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Pan Pacific International Holdings (Ticker 7532) – 32nd consecutive year of sales and operating profits growth: A king of discount, M&A and Inbound tourism recovery

Pan Pacific International Holdings (“PPIH” or the “company”) is not a type of stock which www.JapaneseIPO.com typically chooses to write a report on. It is big and 16 analysts cover the stock, which indicates large institutional holdings. In fact, in 2021 annual report, CFO lamented the fact that PPIH’s retail investor holding is 1.6% which …

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W-Scope Corp. (Ticker 6619) – Solid State Battery may not be ready for a large scale production any time soon.

Who is W-Scope? W-Scope (“WS” or the “company”) focuses on manufacturing of separators for lithium-ion (Li-ion) secondary batteries. The company is founded in Yokohama in 2005 by president, Won-Kun Choi, a former employee of Samsung Electronics in South Korea. Its head office is in Tokyo, but development and manufacturing functions are in South Korea. The …

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Kadokawa Corp.(Ticker 9648) – A new age high school and After a 16% share price drop

Kadokawa (“Kadokawa” or the “company”), founded as a publisher in 1940, has revamped its business categories in tandem with the shifting needs of the markets. The main thread is to grow its IP (intellectual Property) in a variety of forms, such as books, movies, animation, UGC (User Generated Content). 1. Investment Thesis   1. Some …

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Asukanet Co., Ltd (Ticker 2438) – Business of dying is changing in Japan.

You may disapprove of uttering the words “business” and “dying” in one breath. However, a proper handling of the deceased costs money and Asukanet offers many cost savings by digitizing funeral procedures. Asukanet (“Asukanet” or “the Company”) is a provider of personal and commercial photo publishing, memorial photographs for funeral parlors and aerial imaging services. …

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