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  1. Jun 22, 2026 · 3 min read

    GREE hands JP2 fund operator and LP stake slice to MIXI in carve-out deal

    GREE will first spin the operating business of GREE LP Fund JP2 into a new company, GREE Fund Investments, then sell all of that unit to MIXI on July 31 for about ¥17mn while transferring part of a separate LP stake for about ¥300mn. The carved-out package includes ¥66mn of assets and ¥50mn of liabilities, and GREE says its capital ratio in the fund will fall from 45.9% to 26.7%, ending its execution authority if the deal closes as planned. MIXI says the ¥5.455bn vehicle is expected to become a specified subsidiary, with the new manager due to be renamed MIXI Capital Management and the fund due to be renamed MIXI LP Fund 1. The exact LP slice moving from GREE Capital Management is still not separately disclosed, but the broad point is plain enough: GREE is stepping back from control and MIXI is taking it.

  2. Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read

    Komehyo clears another ¥21bn sales month as purchases stay above ¥10bn

    Komehyo's May sales in brand fashion reached ¥21.545bn after ¥21.409bn in April, while individual purchases stayed above the ¥10bn line for a second straight month at ¥10.191bn. The tax-free sales ratio eased to 17.3% from 17.9% in April even as the retail mix rose to 45.8%, which suggests the month's strength was not just tourists doing the heavy lifting.

  6. Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read

    Sansan ends buyback just below ¥2bn cap, as Ichigo stake rises to 11.57%

    Sansan completed the buyback approved in May after purchasing 1,331,600 shares for ¥2.00bn, against an authorisation of up to 2,000,000 shares and ¥2.00bn. The final June stretch alone accounted for 811,600 shares and ¥1.26bn, so the programme effectively ran into the cash ceiling before it reached the share ceiling. A separate large-shareholding report showed Ichigo Asset Management's joint holding at 14,666,900 shares, or 11.57%, as of June 12, up from 10.44% previously. The two filings do not say the moves are connected, but together they sharpen the ownership picture.

  8. Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read

    Japan opens second nuclear-supplier subsidy round tied to reactor restarts

    The second call offers up to ¥200mn at a one-half subsidy rate for work that improves safety and reliability in nuclear-related equipment and services. The notice ties the scheme directly to reactor restarts and next-generation light-water designs, which is industrial policy with a hard hat.

  9. Jun 19, 2026 · 3 min read

    Aisan Technology posts stronger year after delay, suspends subsidiary used-equipment operation

    Aisan Technology reported revenue up 22.1% to ¥7.59bn and operating profit up 69.2% to ¥760mn for the year to March 2026, with net profit rising 82.4% to ¥522mn and the year-end dividend set at ¥37 a share. But the results arrived after the company missed the 50-day disclosure window because of a special investigation into suspected improper transactions at a wholly owned subsidiary. Aisan said the committee found fictitious sales, concealed below-cost sales and diverted auction proceeds, with a cumulative ¥49mn hit to consolidated operating profit. The company has suspended the used-equipment operation at the unit's marketing centre until new controls are in place and says it aims to get back inside the normal reporting timetable.

  10. Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read

    Cosel keeps ¥55 annual dividend after ¥3.41bn loss, lifts payout floor

    Cosel's sales fell 7.4% to ¥25.05bn in the year to May 2026 and operating profit swung to a ¥695mn loss from a ¥628mn profit. Net loss widened to ¥3.41bn after a ¥3.633bn loss tied to the disposal of Powerbox International AB, yet the company held the annual dividend at ¥55 a share. Management is guiding for a rebound to ¥28.875bn of sales, ¥1.335bn of operating profit and ¥1.604bn of net profit in the current year, and says it intends to lift the dividend to ¥60. That is a recovery plan, not a receipt.

  11. Jun 19, 2026 · 3 min read

    Tiemco shifts from opposing to partnering with largest shareholder

    Tiemco said it has agreed a cooperative framework with Kenka Synergy, which emerged from the May tender offer with 45.00% of voting rights. The pact covers profit growth, overseas expansion, digital transformation, ecommerce and the introduction or proposal of management and operational personnel, while Kenka Synergy also agreed to respect existing employment, business relationships and brand assets. That is a notable shift from the company's earlier opposition to the bid. Tiemco still has work to do on listing-maintenance measures and board reshaping, and it has set July 6 as the record date for an extraordinary shareholder meeting planned for late August.

  12. Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read

    Nakatayamafuku corrects past reports after cash-flow and shareholder-return errors

    Nakatayamafuku corrected four annual securities reports, one half-year report and earnings summaries for the years to March 2025 and 2026 after finding a miscalculated shareholder total return and a cash-flow classification error. The company says neither past earnings nor financial position changed. The more useful fix for readers is cash flow. In the corrected summary for the year to March 2025, operating cash flow becomes a ¥6.2mn outflow instead of a ¥43.8mn inflow, while financing cash flow rises to ¥797.7mn from ¥747.7mn. Same cash balance, different story about where it came from.

  16. Jun 19, 2026 · 3 min read

    Tomakomai AI data-center project commits ¥3.94bn to a 66kV substation

    Environment Friendly Holdings said its subsidiary AI Tech Tomakomai has signed a ¥3.94bn tax-included contract with Yurtec to build a 66kV substation for the Tomakomai AI data-centre site in Hokkaido. Construction starts on July 1, 2026 and completion is scheduled for Dec. 13, 2027, with the company describing the asset as the route from an initial 10MW plan toward a 50MW receiving-capacity target. Funding is supposed to come from internal cash, retargeted equity proceeds, warrant exercises and possibly bank borrowing. The catch is familiar: part of the money depends on future warrant exercises, so the power plan is solidifying faster than the financing certainty.

  17. Jun 19, 2026 · 3 min read

    SATUDORA zeros out its final dividend and lines up the end of shareholder perks as its buyout heads for delisting

    SATUDORA cut the year-end dividend for the year to May 2026 to zero from a planned ¥12 a share and said its shareholder benefit programme will be abolished from the fiscal year ending May 2028 if Terra's tender offer succeeds. The company also said the shares are expected to be delisted after the offer and follow-on steps. The dividend cut is not conditional on the tender succeeding: SATUDORA said timing around the annual meeting could prevent a dividend proposal even if the offer fails. Terra's offer runs from June 22 to Aug. 3 at ¥1,220 a share, and the filings say shareholders who stay to a later share consolidation would be cashed out at an amount set to match that tender price. Minority holders have essentially been offered a simple menu: tender now, or get simplified later.

  19. Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read

    G-JTEC picks Heidelberg to localize research-tissue supply for Europe

    G-JTEC will set up Japan Tissue Engineering Europe GmbH in Heidelberg with EUR25,000 of capital and 100% ownership to develop, make and sell research-use products locally. The company says exports of its LabSite cultured-tissue products from Japan have hit the predictable problem of living cells: short shelf life and transport risk, especially after recent international disruptions. Management says a shared-lab partnership in Heidelberg should keep initial investment low and speed production setup, with operations due to start within 2026 and consolidation from the year ending March 2027. Near-term earnings impact is expected to be minor; the operational payoff is reliability, not instant scale.

  21. Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read

    Regional-bank risk model adds construction as FSA sharpens early warnings

    The regulator's latest analytical note extends its machine-learning credit-risk trial beyond manufacturing and uses correlation clustering to make the model more interpretable. It is research, not rulemaking, but it shows where supervisors think early stress may surface.

  22. Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read

    Higher rates lifted Japan life insurers, fewer disasters helped non-life groups

    Japan's 21 major life insurers lifted premium income to ¥38.94tn and net income to ¥2.54tn in the year ended March 2026, with the FSA saying higher domestic rates boosted sales of single-premium yen-denominated policies. Base profit rose to ¥4.67tn even as capital gains and losses deteriorated to a ¥2.07tn loss. The three big non-life groups also benefited from a lighter catastrophe bill. Revenue rose to ¥6.53tn at Tokio Marine, ¥5.76tn at MS&AD and ¥5.37tn at SOMPO, though Tokio Marine's net income still slipped to ¥980.4bn. Think sector check-up, not neat league table.

  23. Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read

    Jelly Beans lands exclusive Japan rights for iHEAL, plans multi-channel rollout

    A three-party deal with BIOLAB and AIDEN LAB JAPAN gives the group exclusive sales and marketing rights in Japan for the South Korean femcare brand, with full-scale sales planned for the second half of the year ending January 2027. Direct, wholesale and online channels are planned, but pricing and the final Japan lineup are still undisclosed.

  24. Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read

    Hirayama folds Top Engineering into its main manufacturing support unit

    The group will absorb Top Engineering into Hirayama on Jan. 1, 2027, with no merger ratio because both units are wholly owned. Management says the point is to combine manufacturing-floor improvement know-how with engineering capability and widen a higher-profit model.