Japan
Japanese chip equipment firms count on China sales amid U.S. moves to block high-end exports to Beijing
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows professors and students looking at a Minimal Fab, a small-scale semiconductor factory that does not require a clean room, at Tokyo University in Tokyo. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) (Photo by YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty Images) Yuichi Yamazaki | Afp | Getty Images Japanese semiconductor equipment […]
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Goldman Sachs just refreshed its conviction lists of global stocks — giving one 64% upside
Goldman Sachs has refreshed its lists of top global stock picks for September, adding some and removing others. The stocks are featured in the investment bank’s “Conviction List – Directors’ Cut,” which aims to offer investors a “curated and active” list of 15 to 25 buy-rated stocks. Stocks on the list are selected by a […]
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Chinese consumer companies have a ‘disproportionate’ advantage over Asian peers in winning the global market
Pictured here in Nov. 2023 is a storefront for Chinese retailer Miniso in London. Peter Dazeley | Getty Images News | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese brands turning to global markets for growth have a major advantage over the first wave of Asian businesses that went global: a large ethnic Chinese diaspora. That’s according to […]
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Shohei Ohtani signs trading card deal with Fanatics-backed Topps
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, #17, watches his ball soar after hitting his first home run as a Dodger off of Giants pitcher Taylor Rogers, # 33, in the seventh inning at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Several months after Fanatics […]
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Analysts like these stocks which are cheaper and expected to enjoy earnings growth
Though stocks have rebounded after the recent volatility, investors may want to hunt for names that are still relatively cheap. Markets around the world experienced much volatility recently. Earlier this month, Japan’s stock market posted its worst drop since Wall Street’s “Black Monday” in 1987, and the contagion spread to other Asia-Pacific markets, which posted […]
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Chinese military’s airspace violation is utterly unacceptable, Japan says
Japan’s defense ministry said it had scrambled jets against a Chinese reconnaissance aircraft that had briefly breached its airspace on Monday morning. Wong Yu Liang | Moment | Getty Images The violation of Japan’s airspace by a Chinese military aircraft is “utterly unacceptable,” the top Japanese government spokesperson said on Tuesday, a day after Japan […]
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A tale of two travel recoveries: Japan soars, while China struggles to lure travelers back
With a plum position atop many “Best Places to Travel” lists, Japan is on track to welcome a record-breaking number of travelers in 2024. But China faces a different reality: a far slower return of international visitors. Both countries dropped Covid-related border restrictions relatively late — Japan in October 2022, and China in January 2023 […]
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I’m from Japan, home to some of the world’s longest living people: The No. 1 beverage I drink every day
Growing up in Nara, Japan, surrounded by tea fields, matcha has always been a part of my life. The full aroma and the deep bitter and sweet umami taste of this vivid green tea evokes so much nostalgia for me. When I was in high school, I started taking formal tea ceremony lessons. It was […]
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The yen is strengthening, but foreign investors are staying bullish on Japanese equities
A falling yen helped boost Japanese stocks to record levels this year, but overseas investors think there are still opportunities in those equities even as the currency begins to strengthen. For most of this year, the weak yen was a major bull case argument for foreign investors looking at the Japanese stock markets. For instance, […]
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‘Pick a number’: Strategist says the U.S. dollar will drift much lower against the Japanese yen
A pedestrian walks past a display board showing the currency exchange rate between the US dollar and the Japanese yen, along a street in Tokyo on August 5, 2024. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. dollar is likely to continue to drift lower against the Japanese yen over the coming months, […]
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