Some Resistance to Cashless Payments in Japan
The Japanese government and larger retailers are still gung-ho about cashless payment systems. Cash, which still makes up 60-70% of all...
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The Topix Vs. Nikkei Skew
With the BOJ announcing yesterday that it would double the upper limit of its ETF purchases to ¥12trn a year and its previous policy shift to...
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Japanese Drugstores: With Maturity Comes Marriage
The following is an in-depth review of the drugstore sector and the impact of the Cocokara Fine and Matsukiyo merger on other key drugstore stocks,...
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Smartkarma Originals
A Potential Asian LBO Screening System
With a relatively full slate of large value takeovers in Developed Asia in the past year - often by parents but also by buyout funds - and the...
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Japan's Convenience Stores: Tougher Trading
The convenience store sector is arguably Japan’s strongest and most creative. It has grown while other sectors have suffered but, while food...
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