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Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
Osaka Organic Chemical now plans to spend about ¥20bn on its Yamagata semiconductor-materials plant, twice the December figure, with construction pushed to 2027 and completion to 2029 after higher costs and a revised equipment list.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
A former Mitsubishi Corporation employee bought 2,000 Nagatanien Holdings shares in May 2024 while aware of a Marunouchi Capital tender-offer decision, and the SESC now recommends a ¥1.87mn surcharge.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
Mizuho Bank is selling ¥281bn of unsecured bonds across three-, five-, seven- and ten-year maturities, with coupons from 2.465% to 3.626% and AA ratings from R&I and JCR.
Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min read
Members' president says overconfidence, not only the market, led to a 92% cut in full-year operating profit guidance, while the group aims to produce 230 AI specialists this year and has no layoffs planned at present.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
Marumae says semiconductor orders now exceed its production capacity and has raised its capital spending plan to ¥5.6bn for the year to August 2027, while warning that customer demands are not fully in its ¥28bn sales guide.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
Kose Holdings received 199 applications for its early retirement program against a target of about 80, and expects a ¥2.5bn special loss in the third quarter that an office property sale gain should offset, leaving guidance unchanged.
Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min read
KJ005 now aims to open its Taiyo Holdings tender offer in late November, not early October, with China competition-law and Japan investment-screening procedures still outstanding and Spain and Israel filings no longer needed.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
Kansai Electric estimates that rainwater entering past an upside-down cover plate, fitted in 2010, corroded a Mihama Unit 3 pipe through; it plans to restart the reactor on October 10 and resume full operation on November 4.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
East Japan Railway's ¥70bn bond sale prices three-year paper at 2.395%, five-year at 2.761% and ten-year at 3.456%, with an AA+ rating from R&I and payment scheduled for October 16.
Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min read
A Shizuoka water-heater maker paid 11 suppliers with notes rather than money by the due date, deducted bank fees from 71 and 85 suppliers under the two laws, and left mold storage costs unpaid; the watchdog wants repayment and 14.6% interest.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
Businesses that receive the JFTC's letter have until November 5 to answer a web survey on IP, know-how and data dealings, after which the regulator plans hearings, a published report and cautionary letters where it finds risky conduct.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
JBIC has amended its loan to Japan Invest 3 LLC, raising the limit to about $1.976bn from about $630mn for the second investment in an Ohio gas-fired power project, within about $5.917bn of co-financing.
Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min read
IRISO Electronics says its investigation found test reports built on past data and revenue booked before shipment, and it forecasts operating profit down 35.6% to ¥3.5bn for the year to March 2027 as remediation costs rise.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
Hokkaido Electric Power says the Tomari seawall will cost ¥125.5bn and still finish in August 2027, with schedule pressure from overlapping safety works in a cramped site and no earnings impact yet disclosed.
Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min read
Maki Hiroyuki raised his BASE holding to 23.32% from 20.53% and now says he may vote against individual directors, while aiming for more than 30% of voting rights and a committee-based board proposal once the SBINM tender offer ends.
Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min read
Fujimi's six-year plan targets ¥138.0bn in sales by the year to March 2032 and ¥130bn of capital spending, but the Taiwan plant is still at site selection and the capacity projects lack final investment decisions.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
Crunchyroll holds 7.03% of Link-U after paying ¥917.5mn at ¥856 a share, with a consent right over specified deals with its competitors, a conditional board nomination and a 10% ceiling on further buying.
Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min read
A Tokyo court granted the SESC's petition as filed against GOO Property Singapore and its representative, barring unregistered solicitation and discretionary fund management in Japan.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
Cluster Technology will issue 996,677 shares at ¥301 to customer Seiko Epson, with payment due October 27, diluting holders by 17.51% and directing most of the ¥296.1mn net to factory works and Epson-lent inspection equipment.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
A third party took member data from a Book Off subsidiary's system, covering up to about 6.43mn records; the company says no payment data was held there and is still counting the people affected.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
AEON Financial Service's six-month operating profit fell 11.0% to ¥25.2bn on higher deposit costs and one-time card-system expenses, with domestic segments down 36.9% and overseas up 2.2%; full-year guidance is unchanged.
Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min read
Adventure says one of three separate intrusions exposed or may have exposed about 14.64mn skyticket records, including 4.13mn with hashed passwords, and it has suspended saved-card payments while it assesses the earnings impact.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
Nonresidents bought a net ¥2.54tn of Japanese securities in the week to October 3, led by ¥2.19tn of equities and investment fund shares, after net selling in each of the three previous weeks.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
Primary income of ¥5.13tn pushed the preliminary August current account surplus to ¥4.06tn, up from ¥2.99tn in July, even as the goods deficit deepened to ¥688bn.