Dividend Track Records

Consumer Staples company Kao leads all companies in Japan. There is one share listed on the Tokyo stock exchange that can be called a true Dividend Aristocrat. This consumer staples share, a peer of Procter & Gamble and L'Oréal, has increased its dividend for 33 years in a row. Meet Kao Corp, a cosmetics and shampoo giant from Japan!

In 2022 Headwaters announced a cooperation with AI giant Nvidia One of the best performing stocks worldwide in 2023 is Headwaters Co from Japan with a gain of 670% in 2023 as of July 10. Headwaters provides artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and is benefiting from the explosive growth for the sector and the hunt for AI-stocks by investors. However the valuation looks very high, certainly when the current 30%+ revenue growth drops to lower levels.

In October 2022, investors with a smaller budget can now finally buy Nintendo shares more easily. The Japanese gaming company split its shares in the ratio 1:10.

In Japan there are many nice dividend stocks but hardly any real Aristocrats that increase the dividend every year. We take a look at the two one and only Dividend Aristocrats from Japan.