Konatsu Ochi

Sep 20, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Konatsu Ochi

TOKYO -- The success of Emmy Award-winning samurai drama "Shogun" has generated an investor buzz around Japanese companies with hit content. As Japanese stocks were tumbling in August, Hiroki Iura, chief fund manager at Resona Asset Management, was buying additional shares in Tsuburaya Fields Holdings, the intellectual property holder for Ultraman, a popular Japanese superhero.

Jul 11, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Konatsu Ochi

The plunge in Saizeriya's shares after the company said it would end meal coupons highlights how shareholder perks are a big attraction for individual investors. (Photo by Mako Ochiai)TOKYO -- Shares of Japanese budget Italian restaurant chain Saizeriya plummeted Thursday as retail investors rebuked the company's decision to stop giving out shareholder meal coupons.

May 10, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Takahisa Tamura |Konatsu Ochi |Miki Kamiyama

TOKYO -- Japanese individual investors have emerged as a new factor in the yen's persistent slide, complicating any attempts by authorities to support the currency. The yen weakened by 1.7% against the dollar in the week through Friday -- by far the worst performance among nine major advanced-economy currencies.

Apr 4, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Konatsu Ochi |Kohei Onishi |Kotaro Hosokawa

TOKYO/LONDON -- The flow of foreign money into Japanese stocks reached a 10-year high in fiscal 2023, driven by investment from the U.K. -- including Middle Eastern oil money via London -- as well as South Korea and China. The net tally reached 7.69 trillion yen ($50.7 billion), according to Tokyo Stock Exchange data released Thursday. This is the fourth largest in data going back to 1983, and marks the first net inflow in three years.

Feb 26, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Konatsu Ochi

TOKYO -- The stock prices of three top Japanese trading houses hit record highs Monday on bullish comments by U.S. investor Warren Buffett, as well as on their strong earnings and expectations of further share buybacks. Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsui & Co. rose as much as 3% while Sumitomo Corp. climbed up to 1% during trading, all reaching a record after accounting for stock splits. Trading companies as a whole saw a 0.3% increase in share prices to a roughly one-month high.