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Joel Scheiman ...
  • Julie Boote
  • Lindsay Whipp
  • Pelham Smithers

PSA Today Dec 11: Covid cases rising /Excitement over TOY's solid state battery / Showa Denko resets / NTT Data's tie-up with US's Securitize – Nikkei -0.39%

Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, Julie Boote, Joel Scheiman and Lindsay Whipp
Nikkei ¥26,652.52 (-¥103.72 / -0.39%); Topix ¥1,782.01 (+¥5.80 / +0.33%); ¥/$104.08
Tags: HIS (9603 JT), KNT-CT (9726 JT), Toyota Motor (7203 JT), Asahi Kasei (3407 JT), NGK Spark Plug (5334 JT), GS Yuasa (6674 JT), Iwatani (8088 JT), Nintendo (7974 JT), Bandai Namco (7832 JT), Gumi (3903 JT), Medical Net (3645 JT), CareNet (2150 JT), Freee KK (4478 JT), VisasQ (4490 JT), BASE Inc (4477 JT), QuantumScape (QS US), VW (VOW GR), Showa Denko (4004 JT), NTT Data (9613 JT), Securitize, Nomura Holdings (8604 JT), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (8306 JT), SBI Holdings (8473 JT), KDDI (9433 JT), Coinbase, Preqin, Nomura Research Institute (4307 JT), SAP (SAP GER), NTT (9432 JT)
Main Points
• Another mixed session as Covid cases continue to rise in Japan
• Showa Denko: at the starting line
• Renewed excitement over Toyota’s solid-state battery
• NTT Data in tie-up with US start-up, Securitize
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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

Lindsay Whipp

Pelham Smithers

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