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Aug 25, 2026 · 2 min read
Terra Drone was the only company to pass Japan's interceptor-drone demonstration test, its Terra B1 model chosen from four finalists narrowed out of 38 initial bidders, and the defense agency is targeting a mass-production contract by late August, while Terra Drone says the earnings impact is still under review.
Aug 25, 2026 · 3 min read
Tokio Marine will multiply its share count fifteenfold on October 1 to shrink the ticket price for retail buyers, but its new shareholder perk pays out only after three years of continuous holding, and while the ¥200bn buyback budget is unchanged, the split-adjusted dividend forecast is only substantively, not exactly, the same as before.
Aug 25, 2026 · 3 min read
Resonac will distribute shares in its petrochemicals subsidiary directly to its own shareholders on a one-for-one basis, a ¥37.8bn book-value dividend that drops its stake below 20% and pulls the unit out of its consolidated results, assuming Tokyo Stock Exchange approves the listing planned for September 29 ahead of the October 1 distribution.
Aug 25, 2026 · 3 min read
Osaka Titanium is combining a ¥22bn share sale with a government subsidy of up to ¥8.0bn to lift sponge-titanium capacity 25% at its Amagasaki plant, betting aerospace buyers keep substituting away from Russian metal.
Aug 25, 2026 · 2 min read
The truckmaker will pay 2.595% on new five-year notes and 2.948% on seven-year notes, raising ¥40bn largely to retire ¥30bn of bonds maturing on September 29.
Aug 25, 2026 · 2 min read
A combined 26.1% stake in the storage operator, held by two Fukuoka investors, hit zero on August 21 when both tendered every share into a tender offer at ¥1,340 apiece.
Aug 25, 2026 · 2 min read
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has registered capacity to sell up to ¥80bn in corporate bonds over the next two years, but has not yet fixed the size, timing, or coupon of any single offering.
Aug 25, 2026 · 3 min read
Certified repair and manufacturing shops could confirm routine "Essential" technical bulletins themselves under a Japanese transport ministry proposal, skipping the individual government approval that Mandatory bulletins still require.
Aug 25, 2026 · 2 min read
Marui Group has locked in ¥3,231 as the conversion price for its euro-yen convertible bond due 2031, replacing a demand-based formula it had left open when it first disclosed the overseas-only offering.
Aug 25, 2026 · 2 min read
Japan's environment ministry wants a lighter environmental review for thermal, geothermal and wind plants rebuilt on their existing site, but only if the new unit stays within 300 metres and does not outgrow the old one by more than a set ratio.
Aug 24, 2026 · 2 min read
138 employees at SAXA and its service subsidiary accepted the electronics maker's early-retirement offer, overshooting a 120-person target, and the company has already booked a ¥1.269bn charge for the extra severance and outplacement costs, with the overflow bill still being worked out.
Aug 24, 2026 · 2 min read
Lintec's ¥30bn treasury buyback absorbed ¥29.4bn of Nippon Paper's stake directly, cutting the pending secondary offering to 12.4 million shares and handing Nippon Paper a ¥26.3bn gain ahead of pricing due September 1 to 3.
Aug 24, 2026 · 1 min read
GENDA will expand exclusive Sanrio character prizes at its domestic GiGO arcades and jointly run promotions and store openings across roughly 13,000 North American amusement sites, though the company says the near-term earnings impact is minor.
Aug 24, 2026 · 2 min read
SAAF Holdings' independent committee has excluded nearly 1,900 voting rights held by directors' relatives and an officer stock club from the August 25 takeover-defense ballot, alongside the 19-shareholder bidder group and the directors themselves.
Aug 24, 2026 · 2 min read
Daiwa Asset Management says its iFreeETF MSCI Japan Human and Physical Investment Index fund (ticker 1479) closed as much as 10.2% below net asset value for seven straight sessions in August, blaming low trading volume for a broken arbitrage link and warning further gaps could recur.
Aug 24, 2026 · 2 min read
Japan Display finished handing over its shuttered Tottori factory more than a month ahead of schedule and expects to book a roughly ¥500mn gain in the half-year results to September 2026, while moving its automotive-display R&D staff to a new local office a month later.
Aug 24, 2026 · 2 min read
An activist consortium led by NIPPON ACTIVE VALUE FUND now controls 11.65% of Noritz, up a full percentage point from its prior disclosure, and it says further shareholder proposals could follow if talks with management stall.
Aug 24, 2026 · 2 min read
Arealink bought every tendered share and warrant in its bid for Storage-Oh, pushing its voting stake to 84.14% and clearing the way for a parent-company change on August 28.
Aug 24, 2026 · 2 min read
Tokyo has set a ¥15.1bn budget to subsidize engines, fuel tanks and fuel-supply systems for hydrogen, ammonia, methanol and battery-powered vessels, but just ¥1.2bn is funded this year, and the disclosed excerpt does not name the subsidy percentage applicants would actually receive.
Aug 24, 2026 · 3 min read
An auditor's disclaimer over suspect property buyback deals at Revolution's real estate subsidiary has drawn a Tokyo Stock Exchange special-caution designation, and the company now has until mid-October to publish a fix.
Aug 24, 2026 · 2 min read
The retail-and-fintech group is borrowing at zero interest to fund growth across its group subsidiaries, including credit-card unit Epos Card, while ordering a same-day buyback of 5.01mn shares worth roughly ¥15bn, a structure meant to lift ROE and EPS while keeping bondholders from converting until the stock climbs well above today's price.
Aug 24, 2026 · 2 min read
A third-party investigation into ad-transaction and software accounting forces the Osaka insurer-comparison firm to restate prior results and set aside a loss it still hasn't finished counting.
Aug 24, 2026 · 2 min read
Abalance Corporation must ask shareholders to approve its year-to-March 2026 accounts at a September 30 extraordinary meeting because its auditor issued a disclaimer of opinion, unable to verify paid-supply transaction accounting, internal controls or the going-concern assumption, and next year's audit contract remains unsettled.
Aug 24, 2026 · 3 min read
Two lenders tied to ANAP Holdings' management will convert ¥7.6bn of loans into new shares priced at a steep discount and a new non-voting preferred stock, in a deal shareholders must approve on September 29 given dilution approaching 299%.