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Oct 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Each World share would convert into one Infinity United share and each TSI Holdings share into 0.8, a ratio just above the 0.77 to 0.78 market-price range, if both sets of shareholders approve at meetings planned for 24 December.
Oct 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Japan's cabinet approved three bills on designated waterways, cargo and vessel insurance contracts and the JOGMEC law to make crude procurement more stable, while Minister Akazawa said October crude supply is expected to match last year's monthly average.
Oct 14, 2026 · 2 min read
A joint ministerial notice applying from 13 October 2026 inserts a bank whose name begins Mitsubishi UFJ into the list of institutions under Japan's My Number deposit-account law, and deletes a fishery cooperative.
Oct 14, 2026 · 3 min read
The Environment Ministry's draft order would add 32 Boiga species to Japan's invasive list; comments run to 11 November, and the ministry expects permit applications only for animals from earlier imports, exhibition and research.
Oct 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Toshiyuki Miyoshi, who chairs the IAIS Executive Committee, writes that life insurers' alternative-asset and asset-intensive reinsurance exposures pose little near-term threat to global financial stability, and that the IAIS will review its core principles.
Oct 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Katayama says the savings from reviewing tax breaks, subsidies and funds cannot yet be sized, though price-relief spending in supplementary budgets has run at roughly ¥3tn a year and can be reviewed.
Oct 14, 2026 · 3 min read
The FSA and transport ministry want insurers to drop uniform improvement deadlines that lack a reasonable basis and revisit terminations made without enough dialogue, citing risk to dealers and garages that sell compulsory auto cover.
Oct 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Draft FSA guidelines would end a carve-out for older non-life agencies from April 2030 and widen the related-party test from April 2032, with an exemption for agencies whose commissions do not amount to a premium discount.
Oct 13, 2026 · 2 min read
Katitas's ¥2,000-a-share cash offer for Toubujyuhan has the board's backing and pledges from holders of 45.01%; if it succeeds, the company pays no year-end dividend and ends its shareholder benefit scheme.
Oct 13, 2026 · 2 min read
Coconala's agent segment earned ¥100.4mn after a ¥278.9mn loss, while marketplace sales fell 1.0%; the ¥867mn purchase of 51% of Acrosstudio is signed, with closing planned for October 30.
Oct 13, 2026 · 2 min read
AEON Fantasy will liquidate its Beijing-based China subsidiary, which had ¥20.69bn of liabilities against ¥1.40bn of assets at August-end, while reporting record interim profits and holding full-year guidance.
Oct 13, 2026 · 2 min read
Curves Holdings added ¥300 to monthly fees for existing members in April and still grew its core brand to 895,000 members, with operating profit up 22.3% to a record ¥7.755bn, while Europe is guided to remain loss-making.
Oct 13, 2026 · 2 min read
Nomura Europe Finance says the High Beta 30 ETN has had no trades since October 1, leaving its ¥39,800 September 30 close 6.07% to 10.05% below redemption value over seven business days.
Oct 13, 2026 · 2 min read
Star seeds Digital will buy 32 GPU servers and lease them for 24 months in a deal worth about $18.33mn, with payment due before delivery and revenue planned at acceptance, which could slip into the year ending February 2028.
Oct 13, 2026 · 2 min read
Doutor Nichires reported a 38.1% rise in half-year operating profit on 7.5% sales growth, saying customer numbers showed no big change around its July 23 Doutor Coffee price revision, and raised the interim dividend to ¥32 while holding full-year guidance.
Oct 13, 2026 · 1 min read
Gakken Holdings confirmed it has started a bidding process aimed at selling its shares in a group company under its portfolio restructuring review, but says no decision has been made and discloses no buyer or price.
Oct 13, 2026 · 2 min read
Toyota spent ¥108.5bn repurchasing 35.6mn shares in September, bringing cumulative buybacks under the ¥1tn authorization approved on 4 August to ¥195bn, or 19.50% of the yen cap.
Oct 13, 2026 · 2 min read
LOCAL,Inc. has replaced its ¥436mn operating-profit target with 'undetermined' after a ¥427.8mn first-half operating loss, citing uncertain rice demand, prices and inventory sales, while net assets fell to ¥154mn.
Oct 13, 2026 · 2 min read
Kanaden lifted its interim sales forecast to ¥69.3bn from ¥63bn and operating profit to ¥1.95bn, crediting AI and data-centre demand across chip equipment, switchgear and power systems, while full-year guidance is still under review.
Oct 13, 2026 · 3 min read
Treasure Factory says credential theft through a phishing email caused the breach at its subsidiary, which had no two-step authentication; 136,464 people are affected, passkey authentication now covers all staff accounts and no misuse is confirmed.
Oct 13, 2026 · 2 min read
A group holding 18.97% of Bunka Shutter wrote on 5 October 2026 proposing a repurchase of 5% of issued shares, to be paid out to employees as restricted stock. It is a shareholder proposal, not a company authorization.
Oct 13, 2026 · 2 min read
SAAF Holdings will acquire and cancel all 24,340,846 defense warrants on October 28 after its calculation put a flagged shareholder group at 10.37% of votes, below the 20% trigger, though the board keeps the option to reimpose the measure.
Oct 13, 2026 · 2 min read
A Cayman vehicle whose representative chairs a Bain Capital entity began settling its Baudroie tender offer on October 13, funded by ¥37bn of bank loans pledged against the shares, with an 87.43% stake and a squeeze-out vote still to come.
Oct 13, 2026 · 2 min read
Ride On Express Holdings says up to about 6.5 million registrant records from its Gin no Sara, Kamatora and Sushi Jouto sites and apps may be exposed, though no leak is confirmed and official-channel ordering stays suspended.