Scheiman and Thao Nguyen
Nikkei ¥22,158.20 (+¥310.61 / +1.42%); Topix ¥1,749.67 (+¥19.69 / +1.14%); ¥/$107.34
Tags: Tokyo Electron (8035 JP), Fanuc (6954 JP), Advantest (6857 JP), Samsung (005930 KS), Honda (7267 JP), Ono Pharm (4528 JP), Astellas (4503 JP), KDDi (9433 JP), NTT (9432 JP), Docomo (9437 JP), Takeda (4502 JP), Shire (SHP LN), Servier (pvt), Sony (6758 JP), Inter Action Corp (7725 JP), Tokyo Technical Instruments, V Technology (7717 JP), Hirata (6258 JP), Nissan (7201 JP), Proton, Subaru (7270 JP), Isuzu (7202 JP), Hino (7205 JP),Tesla (TSLA US), Contemporary Amperex Technology, Asahi Kasei (3407 JP), Toray (3402 JP), Kuraray (3405 JP), Stella Chemifa (4109 JP), Kanto Denka (4047 JP), Ohara (5218 JP), Panasonic Corp (6752 JP), GS Yuasa Corp (6674 JP), Toyota (7203 JP), Kakaku.com (2371 JP), Recruit Holdings (6098 JP)
Main Points
• Nikkei back above Feb’s 22,000 level, Yen weaker
• Micro cap Inter Action moves into the sun
• China to remove ownership cap
• Interest returns to solid-state LiBs
• Kakaku.com reaches one-year high
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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. 

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Joel Scheiman

Julie Boote

Thao Nguyen

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