Could / Should Japanese Mobile Phone Bills Be Cut 40%?
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide Suga, clarified his recent remarks about the need to bring down Japanese mobile phone bills, including...
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Smartkarma's Week that Was in JP/KR: September Seasonality Suggests Securing Shares Selectively
Markets fell throughout the week as KOSPI declined 1.78%, in line with MSCI World's 1.74% drop but Topix underperformed, declining 2.94%. Tech and...
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Japan Telcos (SoftBank, 9984 JP; Docomo, 9437 JP; KDDI, 9433 JP) Pushed to Improve Pricing Practices
In a public speech, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said mobile carriers had room to lower bills by 40 percent. These and other comments may...
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Es-Con Japan (8892 JP) Uridashi Means Chubu EPCO Buying 33%
Normally when one reads about an uridashi of shares, it is a public offering of existing shares held by external investors, usually offered to a...
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JAPAN PASSIVE: BOJ Tapering ETF Buys? Not So Fast
On 31 July 2018, the BOJ issued a Monetary Policy Statement which, as widely expected, addressed its Qualitative and Quantitative Monetary Easing...
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