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Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Nachi-Fujikoshi lifted nine-month operating profit 72.8% to ¥11.46bn on a 10.4% sales rise, crediting pricing, automation and structural-reform savings alongside construction-machinery demand, and it kept its full-year forecast unchanged.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Tosei cut its full-year sales forecast by ¥9.373bn after moving some property sales into later years, yet raised operating profit guidance to ¥25.061bn on fund fees and rental income, and lifted its year-end dividend forecast to ¥58.
Oct 5, 2026 · 3 min read
Oasis Management says it holds 22.60% of Infomart and has already proposed asset disposals, director appointments, board changes and discontinuing part of a business, while listing mergers, delisting and majority control among matters it plans to raise within 12 months.
Oct 5, 2026 · 3 min read
Kansai Electric's Kanto Hapi e Plus basic charge goes to ¥1,071.65 from ¥830.72 for contracts of 6kW or less on November 1, while its per-kWh rates move only slightly, in line with revised wheeling terms.
Oct 5, 2026 · 3 min read
USS's preliminary July-September data show listings at 114.7% of last year but completed sales at 108.5%, with sell-through at 64.8% against 68.6%; the half-year figures are closer, at 109.5% and 108.4%.
Oct 5, 2026 · 3 min read
Japan and Australia signed a non-binding memorandum on October 2 to coordinate agencies such as JBIC, JOGMEC and Export Finance Australia on co-investment, naming two government accounts but setting no funding amount and approving no project.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
A major BASE shareholder has told the company it will buy again from October 2 to push its holding past 30%, after a disagreement over management support, while the board keeps backing SBI Holdings' extended tender offer and stays neutral on tendering.
Oct 5, 2026 · 3 min read
IPS, Inc. will issue 1,263,500 shares through Mizuho, with up to 189,500 more tied to an over-allotment, and says net proceeds of up to ¥5.49bn will go to a roughly ¥23bn Wakayama cable project whose final cost to IPS remains open.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
A Tokyo-listed yakiniku operator hit its first-half sales plan but missed operating profit forecast by 25.6%, and it now sees full-year operating profit at ¥2.0bn instead of ¥2.5bn as higher costs and consumer thrift weigh.
Oct 5, 2026 · 3 min read
Nihon M&A Center Holdings says its December 2024 and December 2025 interim dividends exceeded the distributable amount by ¥71.7mn and ¥833.2mn, that no repayment will be sought from shareholders, and that an outside committee will examine director responsibility.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Monogatari says names, emails and phone numbers of 10,788,963 Yakiniku King app users leaked after unauthorised access; it reports no confirmed misuse or public release as of disclosure, while the cause and earnings impact remain under review.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Rakuten Group's 72.35% holding in Rakuten Bank includes 181,470,943 non-voting Class A shares, and an agreement with the bank requires its consent before they convert to common stock unless the group's votes stay at 50% or less.
Oct 5, 2026 · 3 min read
A METI draft would require drone suppliers seeking supply-plan certification to report actual or suspected cyberattacks through the ministry, and would recommend a ★4 supply-chain security rating, with comments open until November 3.
Oct 5, 2026 · 3 min read
Shionogi will buy all of US rare-disease drugmaker IntraBio for $2bn, taking worldwide rights to AQNEURSA, which won a first-of-its-kind ataxia-telangiectasia approval on 18 September; closing is targeted for November or December, subject to clearances.
Oct 5, 2026 · 3 min read
Narita City will refund half of what airport-zone employers spend repaying young staff's student loans, capped at ¥8,000 a month per worker, with applications open from 1 October to 30 November 2026.
Oct 5, 2026 · 3 min read
Japan's 16th-round business succession and M&A subsidy takes applications to November 6, but late filers may get no second chance to fix mistakes, and the program notice urges submission by October 29.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Regions in Tokyo's inland-quake zone or the Mount Fuji hazard area would be ruled out as alternative capital-function sites, and sub-capital designation would need either special wards or a prefecture-city cooperation pact; comments close on October 16.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Japan's National Police Agency wants driving schools to cut the minimum ordinary-car basic-driving lessons for semi-medium licence trainees from 12 periods to 9, with public comment open until October 31.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Companies installing blackout-capable gas cogeneration in shelters and public buildings can claim up to ¥240mn, but the call closes as soon as its budget runs out.
Oct 5, 2026 · 3 min read
METI and the environment ministry are taking comments until 31 October on draft guidelines that make storage operators fund 30 years of post-handover monitoring through a levy to JOGMEC, alongside rewritten permit and closure screening criteria.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Having used up its ¥30bn buyback early, Hankyu Hanshin Holdings raised the ceiling to ¥50bn and 12mn shares, 5.16% of shares outstanding excluding treasury stock, and moved the end date from October 2026 to March 2027.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Two of four joint holders of 29.90% of Sankei Real Estate agreed to tender into C5's offer and two agreed not to; ATRA has decided to buy one holder's 9.89% about two months after a successful offer, if a squeeze-out follows.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read
SMTB Leasing, formerly Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Panasonic Finance, bought back all of Panasonic Holdings' shares on 1 October, leaving Fuyo General Lease with 40.00% of voting rights, Yokohama Financial Group with 15.00% and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank with 45.00%.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read
The Consumer Affairs Agency is consulting until October 30 on listing the law on preventing sexual violence against children by schools and childcare businesses under the Whistleblower Protection Act, with a planned effective date of December 25, 2026.