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The Must Read PSA Weekly Research Round-Up (week to Sept 15th): Report Published on NOK (7240) / Pelham Smithers Assesses Abenomics

Inside the PSA Japan Weekly Research Round-Up you have: 
The Weekly Comment by Pelham Smithers (available upon request):
Pelham Smithers assesses Abenomics. 
Reports / Flash Notes Published This Week: Headlines at a Glance (full reports available upon request): 
1. NOK (7240): Q3 – Apple Cometh 
Company / Sector / Thematic Comments at a Glance (for more details, please ask): 
Technology: Consumer Electronics / Gaming / Industrial Electronics / Precision / Electronic Components  
1. Apple’s New Launches / Start of an Apple Backlash? 
2. Consumer Electronics Product Development and Inflation 
3. Panasonic (6752) Finally Gains “EV Play” Status 
4. Gumi (3903): FY18 Q1 Results – Looking for Record Revenues 
5. Impressive Nintendo (7974) Switch Graphics 
6. Tech Soaps: The Toshiba (6502) / WDC / Toshiba Memory / Apple / Bain Group Saga 
7. Canon (7751): Opens a New Camera Factory in Japan to Better Utilize its Domestic Workforce 
8. RFID Market Growing at 7% pa in Japan 
Chemicals  
9. EV / LiB-related Plays Continue to Rise 
10. KH Neochem (4189): New Refrigeration Mediums Cause for Concern  
11. Apple’s Launches See a Mixed Response in OLED-Related Plays 
12. Mixed Performance in Housing Orders for Sekisui Chemical (4204) and Asahi Kasei (3407) 
Autos 
13. China Plans to Stop Selling Fossil Fuel-Powered Cars 
14. Aston Martin Going Electric 
Auto Parts / Machinery 
15. Automation / Construction Machinery Stock Moves This Week – Plenty of New Highs 
Internet  
16. Trend Micro (4704): Equifax’s Data Breach Emphasises the Need for Cybersecurity 
Pharma 
17. Daiichi Sankyo (4568) Releases Phase I data for DS-8201 at ESMO 2017  
18. Considering Astellas (4503) Now the PROSPER Trial Has Gone Well 

PSA Company Visits, Tours and Interviews:  

  • Calls with Murata (6981), NOK (7240), Koito (7276) 
  • Attended information meetings of Kuraray (3405) and Olympus (7733) 

List of PSA Published Reports Since Q2 2017  

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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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