TSE Governance Reform: 2026 Q3 Update for U.S. Dividend Investors

Roughly 40% of Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market companies still trade below 1.0× book value — a figure that would be scandalous on Wall Street but represents a genuine, durable opportunity for patient dividend investors willing to parse the Japanese-language disclosure lists that most English-language analysts simply ignore. Investment Thesis Author’s View: Constructive | Fair … Read more

TSE Prime Reforms 2026 Update: A Practical Framework for Foreign Investors

I’ve been watching the JPX monitoring list update every month since it launched in 2023, and what strikes me — sitting here in Tokyo where this story gets covered daily in Nikkei and Toyo Keizai — is how badly the English-language financial press has underestimated the 2026 enforcement cycle; the March 2026 compliance review is … Read more

Japan Factor Investing 2026: Quality, Value, and Dividend Yield Strategies That Beat the Nikkei

I’ve been running a Japan factor screen every quarter since 2019, and the 2026 edition feels different — the TSE’s cost-of-capital pressure campaign is finally showing up in actual capital allocation decisions, not just glossy IR PDFs, and I’ve been tracking that shift through Japanese-language disclosure portals that most English-only analysts haven’t touched. Investment Thesis … Read more

Japan TSE Corporate Governance Reform 2026: Are Companies Finally Meeting ROE and PBR Targets?

I’ve been watching the TSE governance reform story from Tokyo since the March 2023 disclosure mandate dropped, and what strikes me most is how differently the story reads when you pull the actual Japanese-language filings versus the headline summaries that reach English-language investors — the gap between “companies are complying” and “companies are genuinely changing” … Read more

How to Buy Japanese Stocks from the US: Complete 2026 Guide

Step-by-step guide for US investors buying Japanese stocks in 2026. Covers Interactive Brokers access, tax treaty withholding (15.315%), PFIC considerations.

Mitsubishi Corp (8058): The 2026 Hub Analysis for Trading

Mitsubishi Corporation (8058) — dividend growth analysis chart for Japanese trading house stocks

Annual dividend per share (¥) — source: Mitsubishi Corp IR filings via TSE Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links to TradingView. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. ¥1 trillion buyback. 318 million shares cancelled. FY2026 net income guided at ¥1.1T — a 37% recovery. Yet the English-language IR summary for … Read more

How U.S. Investors Can Buy Buffett’s Mitsui (8031)

Buffetts Bet Unpacking The Value And Dividends Of

Mitsui & Co. (TSE: 8031) is one of Buffett’s five Japanese trading house positions. This analysis covers FY2026 earnings, the shareholder return program, and the risk/reward picture for US dividend investors. Metric Value Stock Price (JPY) ¥5,290 (May 29, 2026) Dividend Yield 2.17% P/E Ratio (TTM) 18.17× PBR 1.71× Market Cap ¥15.15 trillion (~$94.7B USD) … Read more

Hitachi (6501) at 21% EBITA: Why U.S. Investors Buy Now

Hitachi 6501 A Japanese Tech Giant Driving Ai And

Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links to TradingView. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. I’ve been watching Hitachi’s transformation quietly for years from Tokyo. The April 2026 one-two punch — a Sovereign AI Factory alliance and an ¥800 billion shareholder return program in the same earnings cycle — finally made … Read more

How U.S. Investors Can Capture Disco Corp. (6146) ¥505

Ai Boom Powers Dividends Why Disco Corp 6146 Is A

Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links to TradingView. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. ¥185 billion in operating income. A 42.3% operating margin. A record ¥505 dividend per share. Disco Corp. (6146) just posted its sixth consecutive period of record-high profit — and almost no US dividend investor is talking … Read more

How U.S. Investors Can Buy Fanuc (6954) at +15.5% Earnings

Fanuc 6954 The 2026 Hub Analysis For Robotics Indu

Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links to TradingView. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Fanuc’s FY2027 operating income guidance of ¥212.2 billion — a 15.5% YoY beat against consensus — barely made a ripple in English-language financial media, yet Tokyo-based brokerage desks treated it as a genuine re-rating event. Add … Read more

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