May 2023: Best Content on Japan

Reads

• Nikkei Asia - Japanese companies embrace shareholder activism as never before

• Reuters - Rakuten Group forced to issue new shares to not go bankrupt

• Asahi Shinbun - Tokyo is the world's second wealthiest city

• MarketWatch - Japan's stock market is smoking the S&P 500. Is it too late to jump in?

• Financial Times [$] - Buffett’s intriguing bet on Japan. Why and how?

• Reuters - Japan’s jobless rate keeps falling and is now at 2.6%

• Nikkei - Japan cosmetics makers are fighting K(orean)-beauty insurgents in men's market

  • If you’re interested in Japanese cosmetic stocks, check out my analysis on Japan’s largest cosmetic company:

    [Stock-Analysis] Shiseido (4911 TYO): Asia's Most Premium Cosmetics Brand

Videos

KonichiValue - The full story of Japan’s mightiest companies and their vast influence on the Japanese economy:

Economics Explained - Japan’s Inequality Problem:

History Scope - A great in-depth look on how Japan became…Japan:

Podcasts

History of Japan - This podcast, assembled by a former PhD student in History at the University of Washington, covers the entire span of Japanese history. Each week they tackle a new topic, ranging from prehistoric Japan to the modern day