- Julie Boote
- Lindsay Whipp
- Pelham Smithers
- Thao Nguyen
- William Nestuk
PSA Weekly Japan Research Round-Up for the Week ending June 28
The Weekly CommentFacebook’s unveiling of Libra shines a light on the issues that Japan’s banking-digitalisation-efforts have struggled with. Pelham Smithers discusses the key features of Libra and highlights several Japanese blockchain plays that are on his radar.
Reports / Flash Notes Summaries
1. Nippon Shokubai (4114 JT) and the Sanyo Chemical (4471 JT) Merger
2. Hitachi – Restructuring Post Recovery
3. Time to Refocus on Japan’s Fintech Revolution?
Company / Sector / Thematic Comments at a Glance
Technology: Consumer Electronics / Gaming
1. The “Breaking Up Panasonic†(6752 JT) Exercise
2. What Will Loeb Do if Sony (6758 JT) Disagrees?
3. Not Fun for Colopl (3668 JT) at the Moment
4. Nexon (3659 JT) Sale Nixed
Technology: Industrial Electronics / SPE / Components
5. Understanding the New NEC (6701 JT)
6. Murata (6981 JT) in Solid-State Battery Move
7. Fujitsu (6702 JT) Gain on US Sanctions of Chinese Computers
Technology: Cryptocurrencies / Blockchain
8. Bitcoin Continues to Rally: Time to Refocus on Japan’s Fintech Revolution?
Chemicals / Materials
9. Caprolactam a Worry for Ube Industries (4208 JT)
10. Plastic Waste Initiatives Could Use More Coordination
Autos
11. China’s EV Market Deregulation Could Benefit Foreign Automakers and Battery Manufacturers
12. Subaru (7270 JT) Quality Concerns Still an Issue
13. Honda’s (7267 JT) Mean Mower Breaks Record
14. More CASE Partnerships as Automakers Lay Foundations for Future Growth Businesses
Auto Parts / Machinery
15. Defence Stocks Blip Up
16. CRJ Deal Neutral-Plus for MHI
17. A/C One-Day Dip on Cool Forecast
Internet
18. ZOZO (3092 JT) Announces ZOZOMAT
19. LINE (3938 JT) Conference 2019
Enterprise Software
20. Cybozu (4776 JT) Revises FY19 Forecasts
Pharma
21. M&A in Pharma
PSA Company Visits, Tours and Interviews
• Visited: Intelligent Wave (4847 JT), NOK (7240 JT), Toyota (7203 JT)
• Interviewed / Conference Call with: Yahoo Japan (4689 JT), Cybozu (4776 JT), Ichikoh (7244 JT)
• Attended strategy / mid-term plan announcement meetings at: HCM (6305 JT)
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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