Extension of the State of Emergency

May 29, 2021 (Sat) Clear weather Okamoto Masami’s seminar held

- On the 28th, the government decided to extend the state of emergency declared for nine prefectures to cover up to June 20.

A decision was made taking into account the medical service provision framework and the spread of mutated viruses.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga stated that from mid-June a system capable of delivering up to 1 million vaccinations per day will be in place.

He expressed a willingness to accept domestic spectators at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.

- Nissan

[Closing price 553.3 yen] Japanese-Chinese battery major to partner for new EV battery plants in Japan and the UK.Investment is expected to exceed 200 billion yen. The battery plants are planned to be able to produce enough batteries for about 700,000 EVs per year, with operations slated to start in 2024.

- On the 28th, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga revealed measures for the holding of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

Athletes will be assigned a dedicated lodging facility, with no tourism mentioned.

He stated that the number of entrants currently limited to 78,000 will be further reduced.

Transportation will be limited to dedicated buses and taxis.

- The extension of the state of emergency was decided, and normalization of economic activity has been pushed back.

Among them, the food service industry is in a difficult situation due to shortened hours.

The situation continues where 70% of customer visits have been lost, and small and medium-sized enterprises are facing tighter cash flow.

- Microsoft, on the 27th,

revealed that a hacker group with ties to Russia has been carrying out cyber-attacks on U.S. government agencies and NGOs.

Targets are related to foreign policy institutions.

- The number of new global COVID-19 infections (deaths) as of 4:00 PM on 5/28, summarized by Johns Hopkins University: World total 168.97 million cases (128,18 deaths)

U.S. 33,218,042 (1,338) India 27,555,457 (3,660) Brazil 16,342,162 (2,245) France 5,697,076 (142) Turkey 5,220,549 (183) Russia 4,977,332 (395)

U.K. 4,489,552 (10) Italy 4,205,970 (171) Germany 3,674,013 (192) Argentina 3,663,215 (547) Spain 3,663,176 (33) Colombia 3,319,193 (513)

- In April, car sales in the six major Southeast Asian countries declined 14% month-on-month to 249,002 units.

Restrictions on economic activity due to re-expansion of COVID-19 infections affected results in all countries.

- Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. <8802> [Close 1,811.5 yen] Enters biomass power generation business.

Total project cost exceeds 30 billion yen, with plans to establish more than 10 power plants domestically.

Shizuoka Gas <9543> [Close 1,052 yen] to jointly build power plants and begin selling power to energy retailers from fiscal 2022.

- Toho Printing <7911> [Close 1,927 yen] to jointly develop technology with Juntendo University that accurately displays colors in images.

Due to the impact of COVID-19, demand for telemedicine is rising, and services aimed at accurately understanding patients’ conditions from images are being targeted.

- Major global automakers are rushing to invest in EV battery factories.

Nissan <7201> [Close 553.3 yen] will partner with a Chinese company to build two plants in Nichiei.

Toyota <7203> [Close 9,135 yen] plans to invest 160 billion yen in batteries for the fiscal year ending March 2022, doubling the previous year, and European and American players are also forming partnerships with battery majors.

- Secom <9735> [Close 8,711 yen] will acquire Secom Jo’shinetsu <4342> [Close 3,820 yen] as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Other shareholders’ stake of over 40% will be acquired through a tender offer (TOB).

Purchase price is expected to be 37.5 billion yen. 1 share for 6,350 yen. Delisting from the stock exchange after TOB.

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