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Company Profile Company Name: MIC Co.,Ltd. Scheduled Listing Date: Wed Dec. 25, 2024 Market Section: Standard Market Representative: KAWAI Katsuya, President Address of Main Office 5-14-3 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo, 160-0023 Tel. +81-3-3372-2431 Home Page: https://www.mic-p.com/ Date of Incorporation: Jun. 12, 1953 Description of Business: Full Service provider in retail promotion (business improvement consulting, printing, fulfillment, system development, BPO, creative designing, field supporting, etc.) Category of Industry: Services Ticker: 300A

Takuke! Sunflower Village! The second installment of the "Hakoiwa" series! This time, the main role is a hamster! Simple! Crispy! The "Box Garden" series, where you can create your own box garden, is back with cute hamsters! This time, the stage is a wilderness on a desolate mountaintop. Join the mysterious hamster "Burahamu" as you explore the wilderness. ■ World's first! "Maihamu" system: Create a hamster that will be your alter ego! From 5 types of hamsters such as Roborovsky, it is possible to create a cute hamster by combining coats, eye colors, accessories, etc. There are also rare races in the game, such as Tritons and Kurohara. ■ Cultivate crops and dishes, create a slow life field, sow seeds, and harvest. The harvested items can be cooked and served to everyone, or exchanged for other items. ■ Create a wonderful village by drawing the difference in elevation of the terrain and waterwaysLet's make it a lively village by creating m...

Nikkei225 Summary Fri 29 Nov 2024 - Japan’s Nikkei loses steam  on Fri to close the week on a weak note amid a surging yen and stronger than expected Tokyo inflation data. Nevertheless, Wall Street closed on new record highs during Friday's shortened trading session; hopefully this will give the Nikkei some Thanksgiving cheer on next Monday's open. Nikkei225  38,208.03 (-141.03 -0.37%) 73 up 150 down 2 flat Topix  2,680.71 (-6.57 -0.24%)    REIT   1,662.14 (-13.33 -0.80%) JGB 10YR  1.053% (-0.0043)                     USD/JPY  149.75 (-1.79 -1.18%)     Crude Oil  68.15 (-0.57 -0.83%)     Top Performers Chiba Bank Ltd.     ¥1,250.50 (+50.50 +4.21%) - banking Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd.     ¥6,155.00 (+215.00 +3.62%) - industrial electronics Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc. ...

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Fri 29 Nov 2024 22.31 (-1.76 -7.31%)   

 

 

 

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (President & Group CEO: Masahiro Kihara) has bought a stake in US firm Zap Energy (President: Benj Conway), a company developing fusion power and related technology. The investment was carried out through Mizuho's specialist investment subsidiary Mizuho Innovation Frontier Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Junichi Ikeda). Investment purpose In pursuing carbon neutrality, it is important to create new demand and markets in the decarbonization area, while also progressing in areas such as the global clean energy transition. In fusion power generation, a colossal amount of energy is created by the fusion of light atomic nuclei to produce heavier ones. This power generation method is a potential game changer for the clean energy transition, as greenhouse gases are not emitted and it is a sustainable energy source. Mizuho has deepened its understanding of related technology and industry trends, releasing a report entitled Recent Trends Surrounding Fusion E...

Company Profile Company Name: QLS Holdings Co.,Ltd Scheduled Listing Date: Wed Dec. 11, 2024 Market Section: Growth Market Current Listed: Market Nagoya Stock Exchange Next Market (Listed in Jun. 2023) Representative: AMEDA Takeshi, President Address of Main Office 1-12-5 Nambanaka, Osaka Naniwa-ku, Osaka, 556-0011 Tel. +81-6-6575-9845 Home Page: https://www.qlshd.co.jp/ Date of Incorporation: Feb. 21, 2019 Description of Business: Nursery, Nursing care, Welfare, and Staffing Category of Industry: Services Ticker: 7075  

Public Holiday in US - Thanksgiving Day New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) & Nasdaq c losed on Thu 28 Nov 2024, shortened hours on Fri 29 Nov 2024 for Cash Equity Market  

Nikkei225 Summary Thu 28 Nov 2024 - Japan’s Nikkei rebounded after 2 days of losses as investors return for thanksgiving bargain hunting. Both the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are closed for thanksgiving holidays on Thursday and Friday. Nikkei225  38,349.06 (+214.09 +0.56%) 167 up 55 down 3 flat Topix  2,687.28 (+21.94 +0.82%) REIT   1,675.47 (-0.77 -0.05%) JGB 10YR  1.057% (-0.0178)                     USD/JPY  151.41 (-0.14 -0.09%)     Crude Oil  68.88 (+0.16 +0.23%)      Top Performers T&D Holdings Inc.     ¥2,824.00 (+320.50 +12.80%) - insurance Tokyo Electron Ltd.     ¥23,740.00 (+1,500.00 +6.74%) - semicon Casio Computer Co. Ltd.     ¥1,140.50 (+71.00 +6.64%) - watches Bottom Performers Ricoh Co. Ltd.     ¥1,663.00 (-89.00 -5.08%)...

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Thu 28 Nov 2024 24.07 (+1.12 +4.88%)   

 

 

 

SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”) announced it developed a traffic understanding multimodal AI* designed for remote support of autonomous driving, designed to operate on low-latency edge AI servers with the goal of achieving fully unmanned operations. The traffic understanding multimodal AI aims to address key challenges in the social implementation of autonomous driving by enhancing vehicle safety and reducing operational costs through external support. By running the multimodal AI in real time on SoftBank's MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) and other edge AI servers with low latency and high security, the system enables real-time understanding of autonomous vehicle status, providing reliable remote support for autonomous driving. In October 2024, SoftBank launched a field trial of this remote support solution for autonomous driving using the traffic understanding multimodal AI at the Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (location: Fujisawa, Kanagawa, “SFC”). This experiment aims to v...

Company Profile Company Name: Reskill Corp. Scheduled Listing Date: Tue Dec. 17, 2024 Market Section: Growth Market Representative: MATSUDA Wataru, President Address of Main Office YKB ENSIGN BUILDING 4-28-4 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo, 160-0004 Tel. +81-50-5530-2815 Home Page: https://corp.reskill.jp/ Date of Incorporation: May 2, 2022 Description of Business: Employee Training and Development Category of Industry: Services Ticker: 291A  

Nikkei225 Summary Wed 27 Nov 2024 - Japan’s Nikkei continues its decline on the back of a stronger yen as investors digest looming tariff threats from Mr Trump. One bright spot was train operator Keisei Electric Railway which is selling a $400 million stake in Tokyo disneyland operator - Oriental land. Keisei Electric Railway rose +5.02% for the day on the happy news. Nikkei225  38,134.97 (-307.03 -0.80%) 47 up 178 down 0 flat Topix  2,665.34 (-24.21 -0.90%) REIT   1,676.24 (-4.99 -0.30%) JGB 10YR  1.075% (+0.0047)                     USD/JPY  151.08 (-0.04 -0.02%)     Crude Oil  68.77 (0.00 0.00%) Top Performers Keisei Electric Railway Co. Ltd.     ¥4,641.00 (+222.00 +5.02%) - train operator, selling $400 million stake in Tokyo disneyland operator, Oriental land. Resonac Holdings Corp.     ¥4,155.00 (+16...

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Wed 27 Nov 2024 22.95 (+2.18 +10.49%)   

 

 

 

Company Profile Company Name: dely inc. Scheduled Listing Date: Thu Dec. 19, 2024 Market Section: Growth Market Representative: HORIE Yusuke, Representative Director Address of Main Office msb Tamachi Tamachi Station Tower N 23F 3-1-1 Shibaura, Minato-ku Tokyo, 108-0023 Tel. +81-3-6420-3878 Home Page: https://dely.jp/ Date of Incorporation: Apr. 22, 2014 Description of Business: Operating multiple smartphone apps and web media, including "Kurashiru" and "Kurashiru Reward." In addition, operating businesses in talent platforms and creator management Category of Industry: Services Ticker: 299A  

Meiji Co., Ltd. (President and Representative Director: Katsunari Matsuda) is pleased to announce that Group company Meiji America Inc. (360 South Belmont Street, York, PA 17403, U.S.A.) launched a new product, Hello Panda Pretzel, under the Hello Panda brand, the most popular brand of Meiji Group confectionery products sold overseas. Hello Panda Pretzel is available from October 2024. The Hello Panda brand of products we currently sell were launched in America in the 1990s, with production conducted in America since 2015. With sales channel expansion, sales in America have increased nearly three-fold*1 since 2017. To respond to growing demand, Meiji is investing nearly US $28 million (approx. ¥4.1 billion*2) to increase production capacity for Hello Panda. By FY2026, Meiji aims to increase sales by roughly 50% compared to FY2023. About the Hello Panda Brand Hello Panda is a biscuit filled with chocolate cream and features a panda illustration. Originating from Japan, this product was ...

Nikkei225 Summary Tue 26 Nov 2024 - Japan’s Nikkei tumbles 1.5% in the morning on Trump's plan to impose a 25% tariff on all products from Mexico and Canada and an additional 10% tariff on goods from China due to concerns over illegal immigration and the import of harmful drugs like Fentanyl. Some investors bought back stocks in the afternoon, thinking that the Nikkei has been oversold, helping the index to recover some losses at the close. Nikkei225  38,442.00 (-338.14 -0.87%) 75 up 147 down 3 flat Topix   2,689.55 (-26.05 -0.96%) REIT    1,681.23 (+4.14 +0.24%) JGB 10YR  1.070% (-0.0038)                     USD/JPY  153.07 (-0.03 -0.02%)     Crude Oil  68.96 (+0.02 +0.03%) Top Performers Kao Corp.     ¥6,562.00 (+260.00 +4.13%) - personal care M3 Inc.     ¥1,465.50 (+57.00 +4.05%) - online med...

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Tue 26 Nov 2024 20.77 (-0.08 -0.38%)  

 

 

 

AI chip startup Gemesys raises €8.6m pre-seed round, led by Atlantic Labs and Amadeus Apex Technology Fund. Sony Innovation Fund participated in the funding round. The company says it's seeking to reduce the energy consumption of training and running AI models by 10,000 times by having chipsets with trained AI models run directly on smartphones and other devices, without the need to transmit any raw data to a data center. It is currently working with three pilot customers in energy grid, hearing implants and security.  

Company Profile Company Name: Globe-ing Inc. Scheduled Listing Date: Fri Nov. 29, 2024 Market Section: Growth Market Representative: TANAKA Kouhei, President Address of Main Office 3-1-34 MinamiAoyama, Minato-ku Tokyo, 107-0062 Tel. +81-3-5454-0805 Home Page: https://globe-ing.com/ Date of Incorporation: Jan. 20, 2017 Description of Business: Consulting business delivering consulting service and cloud product business providing various SaaS products Category of Industry: Services Ticker: 277A Indicative offer price: 4,530 yen  

Nikkei225 Summary Mon 25 Nov 2024 - Japan’s Nikkei rises 496 points cheering Trump's US Treasury secretary pick - Scott Bessent. Scott Bessent is the founder of hedge fund Key Square Group is seen as an experienced hand that will moderate some of Trump's more extreme economic policies on tariffs and will likely help keep financial markets steady. Nikkei225 38,780.14 (+496.29 +1.30%) 143 up 79 down 3 flat Topix   2,715.60 (+19.07 +0.71%) REIT   1,677.09 (-4.59 -0.27%) JGB 10YR  1.074% (-0.0057)                      USD/JPY  154.17 (-0.02 -0.01%)      Crude Oil  69.08 (-2.16 -3.03%) Top Performers Keisei Electric Railway Co. Ltd.     ¥4,370.00 (+531.00 +13.83%) - activist investor murakami reportedly buys in Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.     ¥10,255.00 (+431.00 +4.39%) - HR & jobs portal T&D H...

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Mon 25 Nov 2024 20.85 (-2.79 -11.80%)   

 

 

 

Tokyo, Japan – Panasonic Corporation (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Masahiro Shinada; hereinafter referred to as Panasonic) has announced that it has decided to invest in FastLabel Inc. (Head office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Takeshi Suzuki; hereinafter referred to as FastLabel), an AI data platform developer and provider, through a corporate venture capital fund, commonly known as the Panasonic Kurashi Visionary Fund, jointly managed by Panasonic and SBI Investment Co., Ltd. AI, a transformative technology for both social life and business, is being implemented across various fields, and its demand is expected to continue growing in the future. At the same time, the market for annotation (data tagging), which is essential for building AI models, is forecast to expand in line with the rapid growth in demand for AI, reaching USD 1,363 million (about JPY 200 billion) in 2030. FastLabel provides fast and highly accurate annotation services...

Company Profile Company Name: Kioxia Holdings Corporation Scheduled Listing Date: Wed Dec. 18, 2024 Market Section Prime Market Representative: HAYASAKA Nobuo, President and CEO Address of Main Office 3-1-21 Shibaura, Minato-ku Tokyo, 108-0023 Tel. +81-3-6478-2539 Home Page: https://www.kioxia-holdings.com/en-jp/top.html Date of Incorporation: Mar. 1, 2019 Description of Business: Strategy formulation and management oversight of group companies engaged in development, manufacturing and sales of memory, SSD and related products Category of Industry: Electric Appliances Ticker: 285A Fund raising target: 100 billion yen (646.1 million dollars) Major shareholder: private equity firm, Bain Capital  Q2 FY2024: Revenue +52.4%, Net income +36.5% (QoQ)    

Nikkei225 Summary Fri 22 Nov 2024 - Japan’s Nikkei managed a broad-based rebound, tracking Wall Street's gains overnight. The Dow rises 426 points 44,296.51 (+426.16 +0.97%) to close at a new record high on Fri night, with S&P500 and Nasdaq posting weekly gains; hopefully, this will inspire a strong open for the Nikkei next week. Nikkei225 38,283.85 (+257.68 +0.68%) 148 up 74 down 3 flat Topix   2,696.53 (+13.72 +0.51%) REIT    1,681.68 (+8.44 +0.50%) JGB 10YR  1.080% (-0.0164)                     USD/JPY  154.76 (+0.22 +0.14%) Crude Oil  71.19 (+1.09 +1.55%) Top Performers Credit Saison Co. Ltd.     ¥3,680.00 (+216.00 +6.24%) - financial services Mitsui Chemicals Inc.     ¥3,582.00 (+175.00 +5.14%) - chemicals Resonac Holdings Corp.     ¥3,978.00 (+177.00 +4.66%) - chemicals Bottom Performe...

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Fri 22 Nov 2024 23.64 (-2.51 -9.59%)