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Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
The Japan Fair Trade Commission has set 8 October to 30 November as a Freelance Act publicity period, with a campaign site, ads and briefings meant to prevent violations by ordering businesses; internet ads run to February 2027.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
The Financial Services Agency's refreshed list names 372 funds for NISA's installment-investment slot, and a footnote adds a Nasdaq-100 fund on 9 October; average trust fees sit below the legal caps.
Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min read
Projects answering US tariffs or sake-rice price rises, the latter only where a licensed maker takes part, get priority in the tax agency's sixth sake round; new-market grants of up to ¥5mn carry a payroll pledge and clawback.
Oct 9, 2026 · 2 min read
Japan's public international lender has added an annex to its 2024 memorandum with the Turkish power contractor, under which the two will study financing structures for specific projects involving Japanese exporters.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Yoshinoya Holdings beat its first-half forecasts and raised its full-year operating profit goal to ¥10bn from ¥8.5bn, while warning that raw material and labor costs will rise further in the second half.
Oct 8, 2026 · 3 min read
Terumo expects about $610mn of losses from ending its CSL Plasma supply contract, cutting its operating profit forecast to ¥160bn from ¥257.5bn while leaving adjusted operating profit at ¥274.5bn.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Sugi Holdings lifted its full-year sales forecast to ¥1.118tn after consolidating Seki Yakuhin, but trimmed operating profit guidance to ¥51.0bn, saying a poor summer weighed on seasonal goods at existing stores.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Subaru bought ¥16.21bn of its own shares in September, bringing its buyback to ¥67.00bn, or 44.67% of the ¥150bn cap, with 32.68% of the 80mn-share limit used.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Star Seeds' subsidiary will supply 200 servers to a Korean data center, with estimated sales of ¥13.1bn excluding a separate storage leg, but the company withholds counterparties and prices and leaves its forecast unchanged.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Sincere will lend its controlling shareholder ¥1bn unsecured at a fixed 8.0% for short-term factoring funding, due 29 December, after the parent repaid July's loan in full and Sincere's independent directors backed the new terms.
Oct 8, 2026 · 3 min read
Seven & i's overseas convenience stores earned ¥150.4bn in the half to August against ¥109.9bn in Japan, where profit fell; reported revenue dropped 2.8% mostly because Seven Bank and York units left the group.
Oct 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Rorze now forecasts ¥53.1bn of operating profit for the year to February 2027, up from ¥38.1bn, and raised its year-end dividend to ¥28, with record chip-equipment orders and a ¥103.9bn backlog behind the upgrade.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Optimus Group's board has resolved to put its 30%-owned Australian affiliate OzCar into voluntary administration, reversing a May plan to exit the alliance, with its loans, guarantees and earnings impact still under review.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Ono Pharmaceutical will pay Biohaven $80mn upfront, $20mn in development milestones and a royalty of about 20% of sales for Asian rights to three IgG-degrading drugs, led by BHV-1300, now in phase 3 for Graves' disease.
Oct 8, 2026 · 3 min read
Okumura's ¥15bn unsecured social bond pays 2.704% to October 2029, and the contractor plans to spend the net ¥14.936bn on cash payments to subcontractors by the end of December 2026.
Oct 8, 2026 · 3 min read
Oasis Management holds 9.48% of M3, up from 8.46%, and says it intends to raise its holding ratio by more than 5 points within three months of 1 October, subject to price and other conditions.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
NOK Corporation became a wholly owned subsidiary of the new NOK Group on October 1, 2026, after a joint share transfer with Eagle Industry, and its former group CEO took a representative director post at the parent.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Nihon M&A Center Holdings has formed a five-member independent committee to establish how two interim dividends exceeded the legal limit and to examine whether directors are responsible, with a report expected in late October 2026.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Mr Max Holdings cut its final-year sales target to ¥185bn and its margin goal to 4.5% because construction costs leave fewer sites meeting its return criteria, while existing-store targets stay at ¥160bn and 5.0%.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Nonresidents were net sellers of equities and short-term debt in September while buying long-term debt, leaving a total net disposal of just under ¥7tn in the Ministry of Finance's designated-investor data, against ¥3.20tn on the narrower subtotal.
Oct 8, 2026 · 3 min read
Mizuho Bank converted preferred shares received in the Rakuten Card share delivery into 23,559,673 Rakuten Bank common shares, a 5.81% stake it cannot sell without consent and which carries the right to nominate one Rakuten Card outside director.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines is offering ¥9.1bn of five-year bonds at 2.857% and ¥12.9bn of ten-year bonds at 3.681%, and plans to spend the ¥21.889bn net proceeds on LNG-carrier investment by March 2027.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Kojima's annual operating profit rose 17.7% to ¥8.62bn as air-conditioner sales spread beyond Tokyo, offsetting a margin drag from phones and consoles, and electronic shelf labels had been installed in every store by the end of August.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
BlackRock Japan has decided to amend iShares ETF trust deeds so redemption proceeds start on the second, third or fourth business day where JSCC's debt-transfer system applies; the changes are due on October 10, November 7 and November 10 and do not alter exchange trading.