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1. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

   Asahi Kanko sales rise to ¥2.07bn, but profit slips

   Revenue rose to ¥2.07bn, yet ordinary income fell to ¥110.6mn and net income to ¥77.1mn, even as operating cash flow improved and equity accounted for 90.36% of assets.

2. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

   Nissan Securities Group says NSHD's voting-rights interest stood at 45.66%

   The filing splits that between a 39.57% direct stake and 6.08% aggregated holding, while Nissan Securities Group says decision-making independence was intact and discloses one overlapping director.

3. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

   Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings’ semiconductor ETN stands at ¥38.71bn

   The visible portion of the issuer’s Tokyo-listed ETN disclosure showed 0.00 per cent deviation from reference indexes across five products, with the semiconductor-linked note carrying ¥38.71bn of residual redemption value as of June 25.

4. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

   SHANON CEO adds COO duties as reshuffle targets sales and SMB partners

   Hiroshi Yamazaki will take on the COO brief from July 1 after the current operations chief is set to move to parent Innovation, with SHANON tying the changes to stronger sales execution and partner-led expansion in the SMB market.

5. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

   Foodison says Japan's 4.5% food e-commerce rate leaves a big opening in restaurant supply

   The Tokyo Growth Market-listed company argues that labour shortages, tighter compliance and its Ota Market logistics base can turn Japan's still-low online food penetration into more digital restaurant procurement.

6. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

   Nippon Sheet Glass shareholders approve restructuring steps tied to tentative November delisting

   The vote passed the authorized-share increase, share consolidation, share-unit rule changes and six-director slate behind a capital restructuring whose October and November milestones remain provisional pending competition, foreign-investment and Foreign Subsidies Regulation procedures.

7. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

   Innovation brings in SHANNON's Sho Oe for incubation role in July reshuffle

   Sho Oe will join Innovation as executive officer in charge of incubation on July 1, part of a wider group management reset the company says is meant to support the medium-term plan disclosed on June 24.

8. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

   Oricon says 36.21% holder Little Pond has no business ties or transactions

   Oricon says its largest shareholder is a company set up for personal asset management and linked to one representative director, but reports no business constraints or related-party transactions.

9. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

   Yamaichi Estate details guardrails around a 46.13% parent stake

   Ys' Assortment held 46.13% of voting rights at end-March, and Yamaichi Estate says it had no matters to report on transactions with that controlling shareholder while generally avoiding related-party transactions.

10. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    Cykan Holdings controls 52.93% of Komushido, with no prior sign-off on management decisions

    Komushido says management decisions do not require prior approval from its South Korea-focused parent, even though Cykan holds a majority of voting rights and three parent executives sit as part-time directors.

11. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    Japan health ministry clarifies pharmacy reward rules and flags cashback via prescription sites

    The ministry says pharmacies that add their own rewards on top of card-payment points must explain that total benefits on insured dispensing copayments stay within 1%, and it separately makes cashback routed through prescription-reception sites an oral-guidance target.

12. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    S.ISHIMITSU gives coffee subsidiary directors ¥5.25mn in parent shares

    Four Allied Coffee Roasters directors will receive 4,301 S.ISHIMITSU shares, locked up until they leave either the parent or subsidiary board.

13. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    Business Engineering says Zuken’s 21% holding comes without management control

    The information-services company disclosed a capital and business alliance aimed at manufacturing systems, while saying there are no direct transactions with Zuken, no incoming officers from the group and no business constraints on management.

14. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    Utsumi Kanko Kaihatsu lifts half-year sales, but the ordinary result turns negative

    Revenue rose to ¥156.6mn for the six months to March, but Utsumi Kanko Kaihatsu's ordinary result slipped into a loss even as net income jumped to ¥8.41mn.

15. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    Metropolitan Intercity Railway clears ¥50bn in revenue as equity ratio rises

    The railway operator reported ¥8.18bn in net income and lifted its equity-to-asset ratio to 32.88% in the year to March 2026, extending an uneven but clear recovery from the loss-making year to March 2022.

16. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    Bank of China auditor flags loan-loss modelling in 2025 accounts

    Expected credit losses on customer loans, not the sign-off itself, are the telling detail in the 2025 accounts, with the auditor pointing to judgement-heavy credit-risk staging and model inputs.

17. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    Halmek pretax profit rose to ¥1.73bn as revenue edged lower

    Pretax profit climbed from ¥1.02bn to ¥1.73bn while revenue slipped to ¥33.81bn, and the amended filing put year-end parent equity at ¥8.89bn.

18. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    Konoike's six-month net income exceeded the previous full-year total, but operating cash flow fell to ¥13mn

    Net income reached ¥74mn in the six months to March, above both the ¥54mn a year earlier and the previous full year's ¥45mn, while operating cash flow fell from ¥120mn to ¥13mn.

19. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    Renault's Japan shelf registration lists ¥241bn unissued through 2028

    The amended filing sets a ¥400bn ceiling, shows ¥241bn still unissued and fixes the registration window from November 2026 to November 2028.

20. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    Japan drafts honeybee dosing rules for tylosin feed additives

    Japan's agriculture ministry wants explicit honeybee use limits for tylosin tartrate feed additives, with a visible seven-day cap of 50mg per 10,000 adult bees and 200mg per brood box after residue trials supported the change.

21. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    MLIT opens consultation on My Number checks for auto mechanic qualifications

    The ministry's draft would let applicants register qualification information via Myna Portal or on paper, using a My Number card certificate and resident-register linkage to verify identity on the online route.

22. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    Japan drafts exemption from repeat idle-farmland surveys

    Some idle plots would stop triggering another yearly owner survey under Japan's draft farmland rule if owners have signalled willingness to use the intermediary leasing scheme, no likely tenant can be found and the parcel is already public in the farmland ledger, while a second amendment updates permit paperwork for landscape bodies.

23. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    Higashimatsuyama Country Club turns a sales rise into a profit jump

    Net sales rose to ¥954.2mn, but the sharper move was below the line: net income climbed to ¥75.2mn from ¥8.6mn, while operating cash flow was little changed.

24. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    Akechi Golf Club stays loss-making as half-year sales hold at ¥1.25bn

    Sales were ¥1.25bn in the half to March, versus ¥1.25bn a year earlier, but the golf club company still posted a ¥12.5mn ordinary loss and a ¥12.7mn net loss.