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Aug 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Nippon Prologis REIT is selling an underoccupied Ibaraki warehouse for ¥8.7bn, ¥2.8bn above book value, and separately approved a ¥10bn unit buyback and a higher distribution forecast on the same day.
Aug 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Three financial-institution shareholders, two non-life insurers and a life insurer, are selling 3,548,600 shares of the auto-chemicals maker as Japan's cross-shareholding unwind continues, with a same-day buyback meant to cushion the supply.
Aug 28, 2026 · 2 min read
CyberStep Holdings sent ¥1,250mn out the door for an acquisition before the contract paperwork securing that sum was finished, then had to unwind the whole deal and correct its earnings disclosure once it couldn't verify the money was safe.
Aug 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Mexico sold four tranches of SDG-labelled yen bonds at par, with coupons from 3.16% to 5.49% maturing between 2030 and 2046, underwritten jointly by five Japanese securities houses under a fresh ¥500bn shelf registration.
Aug 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Denso is exiting head-up-display manufacturing in Japan, China, Spain, the US and Mexico, handing its production equipment and related intellectual property to Nippon Seiki in an undisclosed cash deal capped at 1% of the buyer's net assets, with closing targeted for February 2027.
Aug 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Takeuchi Mfg says a construction-labor shortage pushed its new factory's opening from January 2028 to May 2029, and rising building costs plus spec changes lifted the project's budget from about ¥18.0bn to about ¥24.6bn, with output capacity unchanged.
Aug 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Enshu Limited will halt production at its Thai manufacturing subsidiary, BANGKOK ENSHU MACHINERY, by the end of September, after the EV transition and Chinese automaker growth cut Japanese capital spending in Thailand and left the factory underused; the Thai sales unit stays open, and machine production moves to the company's Japan and China bases.
Aug 28, 2026 · 3 min read
Advance Create's amended half-year report discloses four straight loss-making years, a breached financing covenant and new material doubt about the Osaka insurance agency's ability to continue as a going concern.
Aug 28, 2026 · 3 min read
A weather-hit June selling season pushed Sanyo Shokai's six-month outlook from a small profit to a ¥480 million net loss, but the apparel group is still going ahead with a buyback covering up to 9.2% of its shares at a fixed price of ¥1,688.
Aug 28, 2026 · 3 min read
Selling 51% of its electricity retailer to a Hikari Tsushin unit will cut Remixpoint's revenue guidance by over a third, but a one-off gain lifts its profit guidance by a similar margin, and the roughly ¥18bn freed up is earmarked for grid-scale batteries and acquisitions.
Aug 28, 2026 · 3 min read
The Financial Services Agency has scrapped the shortcut that let agencies selling multiple insurers' policies recommend one without weighing it against the customer's stated preferences, and ruled out commissions, sales targets and insurer perks as acceptable grounds for the pick, effective March 2028.
Aug 28, 2026 · 2 min read
A ToSTNeT-3 buyback capped at ¥156.8bn let Mitsubishi Corp tender its full 20% Toyo Tire stake and move to end the 2018 alliance that came with it, all disclosed through a correction to an already-filed interim report.
Aug 28, 2026 · 3 min read
An Itochu-controlled vehicle has offered ¥2,880 a share for Dentsu Soken, with parent Dentsu Group keeping its 61.78% stake instead of selling out, and the company plans to cancel its year-end dividend if the tender offer succeeds, matching the deal's pricing assumptions.
Aug 28, 2026 · 3 min read
Japan's FSA is proposing two working groups, to be formally launched on August 31, that will examine whether foreign banks without a Japanese licence can join syndicated loans behind large cross-border takeovers, and whether the government renews a subsidy backstop for failed life insurers before it lapses in March 2027.
Aug 28, 2026 · 2 min read
A Cayman Islands fund sold shares on the Tokyo market through August, but the warrants and convertible bonds it still holds could substantially enlarge Bitcoin Japan's outstanding share count if exercised.
Aug 28, 2026 · 2 min read
ITOCHU Corporation says a Nikkei report of a planned tender offer didn't come from the company itself, but confirms its board is meeting the same day and will disclose any decision it reaches, promptly.
Aug 28, 2026 · 3 min read
Kamgras 1 raised its tender offer for Kakaku.com by one yen to ¥3,571 a share, a revision that legally resets the clock to September 10, coming a week after rival bidder Bain Capital's tender pact with shareholder Oasis lapsed unused on August 20.
Aug 28, 2026 · 2 min read
ITOCHU has offered ¥2,880 for every Dentsu Soken share not already held by parent Dentsu Group, and the IT consultancy's board is already recommending investors accept.
Aug 27, 2026 · 1 min read
Geniee will pay Mizuho Bank ¥1.71bn to retire 3.75 million Class A preferred shares, cutting its preferred count to 6.25 million and easing dividend obligations from October 15, 2026.
Aug 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Kobe Shimbun's half-year filing pairs an 83% capital cut, made for capital-policy flexibility, that also ends its exposure to Japan's size-based business tax, with a three-to-two print plant merger, a sub-300,000 morning circulation figure and digital revenue that fell below 90% of last year's level as generative AI cut into web traffic.
Aug 27, 2026 · 2 min read
JINUSHI's board approved selling three land parcels worth ¥11.39bn to a Mitsubishi HC Capital-backed fund, a sale into a vehicle meant to speed up land purchases while JINUSHI keeps the property-management fees.
Aug 27, 2026 · 2 min read
DKK Co., Ltd. admits its stock has traded below book value for five straight years and is now targeting an ROE above its own cost of equity while lifting its three-year shareholder-return budget from ¥2.0bn to ¥2.5bn.
Aug 27, 2026 · 1 min read
Kyushu Railway expects to reopen the Kumamoto to Shin-Minamata Shinkansen section on September 18 and the Kagoshima Main Line's Uto-Yatsushiro stretch by mid-October, but both dates could slip with aftershocks and the earthquake's cost to earnings is still being tallied.
Aug 27, 2026 · 1 min read
Star Flyer will pay about ¥3.3bn over ten years for a single spare LEAP-1A26 engine starting December 2027, telling the exchange that a global engine shortage has made short-notice replacements hard to find.