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Jul 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Obic bought no shares in June under its ¥50.0bn repurchase plan, leaving the cumulative tally at 2,395,900 shares and ¥10.0bn with the programme still open through March 2027.
Jul 1, 2026 · 2 min read
The share exchange took effect on July 1, giving Pan Pacific International Holdings full control of Olympic Group, but the company says the effect on future consolidated earnings is still being examined.
Jul 1, 2026 · 2 min read
The Tokyo Growth-listed company delivered 906,000 new shares in the first month of a June 5 warrant issue, while rights linked to 13,876,000 shares remained unexercised at month-end.
Jul 1, 2026 · 1 min read
¥483mn in dividends from two subsidiaries will show up as operating revenue at Fuji Unite Holdings in the year ending March 2027, but the company says the payment leaves consolidated results untouched.
Jul 1, 2026 · 2 min read
The projected cash amount gives holders a working number ahead of July 4, but Global X Japan says creations and redemptions can still change the final payout.
Jul 1, 2026 · 2 min read
NICT’s third-round support for live-broadcast subtitling covers captioning equipment and system connection work, but surveys, installation, broader retrofits and maintenance stay outside the subsidy.
Jul 1, 2026 · 2 min read
The July 1 reshuffle makes Nagisa Kuraoka CFO and adds Satoshi Ichieda and Masato Sakata as executive officers, with unerry saying it needs faster decisions for group management and subsidiary PMI.
Jul 1, 2026 · 2 min read
The project would fund two-thirds of eligible costs through March 2028 as the company tests mine-site surveillance and illegal-vessel detection in Latin America and Asia-Pacific, but the final award is still undecided.
Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: a nationwide scheme backs demonstration and equipment spending for recycled-material supply, eco-design, circular-commerce and lifecycle data-sharing projects, with a maximum listed amount of ¥40mn. The catch, the portal summary leaves the support rate to the full application guidelines.
Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: Japan wants public inspection of Antarctic activity-plan applications handled on the internet or by other appropriate means, a narrow but clear digitisation step under its review of analog regulations. Comments are open through late July.
Jun 30, 2026 · 1 min read
Bottom line: TONE cut its sales forecast to ¥7.86bn but raised operating profit to ¥1.36bn and the year-end dividend to ¥13 a share, saying higher-value-added products, better production efficiency and cost cuts more than offset weaker demand.
Jun 30, 2026 · 1 min read
The number: Batonz reported ¥2.00bn in sales, ¥367.3mn in ordinary income and 126 employees for the year to March, while separate filings showed office expansion and effective financial-reporting controls.
Jun 30, 2026 · 1 min read
The number: Hokkaido Chuo Bus lifted sales to ¥38.38bn and net profit to ¥2.78bn in the year to March 2026. The catch: the group is broader than buses alone, with construction, building maintenance and a Niseko tourism-development unit all material to the revenue base.
Jun 30, 2026 · 1 min read
The number: Insurance revenue rose to ¥6.44tn in the year to March, lifting profit attributable to owners to ¥510.6bn and owners' equity to ¥6.42tn. A separate controls report said financial-reporting controls were effective, but the filing excerpt does not show the profit mix behind the jump.
Jun 30, 2026 · 1 min read
The numbers: Sanrio posted ¥194.1bn in sales, ¥79.3bn in ordinary income and ¥54.6bn in parent profit for the year to March 2026, with total assets ending the period at ¥234.7bn.
Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: HOYA has set a new three-year PSU award for its CEO, CFO and CSO, with a maximum 22,200 shares and a half-stock, half-cash structure that leaves the final value to be fixed in 2029.
Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: Japan has opened comments on a draft entry-and-residence plan that foregrounds electronic travel authorisation, digital processing and closer status oversight, giving employers and advisers an early view of where official priorities are heading.
Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: Japan's latest circular-economy funding round backs low-CO2 bioplastics and recycling systems for hard-to-recycle materials, with support set at up to one-half or one-third of eligible costs and key category details left to the application guidelines.
Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: MLIT wants to cut three maintenance-specific training thresholds in half, lowering the bar for national designation and new-course approvals as smaller providers emerge. What to watch: comments run to July 30, with application pencilled in for August and already-filed test courses due to be covered.
Jun 30, 2026 · 3 min read
The catch: JALCO is using a one-year 3 per cent bond fully taken by a company owned by its chief executive to fund part of a 24.5 per cent stake in six grid battery sites, while the actual purchase price and near-term earnings impact remain undisclosed.
Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: TCG2511's tender collected 14.16mn shares, enough for a 52.81% voting stake from July 6. The catch: because ALSOK keeps 16.41%, the buyer plans follow-on steps to leave only the two holders on the register and take the fire-safety equipment maker off the TSE Standard market.
Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read
The number: corrected annual accounts show unbanked swung to a ¥2.827bn ordinary loss after ¥1.34bn in gold-trade receivables went uncollected. The catch: the auditor gave an unqualified opinion, but the company still judged its reporting controls ineffective and the TSE had already put the shares on special alert.
Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: revenue in the year to March edged up to ¥578.13bn, profit rose faster, and Daido then disclosed a 97.54% post-offer holding ratio in Tohoku Steel, linking sturdier earnings to an ongoing consolidation push.
Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: shareholders approved a 28 yen year-end dividend worth ¥19.54bn and a ¥25bn transfer into general reserve, while re-electing president Tsutomu Yonemoto and a 10-director slate.