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In today’s briefing:

  • Changing Japanese Companies Is Not TSE Request but Inflation that Changes Mindset of All Managers

Changing Japanese Companies Is Not TSE Request but Inflation that Changes Mindset of All Managers

By Aki Matsumoto

  • For Japanese companies that take time to take action while watching their surroundings, it’s skeptical of the expectation that individual managers will initiate measures in response to a “TSE request.
  • The shift from deflation to inflation won’t only affect company’s profit structure and balance-sheet, but will also force Japanese companies to change as it resets the mindset of all managers.
  • Since there’s little economic rationale for holding cash under inflation, all companies, rather than individual management decisions, will be forced to use cash for investment in growth and shareholder returns.

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