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Aug 10, 2026 · 2 min read
Niterra will absorb about ¥15bn in exit costs to unwind its 2015 purchase of Wells Vehicle Electronics, selling the Wisconsin repair-parts business to a new Omega Acquisition Corp subsidiary while a liquidation tax break is expected to add roughly ¥3bn to net profit.
Aug 10, 2026 · 2 min read
A loss-of-field alarm tripped the generator at Kansai Electric's Ohi Unit 3 on August 8, forcing an automatic reactor shutdown that the utility says caused no radioactive release, with the cause still under investigation.
Aug 10, 2026 · 3 min read
Bank of Japan policymakers who met July 30-31 say AI-driven wealth effects are lifting consumer spending, but flag a reversal in AI profit expectations, alongside oil prices and Middle East tensions, as risks to growth.
Aug 10, 2026 · 2 min read
A jGrants-listed program will fund up to a third of the cost of blackout-capable gas cogeneration systems and gas heat-pump air conditioning, but only for businesses whose gas arrives via a medium-pressure line or a low-pressure line reinforced against earthquakes, and only if they apply by August 30, 2026.
Aug 7, 2026 · 2 min read
An internal audit at Sun* Inc. found cash at its Vietnamese subsidiary that was not on the books, and the company's auditor says it cannot finish reviewing the accounts before the deadlines for both the quarterly results and the half-year securities report.
Aug 7, 2026 · 2 min read
Sumitomo Pharma says a ¥164.5bn dividend from its Swiss unit and a jump in receivables were routine accounting, not the earnings-management scheme Gotham City Research alleged in an August 3 short-seller report.
Aug 7, 2026 · 2 min read
The brewer's fresh four-year plan raises its dividend-on-equity goal to 5%, pencils in about ¥170bn of buybacks and ¥80bn of dividends through 2030, and spreads ¥300bn to ¥400bn of growth money across North American and Vietnamese brewing capacity, Asian distribution and domestic drink investment rather than a single project.
Aug 7, 2026 · 2 min read
Nippon Sheet Glass posted a small net profit last quarter on yen weakness and automotive pricing, but the real news is procedural: shareholders have approved Apollo's ¥165bn equity injection and lenders' separate ¥140bn debt-to-equity swap, with the company still targeting completion in the second half of the year to March 2027 pending regulatory sign-off.
Aug 7, 2026 · 1 min read
McDonald's Japan raised its full-year profit forecast after half-year operating profit jumped 15.2% and same-store sales notched a 43rd straight quarterly gain, even though the revised sales outlook still trails 2025's total of ¥416.6bn.
Aug 7, 2026 · 2 min read
A weaker yen and an ¥8bn US tariff refund pushed Kawasaki Heavy's quarterly business profit up 74% to ¥35.8bn, and the industrial group followed with a ¥93.4bn share sale and two convertible bond issues to fund hydrogen supply chains and factory upgrades.
Aug 7, 2026 · 2 min read
Middle East disruption cut INPEX's crude sales nearly a quarter in the first half, but higher prices, a weaker yen and steady Ichthys output pushed the energy explorer to raise its full-year profit forecast to a record ¥510bn, fund a ¥140bn buyback and lift its dividend to ¥112 a share.
Aug 7, 2026 · 4 min read
Seven Japanese agencies, led by the Financial Services Agency and the National Police Agency, want five platforms to detail their advertiser identity checks and ad-takedown responses by mid-October, then report results by March 2027, after deepfake celebrity investment ads spread across social media.
Aug 7, 2026 · 3 min read
Net profit at the Tokyo-listed builder jumped 182% in the June quarter as margins improved on domestic construction work and property sales volumes rose, though management left its full-year profit guidance unchanged at a projected 14.8% decline.
Aug 7, 2026 · 2 min read
Kirin Holdings will pay CAD45.75 a share, about ¥218.3bn in total, for full control of Jamieson Wellness, extending its health science push into North America after building a base in Asia and Oceania through Blackmores and FANCL.
Aug 6, 2026 · 2 min read
SUMCO's shipments of large 300mm silicon wafers rose on AI and data-center demand, yet the chipmaker still posted a ¥12.9bn net loss for the six months to June, with breakeven not expected before the third quarter.
Aug 6, 2026 · 2 min read
Suntory Beverage & Food's operating profit rose 3% for the six months to June, but strip out currency translation and it fell 5.4%, with Europe's margins the weak spot and Oceania the standout region.
Aug 6, 2026 · 2 min read
Inbound tourists and rising secondhand watch prices drove a 95% sales jump at Geo Holdings' luxury resale unit OKURA in the June quarter, helping push group operating profit up a third even as new-product sales cooled.
Aug 6, 2026 · 2 min read
A record first quarter for revenue did not stop a 43 percent drop in TBS Holdings' operating profit, and the broadcaster has now cut its full-year sales and profit forecast as advertisers hold back on TV spot buys amid Middle East-linked uncertainty.
Aug 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Orders at facilities contractor Hibiya Engineering jumped 235.8% to ¥56.1bn in the quarter to June as data-center fit-out contracts piled up, even though reported sales fell 6.5% because that work has not yet been billed.
Aug 6, 2026 · 2 min read
Optical-cable and connector demand tied to data-center buildouts pushed Furukawa Electric to raise its full-year operating profit target by ¥28.0bn, to ¥123.0bn, and its interim profit forecast by ¥14.5bn.
Aug 6, 2026 · 2 min read
Lasertec's new orders more than doubled to ¥237.5bn on AI-chip demand, yet revenue and operating profit both fell for the year to June because last year's weak bookings finally hit shipments; the company is now guiding for a 25.8% revenue rebound next year.
Aug 6, 2026 · 1 min read
NTT's operating revenue climbed 10.9% to a record ¥3.62tn in the quarter through June, but profit grew only about half as fast, and the group's untouched full-year forecast points to operating profit growth slowing to just 0.2% for the year to March 2027.
Aug 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Rakuten Bank increased its net profit target for the year to March 2027 by ¥6.8bn to ¥88.1bn, pointing to higher loan interest income and June's Bank of Japan rate rise as the main drivers.
Aug 6, 2026 · 3 min read
A draft rulebook out for public comment until September 4 would let JBIC bankroll certified overseas ventures, so long as expected losses stay inside a dedicated capital account and the bank keeps a forced-exit clause on hand if certification is pulled.