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Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read
A new nationwide subsidy round backs railway decarbonisation through three technology buckets: regenerative-power measures, vehicle energy-saving equipment and other advanced efficiency tools. Applications opened June 23 and close July 21, so for operators and suppliers the practical signal is clear even if the published notice still leaves the subsidy rate and maximum award to the detailed guidelines.
Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read
Trial Holdings will, from Aug. 1, move the management business of Trial Golf & Resort out of Trial Real Estate and directly under the parent through a no-consideration internal split. The company says the point is faster decision-making and tighter governance after the Seiyu deal broadened its retail footprint, while the disclosed earnings impact is minor.
Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read
Tameny said it can remove the going-concern note after ending March 2026 with net assets of ¥1.134bn and cash of ¥3.115bn, against ¥2.406bn of borrowings due within one year. A year earlier net assets were negative ¥694mn. The company credits share allotments totaling ¥2.049bn for the recovery and says the exchange confirmed it met the Growth Market's net-assets listing standard at end-March.
Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read
Mynet plans to issue up to 871,033 new shares to Zero Gaming, giving it a stake of up to 9.24%, to fund fantasy-sports marketing and app development. The company says it wants to keep dilution below 10%, and if the deal closes it also plans to nominate Zero Gaming's chief as a director at the next annual meeting.
Jun 23, 2026 · 3 min read
After four straight annual net losses, Intrans said it will launch an AI data-centre business with DSG, starting with GPU-server procurement and sales in Japan from July 2026 to June 2029. To fund the move, it is combining ¥511mn from a February raise with a ¥300mn convertible bond to DSG, performance-linked warrants and separate paid stock options for directors and employees, which means much of the new money only arrives if sales hurdles are actually met.
Jun 23, 2026 · 3 min read
Tokyo Cosmos said it is correcting its 2024 midterm plan after a special investigation found the targets lacked concrete support and later years had already baked in Bourns-related synergies before any formal acquisition process existed. The company is removing sales, margin and ROA targets from the old plan while leaving DOE targets in place, and it is also deleting parts of a 2025 board opinion on shareholder proposals that it says could have misled investors.
Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read
Chiba Kogyo Bank will spend up to ¥2.38bn to buy back all 4,723 outstanding Second Series Seventh preferred shares on Aug. 17 at ¥503,427.40 each. The bank said this class goes first because it has the largest holder base, part of a capital-structure cleanup before a planned April 2027 holding-company setup with Chiba Bank that still needs shareholder and regulatory approval.
Jun 23, 2026 · 3 min read
Sanrio reported revenue of ¥194.1bn for the year to March 2026, up 33.9%, while operating profit jumped 50.3% to ¥77.9bn and net profit attributable to owners rose 30.9% to ¥54.6bn. The company said all three were record highs, and net assets climbed to ¥156.0bn from ¥107.6bn. The board also approved a year-end dividend of ¥38 a share for March 31 holders, taking the full-year payout to ¥69 from ¥53 on a pre-split basis. One wrinkle worth keeping straight: Sanrio's 5-for-1 stock split took effect on April 1, so the current-year dividend forecast of ¥16 a share is shown on a post-split basis rather than on the same unit as last year's figure.
Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Subaru's annual report shows revenue rising to ¥4.78tn in the year to March 2026 from ¥4.69tn a year earlier, even as profit before tax fell to ¥107.47bn from ¥448.51bn and profit attributable to owners of parent dropped to ¥90.84bn from ¥338.06bn. Basic earnings per share fell to 125.50 yen from 458.03 yen, making this a profit-protection problem rather than a scale problem.
Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Orchestra lifted its forecast year-end dividend to ¥30 a share from ¥13, made up of a ¥25 ordinary dividend and a ¥5 commemorative payment tied to its 10th anniversary on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Its ¥15,000 Digital Gift now goes only to holders of at least 200 shares who stay on the register under the same shareholder number for more than a year, so the sweeter payout comes with a much stricter holding test.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
The annual report shows a ¥783mn loss attributable to owners after a ¥89mn profit a year earlier, as sales slipped to ¥65.85bn from ¥69.75bn. The sharper deterioration is in earnings rather than pure scale.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
Sales rose to ¥355.6bn from ¥345.0bn and ordinary income to ¥22.6bn from ¥21.3bn, while net assets reached ¥163.3bn. A same-day control report said management judged financial-reporting controls effective at year-end.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
The company posted ¥98.8mn in net income attributable to owners after a ¥134.3mn loss a year earlier, while sales barely moved at ¥2.47bn from ¥2.46bn. That makes the filing a profitability-repair story more than a revenue breakout.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
The prefecture's second call caps support at ¥3mn per company, with per-case ceilings of ¥1.5mn for patents and ¥600,000 for utility models, designs and trademarks. Useful help, though very much a regional tool rather than a national one.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
Its annual report puts revenue at ¥300.09bn and business profit at ¥12.53bn for the year to March 2026, up from ¥269.16bn and ¥9.31bn a year earlier. The formal filing makes clear this is now a much larger restaurant operator than it was even a few years ago.
Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read
First-quarter sales rose 2.5% to ¥27.8bn, helped by electric-assist bicycles and repair demand, while operating profit fell 5.3% to ¥3.1bn. Management left its full-year sales target at ¥86.3bn and operating profit target at ¥4.3bn unchanged.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
Sales fell to ¥41.07bn from ¥43.13bn, but ordinary income rose to ¥10.82bn from ¥9.68bn and net assets stood at ¥91.27bn. The balance sheet still looks notably thick.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
Net sales rose to ¥334.61bn from ¥302.68bn, but ordinary income slipped to ¥10.03bn from ¥10.86bn and profit attributable to owners of parent was ¥6.84bn. A same-day control report said financial-reporting controls were effective.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
Ordinary income rose to ¥18.05bn from ¥14.86bn and ordinary profit to ¥2.59bn from ¥1.89bn, with total assets at ¥832.27bn. A separate control report said financial-reporting controls were effective at year-end.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
The company appointed its representative director, president and group CEO as chairman of the board effective June 20, and a same-day duties notice says he also keeps risk management and research oversight. That makes the governance change a clear concentration of top roles, not a change of face.
Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Japan's first call for this trade-platform subsidy offers up to ¥50mn, with support rates of 2/3 for SMEs, 1/2 for mid-sized companies, and 1/2 or 1/3 for large companies depending on the application type; applications run from June 22 to July 21 and projects must finish by Feb. 19, 2027. One track covers Japanese companies linking internal systems to domestic or overseas trade platforms, while the other covers platform operators linking their own systems to other trade-related platforms, a tidy sign that the state has decided interoperability is now a public good.
Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Toyo Kanetsu approved a buyback of up to 900,000 shares, equal to 5.8% of shares outstanding excluding treasury stock, with spending capped at ¥2.0bn. The programme runs from July 1 to Sept. 18 through market purchases under a discretionary trading contract, which is clear enough even if the company is not obliged to use the full amount.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
The three-year scheme covers six directors and 11 executive officers, with payouts tied to relative total shareholder return and split 50-50 between stock and cash. The issue price and total value will be set only after the performance period ends.
Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read
ENECHANGE authorised market purchases of up to 4,000,000 shares, equal to 9.3% of stock outstanding excluding treasury shares at March 31, with total spending capped at ¥1bn. The window runs from Aug. 10 to June 30, 2027 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which gives investors a clear cap and calendar but no promise the full amount will be used.