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PSA Today: Following Wall Street up / Sony's Spider-man: bigger than Skyfall / Strong Nintendo / SoftBank's offer to employees – Nikkei +0.71%

Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers
Nikkei ¥20,563.16 (+¥144.35 / +0.71%); Topix ¥1,494.33 (+¥9.04 / +0.61%); ¥/$106.38
Tags: Cybozu (4776 JT), Recruit Holdings (6098 JT), Enigmo Inc (3665 JT), MonotaRO (3064 JT), ZOZO (3092 JT), Kakaku.com (2371 JT), Toshiba (6502 JT), Sony (6758 JT), Nintendo (7974 JT), SoftBank Group (9984 JT), Google (GOOG US)
Main Points
• Tokyo higher after strong showing on Wall Street
• Latest Spider-man movie becomes Sony’s top grossing film
• Nintendo – strong showing in US in July
• SoftBank to lend to employees (again)?
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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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