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

PSA Today June 12: Slide / Nintendo Direct @ E3 / Mazda and SkyActiv X in Europe /Asahi Kasei's acquisition / April machinery #s / Exciting TIS development – Nikkei -0.53%

Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, Julie Boote, Joel Scheiman, William Nestuk and Lindsay Whipp
Nikkei ¥21,129.72 (-¥74.56 / -0.35%); Topix ¥1,554.22 (-¥7.10 / -0.45%); ¥/$108.40
Tags: Nintendo (7974 JT), Square Enix (9684 JT), Colopl (3668 JT), CyberAgent (4751 JT), Cybozu (4776 JT), NTT Data (9613 JT), Hatena (3930 JT), Computer Engineering & Consulting Ltd (9692 JT), Koei Tecmo (3635 JT), Mazda (7261 JT), Asahi Kasei (3407 JT), Cardiac Science Corporation (pvt.), Koninklijke Philips (PHIA NA), Jtekt (6473 JT), TIS Inc (3626 JT)
Main Points
• Nikkei slides following HK, Shanghai weakness
• Nintendo direct @ E3
• Mazda opens orders for Skyactiv-X in Europe
• Asahi Kasei to acquire major defibrillator supplier
• April machinery orders possibly misleading but still a small positive
• TIS successfully tests next-generation video-sharing technology
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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. 

Analysts
Joel Scheiman

Julie Boote

Lindsay Whipp

Pelham Smithers

William Nestuk

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