J - Links of Interest - Week 7, 2022

Articles

Shareholder Perks and Firm Value (harvard.edu)

Cup Noodles: How the instant food became a success story in America by hiding its Japanese roots | The Milwaukee Independent

Gin twist: Japan reinvents the spirit with the help of green tea and oysters | Japanese food and drink | The Guardian

A Tribute to the Nintendo Engineer Masayuki Uemura | The New Yorker

Tokyo Stock Exchange boss tells Japan to embrace activist investors - Nikkei Asia

Does A Weak Yen Really Help Japan? - by Richard Katz (substack.com)

Analysis

System Vendor with 70% Share in Retail Credit Collection Systems at 3.3x EV/EBIT - Kenkyo Investing

Podcast

Japan on American TV: SNL, Sesame Street, Marie Kondo & More (Dr. Alisa Freedman) | Japan Station 83X - JapanKyo - Interesting news on Japan, podcasts about Japan & more

Videos

Global Market Analysis with Jesper Koll - YouTube

PBS Frontline: We are Driven (1984) - YouTube