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Defense spending is increasing, and Japan's total budget for 2025 will reach a record 115 trillion yen.
In the new budget proposal, the spending items with the largest increase include: a significant increase of over 10% in defense spending, reaching 8.5 trillion yen; and an approximately 7% increase in allocations to local governments. Due to record high tax revenues, the scale of newly issued government bonds will decrease by nearly one-fifth, down to 28.6 trillion yen.
China's AI industry is rapidly emerging, aggressively chasing after American OpenAI.
[Generative AI] As exports of cutting-edge Semiconductors to China are being restricted, it has been reported that emerging companies in the country may be catching up to U.S. tech giants’ Artificial Intelligence (AI) models at a pace that exceeds industry Financial Estimates. The emerging company DeepSeek, backed by a major Chinese hedge fund, has released a preview of its latest large-scale language model. <6702> Fujitsu <7046> TDSE <4011> Headwaters <3993>
Canon Inc-Spons Adr, Espec, etc. [List of stocks from the newspaper]
*Canon Inc-Spons Adr <7751> re-enters the ArF lithography equipment market, aiming to gain Share through miniaturization (Nikkei Industrial Daily page 1) -○ *Espec <6859> launches aggressive strategies for Semiconductors, continuously introducing contract measurement services (Nikkei Industrial Daily page 1) -○ *Nippon Steel <5401> believes in 'presidential approval' for the acquisition of United States Steel, statement made for final decision (Nikkei Industrial Daily page 3) -○ *Sumitomo Chemical <4005> sells polarizing film to two Chinese companies, targeting large LCDs, to local companies in spring next year (Nikkei Industrial Daily page 3) -○ *Mitsubishi Corporation <8058> diverse workforce.
Japanese Automakers Honda, Nissan Start Merger Talks: Mitsubishi Motors Considers Joining
Afternoon session [Active stocks and traded stocks]
*Satsudora Holdings <3544> 839 +53 Operating profit for the first half increased by 28.7%, expanding from 1.4% increase in the first quarter. *Yoshimura Food <2884> 1368 +74 Reports indicate that the Chinese government is considering the resumption of imports of Aquatic Products from Japan. *Mitsubishi Motors <7211> 491.1 +24.5 Reports are indicating that the new holding companies of Honda <7267> and Nissan <7201> are considering establishment by August 2026. *Fanpepp <4881> 1
Nihon Shokubai, Disco, etc. (additional) Rating
Upgraded - Bullish Code Stock Name Securities Company Previous Change After----------------------------------------------------------<3349> Cosmos Pharmaceutical Macquarie "Neutral" "Outperform" Target Price Change Code Stock Name Securities Company Previous Change After----------------------------------------------------------<2875> Toyo Suisan.