The Japanese Yen (JPY) is unlikely to weaken much further from current levels; the Bank of Japan likely has intervention tactics ready to prevent additional depreciation past 160, which could lead to yen strengthening or at least stabilization.
Global investment interest is shifting from memory/chip designers to semiconductor equipment makers as memory companies and TSMC raise capex. Tokyo Electron, a top-tier equipment firm, has already outperformed, and this trend should benefit Korean equipment stocks in H2.