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Thanks Altay for the news. I'll put Yakult in watchlist. Recently bought abit into Nippon Paint. But share price fell (maybe across the board) when Yen becoming stronger.

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Altay, I am too stupid to analyze stocks intelligently myself but I was wondering if you have ever looked into Sanoyas Holding Corporation 7022.T. I bought some in March on a Friday at like 180 a share and they announced a share buyback same day I bought and I made 30% the next Monday. I was thinking of a theme of increase in Japan's military budget=Japanese military related companies benefit, shipbuilders/aircraft etc. so I bought Sanoyas and Jamco and sold them for a decent profit. I was drinking a bunch of wine and pondering the remilitarization of Japan theme super drunk and bought them with poor judgement, luckily it worked out, but maybe remilitarization beneficiaries is a theme worth exploring, or maybe I just thought it was a good idea because I was drunk, idk lol.

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Increased military spending seems to be a real theme that's gaining momentum. The larger military contractors have done well in Japan (and in the U.S.!).

I haven't looked at 7022, but on the surface it doesn't look particularly cheap. It routinely swings from profits to losses and trades at 0.8x p/tbv. Revenue has been shrinking too. Names like these could be fantastic investments, but requires a deeper understanding of the business.

It could be a homerun if they can expand their businesses, but the names I'm looking at are dirt cheap on existing business. Thanks for the heads up this name, if i got nothing on the plate one night i'll look into it for fun later!

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