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Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Revenue in the year to April rose 20.6% to ¥13.3 billion, but operating profit climbed 35.2% to ¥3.2 billion as monthly fees grew 31.7% and advertising and hiring costs were managed more tightly. Cash and equivalents ended April at ¥8.1 billion, the annual dividend rose to ¥24 a share, and the company plans ¥29 for the coming year.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
First-half sales fell 24.8% to ¥1,152 million and the operating loss widened to ¥539 million, even after ¥39 million of subsidy income helped below the operating line. The company now expects a full-year operating loss of ¥350 million and a net loss of ¥520 million, after also booking ¥183 million of reform-related special losses.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Sales rose 5.1% to ¥286,172 million and operating profit increased 10.2% to ¥21,037 million in the six months to April, while net profit attributable to owners rose 15.7% to ¥16,501 million. Management nevertheless left full-year earnings guidance and its ¥32.00 dividend forecast unchanged.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Nine-month net profit rose 14.6% to ¥834 million even as sales fell 5.4%, and full-year guidance was left unchanged. The board also approved a buyback of up to 106,700 shares worth ¥300.1 million via ToSTNeT-3.
Jun 12, 2026 · 1 min read
Fidelity and four joint holders disclosed 5,319,726 shares, or 9.43%, up from 8.46% in the previous report. The trigger date was December 15, 2023, so this is an ownership update, not evidence of same-day buying.
Jun 12, 2026 · 1 min read
It now expects ¥5.428 billion of sales, ¥78 million of operating profit and ¥70 million of ordinary profit for the year to July, and raised its planned year-end dividend to ¥0.63 a share from ¥0.35. Domestic proposal-based selling and bullion-related demand did the lifting, while overseas orders stayed softer.
Jun 12, 2026 · 1 min read
The restaurant operator authorized market purchases of up to 150,000 shares, or 1.46% of shares outstanding excluding treasury stock, with a ¥500 million ceiling through March 31, 2027. Separately, May same-store sales rose 5.6% and all-store sales climbed 12.8%.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
It plans to sell the business to Cyber Record for ¥220 million in cash, though the price remains provisional until the definitive agreement is signed. The unit generated ¥281 million of revenue in the year to April 2026, and NE said bigger entrants and municipality contract losses had made the market harder to defend.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
First-half sales rose to ¥193.132 billion from ¥181.313 billion a year earlier, but ordinary income slipped to ¥6.197 billion and operating cash flow swung to a ¥3.428 billion outflow from a ¥1.367 billion inflow. A separate disclosure also points to about ¥6 billion of extraordinary loss in the third quarter tied to a Guam land purchase and lease cancellation.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
The company lowered full-year sales guidance to ¥15,700 million from ¥16,300 million and cut operating profit to ¥210 million from ¥355 million after saying demand for New Year's greeting-card printing is shrinking faster than expected. Promotional work held up, but earlier security investment and heavier spending on people pushed costs above plan.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Revenue for the six months to April rose 53.2% to ¥29,390 million and operating profit climbed 61.0% to ¥2,573 million, helped by fund formation and Livenup Group. Even so, management left its full-year targets unchanged and kept the annual dividend forecast at ¥46.00 a share.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
The fitness operator lifted full-year revenue and profit guidance after saying member growth at existing clubs and new in-club services ran ahead of plan, while operating costs came in lighter. It also raised its year-end dividend forecast to ¥25 from ¥20, taking the annual dividend view to ¥51.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
The company raised revenue guidance for the year ending July 2026 to ¥2,900 million from ¥2,800 million, but lifted operating and ordinary profit much more sharply, to ¥500 million from ¥345 million, on larger generative-AI projects, better utilisation and lower selling costs. Net profit also gets a one-off lift from an expected ¥79 million gain on the planned sale of Star Music Entertainment to SBI Holdings, subject to shareholder approval.
Jun 12, 2026 · 3 min read
The drone company now expects full-year sales of ¥1.7 billion to ¥1.9 billion, down from ¥2.22 billion, after devoting resources to free sewer surveys and demonstrations for municipalities. Delayed SBIR spending means the operating-loss range improved versus the previous plan, but the ordinary-loss range worsened as related subsidy income also shifts into next year.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
The eldercare operator raised full-year sales, operating profit and ordinary profit guidance after stronger facility occupancy and tighter cost control, but cut net-income guidance to ¥50 million from ¥250 million. The reason sits below the line: a ¥527 million extraordinary loss tied to the planned closure of Pleasant Luxe Minami-Aoyama.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Project revenue rose 89.0% to ¥11.51 billion and IFRS revenue climbed 141.8% to ¥5.94 billion in the year to April, while operating loss narrowed to ¥9.98 billion and net loss to ¥6.70 billion. Cash and equivalents fell to ¥10.02 billion from ¥21.30 billion, and the coming-year outlook is still a loss-making range rather than a clean turn to profit.
Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Sales in the year to April rose 2.7% to ¥9,183 million and ordinary profit edged up to ¥2,170 million, but operating profit fell 77.5% to ¥83 million and net income attributable to owners dropped 29.5%. Crypto valuation gains of ¥2,632 million helped bridge the gap, cash and equivalents fell to ¥3,393 million from ¥6,078 million, and the year-end dividend stayed at ¥0.00.
Jun 12, 2026 · 3 min read
The company now expects a net loss of ¥767 million for the year ending July 31 after booking the current maximum identified damage from April's funds-outflow incident at ¥1,179 million as an extraordinary loss. A ¥357 million deferred-tax benefit softens the accounting hit, but Hatena still swung from a previous forecast for ¥101 million of profit, and it still has not disclosed how much money may be recovered or when the special investigation committee will report.
Jun 11, 2026 · 2 min read
First-quarter sales rose 83.2% to ¥1.386 billion and the operating loss narrowed to ¥364 million, but a ¥1.682 billion equity-method loss tied mainly to WCP kept net loss at ¥2.033 billion. Management left full-year guidance unchanged.
Jun 11, 2026 · 1 min read
Revenue slipped 2.1% to ¥50.6 billion in the year ended April 2026, while operating profit fell 29.4% to ¥3.65 billion. The group still raised its annual dividend to ¥55 a share and plans to keep it there even as it guides for another profit decline this year.
Jun 11, 2026 · 3 min read
Visional lifted nine-month revenue 24.3% to ¥73.157 billion and operating profit 12.2% to ¥19.612 billion, enough to keep its full-year outlook unchanged. BizReach remained the profit engine, with nine-month sales of ¥59.714 billion and a 42.7% pre-corporate-allocation operating margin. HRMOS grew faster, with sales up 77.7% to ¥6.653 billion, helped by the inclusion of Thinkings' sonar ATS business, though management says the acquisition effect on progress against the full-year sales plan is minor.
Jun 11, 2026 · 2 min read
After changing its year-end, Timee reported a six-month transition period with ¥21.0 billion in revenue and ¥3.81 billion in operating profit, while warning that direct comparison with the prior year is not meaningful. The platform still looks large, with more than 14.2 million registered workers, over 465,000 client locations and ¥69.5 billion in gross transaction value. New disclosures show where management wants the next leg of growth to come from: a summer rollout for long-term part-time hiring support, an expanded direct-recruiting model, a renamed logistics subsidiary and a planned finance arm.
Jun 11, 2026 · 2 min read
First-quarter sales rose 10.7% to ¥67.844 billion and operating profit rose 13.8% to ¥2.052 billion, with the distributor business doing most of the heavy lifting. May sales then ran at 109.9% of the prior-year month, while cash-and-carry growth stayed much softer.
Jun 11, 2026 · 2 min read
First-quarter sales rose to ¥1.801 billion and operating profit turned positive, but a ¥31.16 million loan-loss allowance and tax expense left a ¥36 million net loss. Separately, the company disclosed a post-quarter cash outflow of about ¥45 million after a false remittance instruction by a third party posing as company personnel.