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Oct 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Obayashi's board approved a 90% stake in Lightyears-linked LYOC1, with NZ$74mn of total investment to be paid in stages as solar projects reach milestones and regulatory conditions are met.
Oct 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Okinawa Financial Group disclosed an ¥11.3bn gap between book and market value on Okinawa Bank's held-to-maturity bonds at September 30, equal to 100.2% of last year's net profit, while keeping its forecasts and dividend unchanged.
Oct 22, 2026 · 4 min read
Pasona has agreed to tender all its circlace shares into HHH1's ¥2,020-a-share offer, and expects a consolidated gain of about ¥2.6bn in the year ending May 2027 if the take-private succeeds.
Oct 22, 2026 · 2 min read
SBI Holdings' vehicle will buy all 90,944 BASE shares tendered, against a cap of 23,792,300, leaving it at 0.08% and short of making BASE an equity-method affiliate; the alliance structure is now up for discussion.
Oct 22, 2026 · 3 min read
A METI draft would let solar capacity installed beyond Tokyo's required level be assessed for J-Credit additionality if the excess is objectively quantified and confirmed by the city; comments run to 4 November, with a mid-November start planned.
Oct 22, 2026 · 3 min read
Chemical, paper-pulp and cement producers can seek support for up to one-third of conversion costs, or half for structural overhauls, but must apply by noon on 27 November and meet GX League reporting conditions.
Oct 22, 2026 · 3 min read
ValueAct's funds hold 20.01% of Takara Holdings, and one of them has demanded an extraordinary meeting to remove three outside directors and elect three others, saying ValueAct seeks neither control nor a buyback; Takara has not yet set out its response.
Oct 22, 2026 · 3 min read
Capcom says email addresses and system identifiers for 11,774,247 CAPCOM ID accounts leaked and 196 had passwords changed without authorization, while it has confirmed no leak of customer-set passwords and warns of impersonation emails.
Oct 22, 2026 · 3 min read
Japan's trade watchdog recommended that Oji Container pay 140 subcontractors for storing 9,610 idle plates and dies, after it had paid 127 of them ¥3.41mn, and asked the corrugated federation to end unpaid storage.
Oct 22, 2026 · 3 min read
DISCO's half-year operating profit rose 47.9% on what it describes as AI-driven chip demand, and the company now expects ¥434.2bn of April-December shipments at ¥151 to the dollar, its first guidance beyond the reported period.
Oct 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Capital Research and Management Company and three Capital International entities now jointly report 103,770,581 IHI shares, 9.58% of the total, up from 7.75% in the previous report, with the lead entity alone at 8.87%.
Oct 22, 2026 · 3 min read
Seven draft rules move Japan's hazard-classification cut-off to 31 March 2026, resetting skin-protection scope from April 2028 and carcinogen designations from April 2029, while diethyl phthalate would drop out of the exposure-limit list.
Oct 22, 2026 · 2 min read
A year-old Dubai investment company holds 20.02% of Media Kobo through a placement of shares and subscription rights, financed entirely by a ¥402.7mn loan from Emirates Islamic Bank, and says it backs current management.
Oct 22, 2026 · 2 min read
A Hong Kong subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing signed an unsecured ¥266bn syndicated loan agreement that requires EBITDA at SMBC Aviation Capital Limited and its subsidiaries to stay at no less than 1.5 times interest expense.
Oct 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Japan's health ministry has asked doctors to withhold Kissei's avacopan from new patients and, as a rule, to consider stopping or switching those already taking it, after a panel found the approval data may be unreliable.
Oct 21, 2026 · 2 min read
A joint holding by Nippon Active Value Fund, NAVF Select and Dalton Investments in Meisei Industrial rose to 14.62% from 13.62%, driven by NAVF Select's purchases; the filing also recounts the filers' April 2026 shareholder proposal on a buyback and board-related changes.
Oct 21, 2026 · 2 min read
Japan Prime Realty Investment Corporation plans ¥32bn of TIBOR-linked green loans from Mizuho, Mizuho Trust and Resona to fund an Otemachi acquisition on 23 October, with ¥29bn booked as short-term borrowing.
Oct 21, 2026 · 2 min read
Strike Group now expects ¥7.14bn of net profit for the year to September, 25.3% above its August forecast, as more M&A mandates closed and the value per deal rose; results are due on 30 October.
Oct 21, 2026 · 2 min read
TASUKI Holdings now expects operating profit of ¥13.65bn for the year to September 2026, up 24.1%, on sales only 1.4% higher, saying project selling prices beat plan while some project sales move into next year.
Oct 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Nishimatsuya says higher temperatures late in the period weighed on winter apparel, leaving October same-store sales at 94.4% of the prior year and total-store sales at 96.9%, after a strong September.
Oct 21, 2026 · 2 min read
The SME Agency proposes extending special credit-insurance treatment for quake-hit small firms in designated areas by a year, to March 31, 2028, with comments open until November 19 and enforcement planned for mid-March 2027.
Oct 21, 2026 · 2 min read
A Consumer Affairs Agency draft raises chlorantraniliprole limits for brown rice and tea but lowers them for corn, with lowered limits taking effect a year after notification; comments are due November 19.
Oct 21, 2026 · 2 min read
Fuji Seal International's board resolved to begin union consultations toward closing Fuji Seal France, with the final decision to follow talks under local law and the consolidated earnings impact still under review.
Oct 21, 2026 · 2 min read
Okano Valve now expects ¥2.6bn of consolidated operating profit for the year to September 2026, up from ¥1.95bn, citing extra Shimane Unit 2 inspection orders and Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit 7 projects brought forward, and lifts its annual dividend forecast to ¥110.