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Jun 17, 2026 · 2 min read
The 29th option series can be exercised only if Helios wins domestic approval for HLCM051 in ARDS and records at least ¥1.5bn of revenue in any year through 2032. Full exercise would equal 9.0% of shares outstanding, while the same-day 28th, 29th and 30th series together reach 14.0% dilution.
Jun 17, 2026 · 1 min read
Japan reopened the search for the body that will run a city-gas disaster-resilience subsidy after saying the June 11 round had deficiencies. The downstream program is aimed at helping smaller gas pipeline operators buy equipment for faster disaster recovery, but the immediate snag is administrative, not operational.
Jun 17, 2026 · 1 min read
Full-year sales guidance falls to ¥30.0bn from ¥31.0bn and operating profit to ¥2.7bn from ¥3.1bn because Daiei Electronics will leave consolidation. Net income guidance rises to ¥3.0bn from ¥2.0bn because the subsidiary sale creates an extraordinary gain, which is a very different sort of good news.
Jun 17, 2026 · 1 min read
The REIT reported ¥6.11bn of revenue, ¥2.57bn of net profit and a ¥1,349 distribution for the half-year to April, then agreed to buy Smile Hotel Kumagaya for ¥1.20bn. Management still guides distributions down to ¥1,290 and then ¥1,225, so the acquisition looks more like support than a new growth leg.
Jun 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Ichigo Office sold an Oita building at 1.7 times book value, realizing about ¥519mn of gain and placing ¥101mn into a dividend reserve instead of paying it straight out. It then recycled capital into office acquisitions in Tachikawa and Funabashi worth ¥5.56bn combined, a cleaner illustration than usual of how Japanese REITs try to turn one disposal into both portfolio upgrade and payout smoothing.
Jun 17, 2026 · 3 min read
Tosei Reit paid ¥3,926 per unit for the half-year to April and guides the next two periods at ¥3,826. The first forecast is matched by per-unit profit; the second is not, with the filing explicitly relying on an internal-reserve drawdown. A small third-party allotment to sponsor Tosei is also earmarked mainly for debt repayment after the May purchase of TR Garden Yokohama Nakata.
Jun 17, 2026 · 2 min read
NTT UD REIT's April half-year revenue slipped 1.8% to ¥13.0bn, but net income rose 31.7% to ¥5.1bn after a partial Shinbashi sale gain, and the current distribution held at ¥3,140. Management guides to ¥3,100 for each of the next two periods with reserve reversals built in, while also adding a ¥1.05bn Osaka housing acquisition, a refinancing loan and a buyback of up to 22,000 units.
Jun 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Columbia Works will repurchase up to 86,000 shares, or 1.1% of issued stock, from June 19 to July 10 for as much as ¥220mn. The same board meeting also started preparations for a move from the Standard market to Prime around spring 2027, though the company says the application timing is undecided and approval is not assured.
Jun 17, 2026 · 2 min read
KDX delivered a ¥4,166 distribution for the half-year to April on ¥39.84bn of revenue and ¥17.04bn of net income, and guides to ¥4,227 in each of the next two periods. The catch is that forecast net income falls in the first of those periods, while payout support comes from planned reserve withdrawals; a separate buyback of up to 50,000 units, or ¥6.0bn, sits alongside guidance rather than inside it.
Jun 17, 2026 · 4 min read
PostPrime will let Cybridge vote 20,980 rights tied to 2,098,000 shares issued after the May 31 record date at its August 26 AGM, giving the new holder 33.42% of the meeting's votes under the company's method. The company says it wants the meeting to reflect shareholder intent closer to the date itself; investors may prefer record dates for exactly the opposite reason. The timing also lands as PostPrime buys Infinity Life for ¥105mn in cash to push into business succession and M&A intermediation.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Net sales reached ¥195.36 billion, ordinary income ¥74.13 billion and profit attributable to owners of parent ¥54.58 billion, all the top figures in the filing's five-year summary. A separate internal control report said controls were effective and highlighted game software work in progress and deferred revenue tied to free downloadable content as key review areas.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Revenue rose to ¥2,139,245,000,000 in the year to March 2026 from ¥1,912,323,000,000 a year earlier, while profit before tax jumped to ¥376,587,000,000 and net profit attributable to owners of parent to ¥291,535,000,000. ROE reached 17.4%, and a separate internal control report said financial-reporting controls were effective as of March 31.
Jun 16, 2026 · 1 min read
The company will split each share into two on Aug. 1, doubling shares outstanding to 21,255,840 and lifting authorized shares to 72 million. Its new ¥21.50 year-end dividend is a post-split figure equivalent to ¥43.00 on a pre-split basis, leaving the annual payout effectively unchanged at ¥86.00.
Jun 16, 2026 · 1 min read
The company lifted its planned year-end dividend to ¥160 a share from ¥130, split between ¥140 of ordinary dividend and a ¥20 special dividend. Management tied the change to firm trading and expected record cumulative third-quarter revenue and profit.
Jun 16, 2026 · 1 min read
Ikuyo raised its holding to 5,263,500 shares, or 11.61%, from 9.54%, while Kasai's own extraordinary report shows 11.79% on a voting-rights basis. Ikuyo describes the position as pure investment plus possible future alliance considerations.
Jun 16, 2026 · 1 min read
DeNA's voting-rights stake fell to 4.99% from 25.75% and NTT Docomo's to 3.66% from 18.28% after a listing-related share sale. Because GO's issued share count stayed at 77,679,600, this reads as an ownership redistribution story rather than fresh dilution.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
After director candidate Kotaro Fukuda resigned on June 16, the company cut its June 26 board election proposal to 10 directors from 11. Related pay-cap and stock-compensation proposals were rewritten to match, while votes already cast on Proposal 1 will count only for the remaining 10 nominees.
Jun 16, 2026 · 1 min read
The company says shareholder Toshimori Mae's demand would breach its seven-director cap, citing a June 10 Tokyo District Court decision that it says left the incumbent seven directors in office. The annual meeting is set for June 29.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
The bank reported ordinary income of ¥33,674,000,000, ordinary profit of ¥3,134,000,000 and profit attributable to owners of parent of ¥2,000,000,000 for the year to March 2026. Total assets ended the year at ¥1,813,848,000,000, a clear step away from the loss-making year to March 2024.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Net sales reached ¥554,251,000,000 in the year to March 2026, up from ¥530,878,000,000 a year earlier, while ordinary income slipped to ¥16,030,000,000 from ¥18,089,000,000. Profit attributable to owners of parent still climbed to ¥23,988,000,000, leaving investors with a bigger business and a less tidy earnings bridge.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Revenue reached ¥129.14 billion in the year to March 2026, profit before tax rose to ¥35.62 billion and ROE improved to 23.4%. The filing's five-year summary shows the latest year as the high point for both revenue and pre-tax profit, with the owners' equity ratio also rising to 52.0%.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Net sales were ¥615.76 billion in the year to March 2026, essentially unchanged from ¥615.81 billion a year earlier, while ordinary income edged up to ¥20.48 billion. Profit attributable to owners of the parent rose to ¥32.89 billion from ¥13.90 billion, and the filing does not spell out why the bottom line moved so sharply.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Starting with first-quarter results for the year ending June 2027, the group will move from three segments to two, replacing its two Marketing Support lines and Business Intelligence with Insight and Data Tech. Management says the change is meant to align research, AI and data-use infrastructure with its 2030 plan, but it has not yet provided a historical financial bridge.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Axelspace agreed on June 16 to a new five-year antenna contract with KSAT, including backup support for satellites already in operation, plus a two-year extension of an existing contract; both are scheduled to be signed on June 23. The company says the contract amounts exceed 10% of consolidated sales in the year ended May 2025, but it left its outlook for the year to May 2026 unchanged.