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Julie Boote ...
  • Pelham Smithers
  • Thao Nguyen

PSA Today Jan 20: Thin trading day / Parent company, child company battles intensifying / Toyota's N America plans / CyberAgent and AbemaTV – Nikkei +0.18%

Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, Julie Boote and Thao Nguyen
Nikkei ¥24,083.51 (+¥42.25 / +0.18%); Topix ¥1,744.16 (+¥8.72 / +0.50%); ¥/$110.18
Tags: Tokyo Steel (5423 JT),Toshiba (6502 JT), NuFlare Technology (6256 JT), Toshiba Machine (6104 JT), Maeda Road (1883 JT), Maeda Corp (1824 JT), Fortress (pvt.), Unizo (3258 JT), Sony (6758 JT), Cyberstep (3810 JT), Olympus (7733 JT), Shenzhen YL Technology (pvt.), Nippo (1881 JT), JXTG (5020 JT), Shin-Etsu Polymer (7970 JT), Renault (RNO FP), Peugeot SA (UP FP), Fiat (FCAU US), Nissan (7201 JT), VW (VOW GR), Toyota (7203 JT), Mazda (7261 JT), CyberAgent (4751 JT), Netflix (NFLX US), Google (GOOGL US)
Main Points
• Japan shares drift upwards in thin trading
• Why we are getting parent / child battles
• Toyota takes steps to improve its North America operations
• CyberAgent: pressure on AbemaTV increases
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

Pelham Smithers

Thao Nguyen

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