Latest news with #Nishiyama
Business Insider
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Citi Remains a Buy on Nissan Chemical (NSC)
In a report released yesterday, Yuta Nishiyama from Citi maintained a Buy rating on Nissan Chemical (NSC – Research Report), with a price target of Yen5,800.00. Confident Investing Starts Here: Easily unpack a company's performance with TipRanks' new KPI Data for smart investment decisions Receive undervalued, market resilient stocks right to your inbox with TipRanks' Smart Value Newsletter According to TipRanks, Nishiyama is an analyst with an average return of -3.9% and a 56.25% success rate. Nishiyama covers the Basic Materials sector, focusing on stocks such as Kansai Paint Co, Nitto Denko, and Nissan Chemical. Nissan Chemical has an analyst consensus of Hold, with a price target consensus of €29.98. The company has a one-year high of €33.60 and a one-year low of €24.00. Currently, Nissan Chemical has an average volume of 199.
Business Insider
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co (TOKCF) Gets a Buy from Citi
In a report released yesterday, Yuta Nishiyama from Citi maintained a Buy rating on Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co (TOKCF – Research Report), with a price target of Yen4,400.00. Confident Investing Starts Here: Easily unpack a company's performance with TipRanks' new KPI Data for smart investment decisions Receive undervalued, market resilient stocks right to your inbox with TipRanks' Smart Value Newsletter According to TipRanks, Nishiyama is an analyst with an average return of -3.9% and a 56.25% success rate. Nishiyama covers the Basic Materials sector, focusing on stocks such as Kansai Paint Co, Nitto Denko, and Nissan Chemical. The word on The Street in general, suggests a Hold analyst consensus rating for Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co with a $24.30 average price target. Based on Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co's latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $54.42 billion and a net profit of $7.05 billion. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $43.65 billion and had a net profit of $5.19 billion
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Yoshinoya America hires Better Buzz Coffee exec as president
This story was originally published on Restaurant Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Restaurant Dive newsletter. Yoshinoya America is hiring Paul Nishiyama as president, effective June 1, the company announced Wednesday. In the U.S., Yoshinoya has about 100 units, located in California. Outside the country, the Tokyo-based brand has over 2,000 restaurants. Nishiyama will join the chain from Better Buzz Coffee, where he served as chief operating officer. Previously, he held various positions at Rubio's during a five-year stint with the company, where he rose to COO, according to his LinkedIn profile. He left Rubio's about a year and a half before the chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections. Nishiyama joins Yoshinoya with 'a successful track record of sustained growth, improved profitability, and a commitment to quality,' according to the press release. Yoshinoya has struggled to generate growth momentum in recent years, according to its Franchise Disclosure Document. The brand, which does not disclose information relating to unit economics in its FDD, saw its total number of units fall from 106 at the start of 2021 to 100 at the start of 2024. Last year, the brand appointed a new CEO for America, Glenn Lunde. Despite sluggish post-COVID growth, Yoshionya likely faces relatively favorable market conditions in the U.S. The brand's menu, which is anchored by Gyudon Beef Bowls, fits within broader fast casual trend toward bowl-based meals. A similarly bowl-heavy menu has helped Cava outperform expectations. At the same time, the National Restaurant Association predicted 2025 would be a strong year for Asian concepts, though the NRA said that Japanese concepts have already achieved significant market penetration in the U.S. Asian brands, whether headquartered in the U.S. or abroad, have seen strong signs of recent growth. Yoshinoya may be able to capitalize on these trends and expand its U.S. presence. Recommended Reading NRA predicts a big year for Korean, Vietnamese and Filipino flavors Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Asahi Shimbun
15-05-2025
- Health
- Asahi Shimbun
New documents shed light on secret wartime germ units
One of the declassified rosters of the wartime Unit 1644 of the Imperial Japanese Army (Ryota Goto) Previously classified personnel rosters of lesser-known wartime bacteriological units deployed in China, hidden since the end of World War II, have been released, which will help researchers better understand the nation's germ warfare effort. The National Archives of Japan made public the rosters from 1945, which detail the names, addresses and prior affiliations of members of Unit 1644, based in Nanjing, and Unit 8604, based in Guangzhou. These units are believed to have conducted human experimentation similar to the infamous Unit 731 of the Imperial Japanese Army during the war. The newly released lists of Unit 1644 include names that also appear in Unit 731 records, according to Katsuo Nishiyama, a professor emeritus at Shiga University of Medical Science, who has studied Japan's wartime medical and biological programs. 'This confirms cooperation between these units,' Nishiyama said. 'It's a crucial piece of evidence that could shed light on a coordinated network of germ warfare divisions within the Japanese military.' He hopes additional testimonies and documents will surface in the wake of this disclosure. Both Unit 1644 and Unit 8604 were part of the Imperial Japanese Army's epidemic prevention and water purification departments and are also believed to have been involved in the development of biological weapons. They likely operated under similar mandates to Unit 731, which was stationed in northeast China and is widely known for its brutal biological warfare experiments on Chinese prisoners of war and other victims. The lack of surviving witnesses and documentation has made studying the activities and research of Unit 1644 particularly difficult. One of the few references to the unit came from the late Shigeo Ban, a former member of the top-secret Noborito Laboratory, which conducted research on secret weapons and intelligence operations for the military. In his memoir, Ban recalled a 1941 trip to Nanjing during which he witnessed a military doctor from Unit 1644 conducting live human experiments on Chinese prisoners of war.
