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Oct 19, 2026 · 2 min read
OXIDE's semiconductor unit booked a first-half record ¥3.456bn of orders and the company committed another ¥841mn to Faraday-rotator capacity, while healthcare, hit by raw-material costs, carries a sharply lower forecast.
Oct 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Nakamoto Packs started its Saitama process-development coater at the end of September, targeting battery materials, while first-half operating profit rose 52.4% to ¥2.45bn and secondary-battery sales were still spot orders only.
Oct 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Nakayama Steel resumed hot rolling on October 17 after the September 12 fire, but downstream lines are still returning to normal in stages, the cause is under investigation and the financial hit has not been quantified.
Oct 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Kringle Pharma said the FDA review of its IND for oremepermin alfa has ended and the application is in effect; the company is preparing a US Phase III trial in acute spinal cord injury, with no partner or start date named.
Oct 19, 2026 · 2 min read
JERA's planned transition-linked bond sets a 2030 target of 0.477kg of CO2 per kWh at its domestic generation and promises a donation of 0.10% of the issue if it is missed; size and pricing remain undecided.
Oct 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Koei Tecmo raised its six-month operating-profit forecast to ¥11.5bn from ¥7bn on strong back-catalogue sales, while investment returns more than doubled its ordinary-profit guide to ¥25bn.
Oct 19, 2026 · 3 min read
Takashimaya now targets a payout ratio of at least 50% and DOE of at least 5% for the 2031 fiscal year, up from 30% and 2.5%, with ROE of 10% or more; buyback policy waits for the next mid-term plan.
Oct 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Ransomware attackers took data from a database run by a non-consolidated Toho Holdings subsidiary, including healthcare workers' names and booking details, while recordings and content files were not on the database and the affected record count is unknown.
Oct 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Joshin Corporation says a third party accessed its network without authorization and some services are unavailable; the company recognized the access on October 16 and has filed a first report with Japan's privacy regulator because a personal-data leak cannot be ruled out.
Oct 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Japan's finance minister said the currency-swap extension with South Korea was decided in Bangkok talks, though the ministry's summary gives no size or term; a ministerial dialogue with India is only close to agreed.
Oct 19, 2026 · 3 min read
Daiwa House REIT expects a ¥4.19bn gain from selling two logistics facilities, one to the parent of its asset manager, and plans to split the larger sale across two periods to smooth distributions.
Oct 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Ymirlink estimates that about 9 million cumulative records, including email addresses, were extracted from five systems behind its email delivery service, with the count of affected people and any earnings impact still unreported.
Oct 19, 2026 · 3 min read
RenetJapanGroup will take ¥2.15bn from share sales to JX Metals CS, SG Holdings and PCS Wireless, while up to ¥3.34bn more depends on PCS affiliates exercising warrants that would lift dilution to 37.92%.
Oct 19, 2026 · 3 min read
BASE's largest shareholder holds 26.89% after four October market purchases, and says he will seek a nominating-committee structure once SBINM's tender offer ends.
Oct 19, 2026 · 3 min read
NEDO has named JFE Engineering the planned implementer of a five-year demonstration, with support of about ¥7.1bn, to turn waste syngas into chemical feedstock without external hydrogen and reach at least 27% carbon utilisation by 2030.
Oct 19, 2026 · 2 min read
GMO Internet's board approved a planned ¥26.1bn purchase of up to 116 Nvidia B300 servers and a data center in Ishikari, Hokkaido, with acquisitions scheduled from August 2027.
Oct 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Dai-ichi Life Group confirmed that its Australian subsidiary, TAL Daiichi Life Australia, submitted a non-binding proposal to Challenger's board, and said it has decided nothing on a legally binding transaction.
Oct 19, 2026 · 3 min read
The FSA's first on-chain finance forum, held on 30 September 2026, wants an interim summary and roadmap by early 2027, while the Finance Ministry, Digital Agency, Bank of Japan and bankers' association each run their own studies.
Oct 19, 2026 · 3 min read
Mitsubishi Electric has agreed to sell 50% of its auto-equipment subsidiary to Hon Hai's investment arm for ¥115bn, with closing planned for October 2027 and a ¥100bn impairment expected in the year to March 2027.
Oct 19, 2026 · 3 min read
Japan's governor at the IMF said the country will cut the consumption tax rate on food and beverages for two years and begin income-targeted benefits on a full scale from fiscal 2029, financed without deficit-financing bonds.
Oct 19, 2026 · 2 min read
The Financial Stability Board's final report on responsible AI adoption offers 12 practices covering firm-wide governance and risk management across the AI lifecycle, and Japan's FSA has flagged it to domestic institutions.
Oct 19, 2026 · 3 min read
Providers seeking designation to receive wages would need a guarantee sized to a fixed maximum number of accounts, with full balances repayable within six business days of a worker's claim after an insolvency filing, under a draft open for comment until 16 November.
Oct 19, 2026 · 4 min read
Draft rules from Japan's land ministry would grade sewer assets from deferred diagnosis to sound, publish the worst-rated ones promptly and require inspections at least every three years at some of the most corrosion-prone spots on critical pipes. Comments close on 14 November.
Oct 19, 2026 · 2 min read
The Children and Families Agency's draft shifts return-to-nursery paperwork for influenza, COVID-19 and pharyngoconjunctival fever from doctors to parents, leaves the waiting periods unchanged, and takes public comments until November 14.