Japan has long been the alt-data market everyone name-checks and few actually cover in depth, so Eagle Alpha making this 2024 client report public is worth a look for anyone building out APAC coverage. The vendor profiles and Honda/Fast Retailing case studies matter less as headline names and more as a proxy for how mature (or not) local data infrastructure and licensing norms really are.
Worth noting for sourcing teams: JADAA's role as a market-organizing body suggests Japan's alt-data ecosystem is professionalizing faster than its digitization reputation implies.
Inside the report: Case studies on data from Honda, Fast Retailing, and more; Insights on Japan's digitization and data infrastructure challenges; Growth drivers behind the local alt data market and the role of JADAA; Detailed vendor profiles and dataset applications