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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Retail Ranking FY2017-18: Winners and Losers in Japanese Retailing
JapanConsuming’s retail ranking for FY2017 has now been compiled, and the results show that the retail industry enjoyed another extremely good year...
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Y Ventures: A Potential to Double (Part 2)
With a small market cap barely touching SGD 100m, YVEN is easy to be passed up by fund managers. However, its data-centric approach to e-commerce,...
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