Some of the world famous Japanese company stocks like Honda, Toyota, Hitachi and Matsushita have held up well in this bear market. Except Honda the other three are down year to date with Toyota in double digits.

1. Honda Motor Co Ltd – HMC
Honda, the world famous auto maker, has a dividend yield of 2.43% and a PE of 10.71.Year to date the stock is down

2. Toyota Motor Corp – TM
TM has a dividend yield of 3.22% and a market cap. of $141B.Year to date the stock down is some 14%.

3.Hitachi Ltd. – HIT
HIT has a low dividend rate at just 0.81% .YTD HIT is down just -2.39%.

4.Matsushita Electric Industrial – MC
The PE ratio is 14.02 and the stock has a 2.13% yield. YTD MC is down by 4.65%.