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

PSA Today Jun 9: Strong yen trips market / China to buy Japan's 5G equipment? / DLE: Japan's TikTok? / Honda: another cyberattack? / Furukawa Batter soars on bipolar breakthrough / Sansan's virtual meishi – Nikkei -0.38%

Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, Julie Boote, Joel Scheiman and Lindsay Whipp
Nikkei ¥23,091.03 (-¥87.07 / -0.38%); Topix ¥1,628.43 (-¥2.29 / -0.14%); ¥/$107.80
Tags: SRE Holdings (2980 JT), Subaru (7270 JT), Hitachi Construction Machinery (6305 JT), Lasertec (6920 JT), Disco (6146 JT), TSMC (2330 TT), SoftBank Group (9984 JT), Didi Chuxing (pvt), Lemonade (pvt), WeWork (pvt), Cybozu Inc (4776 JT), Sony (6758 JT), NetEase (NTES US), Huawei (pvt), HiSilicon (pvt), China Mobile (941 HK),TSMC (2330 TT), Ericsson (ERICB SS), Nokia (NOKIA FH), Samsung Electronics (005930 KS), NEC (6701 JT), Mediatek (2454 TT), Asahi Broadcasting (9405 JT), DLE Inc (3686 JT), Triller (pvt), Snapchat (SNAP US), Digital Garage (4819 JT), Twitter (TWTR IUS), TV Asahi (9409 JT), Honda (7267 JT), Furukawa Battery (6937 JT), Furukawa Electric (5801 JT), EMBATT (pvt), Advanced Battery Concepts (pvt), Sanyo Chemical (4471 JT), ABP Corporation (pvt), Sansan (4443 JT), LinkedIn (MSFT US)
Main Points
• Tokyo succumbs to profit taking as yen strengthens
• China to buy Japanese 5G equipment?
• DLE – Looking to become Japan’s TikTok
• Honda victim of cyberattack
• Furukawa Battery limit up on its bipolar battery
• Sansan’s Eight sees 10,000+ downloads of its QR Code virtual business card exchange function
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. 

Analysts
Joel Scheiman

Julie Boote

Lindsay Whipp

Pelham Smithers

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