On the 21st, Daikin Industries revealed a policy to embark on in-house design of semiconductors to be mounted on air conditioners. The purpose is to enhance energy saving performance, and it is planned to be installed in some products from 2025.

Five products such as air purifiers and air conditioners from Daikin Industries, Ltd. received the “2022 Good Design Award” (sponsored by Japan Institute of Design Promotion). Among them, the “Daikin EMURA3” room air conditioner for the European market has been selected by our company as the “Good Design Best 100” for the 3rd time.
The Good Design Award is the only comprehensive design evaluation and recommendation system in Japan, established in 1957, and is a global design award in which many domestic and international companies and organizations participate. It evaluates and honors the quality of design for various things, such as products, architecture, software, systems, and services, with the aim of improving our lives and society through design. In 2022, 1,560 “Good Design Awards” were selected by a jury of domestic and international designers, architects, experts, etc. from 5,715 judging targets.
Furthermore, the “Daikin EMURA3” has also won the world-renowned “Red Dot Design Award 2022" *1 and the “iF Design Award 2022" ※2, and has received high praise in many fields...

[Tokyo 12th Reuters] - Keyence has rebounded sharply, with about 5% and Nidec about 2%, respectively. In the market, voices are heard that “buybacks of high PER (price-earnings ratio) stocks became dominant in response to a decline in long-term US interest rates” (domestic securities).
KEYENCE's PER is 56 times higher. The fact that long-term US interest rates rose after the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes summary was announced was disgusted, and it had fallen 16% in 3 business days until the day before. Nidec, which has 49 times the PER, had also been sold until the day before, but today, purchases took precedence. The fact that it was reported in the morning edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun dated 12th that Nidec would establish a new factory in China and increase production of machine tools that process gears for electric vehicles (EVs), etc., was also viewed as material.
However, in the market, there are also strong voices saying “it is difficult to keep up with the higher prices of high PER stocks while there is an outlook on interest rates” (another domestic securities). Compared to the decline in keyence up to the day before, there is also an acceptance that today's rise is “only within the scope of autonomous backlash” (same). Regarding Nidec, “It seems good that the increase in production in China, where the EV market is expected to expand, is even more well received, but while interest rates are looking high...