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Oct 2, 2026 · 3 min read
Procrea Holdings, Akita Bank and Bank of Iwate resolved to open integration talks aimed at April 2028, citing faster-than-average depopulation and AI and cybersecurity costs.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read
A fund run by JIC Venture Growth Investments bought 619,700 Cuorips shares at ¥4,841 each in a third-party allotment, paid from its own fund money, and says it is a pure investment with no significant proposals.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Losses from special fraud reached ¥236.1bn in January to August, up 33.2% on a year earlier, with social-media investment scams the largest category at ¥93.7bn, the National Police Agency's provisional data show.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Otsuka says Taiho has begun an FDA application for zipalertinib with chemotherapy in untreated EGFR exon 20 lung cancer, with the filing due to finish by end-2026 and no change to the company's current-year forecast.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Three regional lenders each said a press report of integration talks was not their announcement, and each plans to take the matter to its board on 2 October; only Akita and Iwate say nothing has been decided.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Oasis Management says it plans to add more than 5% to its Shibaura Machine holding within three months of 24 September, conditional on price, after lifting its stake from 9.02% to 10.14% and citing serious governance defects.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
The FSA's table to August 2026 logs 514,602 SME applications to change loan terms and 497,152 executions, with regional banks receiving 448,691 of the applications; its 98.6% rate excludes requests under review or withdrawn.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Insource's president says large-company demand for basic generative-AI training has peaked and advanced AI arrived slower than planned, and that the trainer will shift to profit-first growth in the year to September 2027 after cutting its outlook.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Daniel J. Edelman will buy WPP's entire 935,800-share holding in PRAP Japan at ¥1,358.64 a share, or ¥1.27bn, and become the largest shareholder with 21.03% of votes once the trade settles on 30 October.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Logos Holdings' new subsidiary, renamed Courage Home, took over Aera Home's custom-home assets, liabilities, contracts and employees on 1 October after court approval, with renovation and franchise operations excluded and the earnings effect still under review.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Teijin completed the merger of its textile subsidiary with an Asahi Kasei subsidiary on 1 October 2026; the combined TA Frontier is 80% Teijin and 20% Asahi Kasei, and Teijin's guidance for the year to March 2027 is unchanged.
Oct 1, 2026 · 1 min read
WOWOW holds 51% of the new Lemino streaming company, and NTT Docomo has paid ¥841.1mn for new WOWOW shares, a separate holding in the broadcaster itself; the earnings effect is still under review.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
SBI Holdings made crypto exchange bitbank a wholly owned subsidiary on October 1 after the exchange repurchased shares from MIXI and Ceres, with Ceres reporting ¥8.61bn for its 21,480 shares and about ¥5.7bn in expected special gains.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
OKI finished folding its ATM development and production into a venture with Hitachi on October 1, taking 60% and consolidating it, while the price of the 27,680 shares bought from Hitachi stays confidential.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Omron has completed the transfer of all Aratas shares to a subsidiary of a Carlyle-formed company and invested to hold 5% of that buyer's parent, leaving it with an indirect stake rather than a direct holding in the divested device and module business.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Tokuyama expects a ¥30.5bn special gain and a separate ¥12bn impairment loss from selling its domestic cement sales business, and is still working out whether its full-year forecast changes.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Nidec has signed a ¥103bn sale of all of Nidec Components to a Carlyle-linked vehicle, with transfer due on 1 December 2026 and the effect on consolidated earnings still being examined.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
ALSOK has decided to carry out a merger through its Carlyle-backed vehicle that would lift its voting rights in the surviving company from 28.0% to 51.2%, with the merger planned to take effect on 1 January 2027.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
JBIC's ¥20bn share of a ¥33.5bn syndicated loan helps fund SG Holdings' purchase of Taiwan-based Morrison Express, an air forwarder for chip and electronics makers; the deal closed in May 2025.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
JR West now holds 20.0% of Kansai Mirai Bank after paying Resona ¥90bn, while the bank stays a Resona subsidiary; a banking service targeted for around spring 2027 depends on a banking-agent license.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
A second call for Japan's resource-circulation subsidy offers up to half of eligible costs to SMEs and a third to large firms, with a ¥100mn per-project minimum and applications closing on 6 November.
Oct 1, 2026 · 3 min read
A draft audit-standards revision before Japan's Business Accounting Council would have auditors assess going concern for at least a year after accounts are approved for publication, effective for fiscal years ending March 2028.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Resonac's in-kind distribution of Crasus Chemical shares took effect on 1 October, leaving it with 18.57% of the voting rights and ending the parent relationship, while the effect on consolidated results is still under review.
Oct 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Pan Pacific International Holdings has signed a sponsor deal for the toy retailer's Japanese business, planned to complete on October 30 if the court grants permission, with landlord consent still needed for the stores it wants to keep.