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Jun 11, 2026 · 2 min read
Japan is seeking the body that will run an indirect subsidy for smaller general gas pipeline operators buying equipment and facilities that speed disaster restoration. This is an implementing-body call, not a final award to operators.
Jun 11, 2026 · 2 min read
Raccoon finished the year to April 2026 with ¥6.574 billion in revenue and ¥1.32 billion in operating profit, but it is guiding for operating profit to fall to ¥600 million in the coming year as promotion spending rises. Management said fourth-quarter tests convinced it that heavier customer acquisition can accelerate growth, and its new midterm plan shifts attention toward adjusted EBITDA during a more M&A-minded phase. New services including URIHOmini, BizCheck and SD Direct show the practical version of that strategy: widen the funnel now, hope the margins catch up later.
Jun 11, 2026 · 2 min read
Digital Grid raised its full-year outlook to ¥6.595 billion in revenue and ¥1.919 billion in net profit after nine-month net profit rose 17.9% to ¥1.872 billion. Management said Power PF and Renewable PF recognized more revenue than budgeted, while the AS business also helped. The read-through is positive, but not just because of the core platform: Renewable PF sales rose 54.6% over the first nine months, and presentation materials showed DGP fee revenue eased quarter on quarter even as handled power volume edged up.
Jun 11, 2026 · 3 min read
Top Culture reported interim net income of ¥812 million, well above plan, but said ¥747 million of that came from negative goodwill after subsidiary Meibundo took over nine bookstore operations and a corporate sales division. The underlying retail picture was weaker: operating profit was ¥142 million and ordinary profit ¥113 million, both far below the company's own forecast, while existing-store sales in the Tsutaya bookstore segment fell 2.4%. Management withdrew its full-year outlook to undecided as it works out how to run and renovate the inherited stores.
Jun 11, 2026 · 3 min read
Asahi cut its outlook for the year ended December 2025 ahead of a delayed July 8 results release, trimming revenue by 2.0% but cutting operating profit to ¥185 billion and net profit attributable to owners to ¥120 billion. The company tied the reset to a cyberattack-related system disruption in Japan, higher raw-material costs, impairment losses and related expenses. An extraordinary shareholders meeting is now planned for early September because the same disruption delayed settlement procedures and reporting materials. The figures are revised guidance, not final results.
Jun 11, 2026 · 2 min read
i-mobile authorized repurchases of up to 1.2 million shares for as much as ¥700 million by June 30, starting with a ToSTNeT-3 order for up to 400,000 shares at ¥492. The company said the plan should improve shareholder returns, capital efficiency, governance and Prime-market compliance, but the telling detail is ownership: chairman Toshihiko Tanaka and president Tetsuya Noguchi have agreed to sell part of their holdings. That turns a standard buyback into a capital-allocation move with a governance motive attached. The company has not decided whether any repurchased shares will be cancelled.
Jun 11, 2026 · 1 min read
The consultant posted ¥8.856 billion in first-quarter sales and ¥1.809 billion in operating profit, while keeping its full-year outlook intact. It is also preparing a 2026 application to move from the Growth Market to the Prime Market, though approval is far from guaranteed.
Jun 11, 2026 · 2 min read
Japan M&A Solution kept revenue guidance for the year ending October 2026 at ¥990 million but raised operating profit to ¥178 million and net income to ¥143 million. Management attributed the margin jump to the first completed deal in its fund business and to savings from fuller use of its in-house AI buyer-search system, while stressing that the sales forecast is unchanged. First-half revenue rose 41.2% to ¥526.936 million, and the company says it had already exceeded its previous full-year profit targets by the end of the second quarter.
Jun 11, 2026 · 2 min read
GA Technologies posted first-half revenue of ¥142.4 billion and company-defined net revenue of ¥25.5 billion, but business profit fell 7.8% to ¥3.86 billion and operating cash flow swung to a ¥5.25 billion outflow as inventories rose. Management nevertheless kept its full-year framework unchanged, pointing to a stronger second quarter in the RENOSY business and a US marketplace operation that moved into the black. The case for patience is clear enough, but the second half still has to prove it.
Jun 11, 2026 · 3 min read
3D Matrix says it can remove its going-concern note after revenue rose 57% to ¥10.886 billion, operating profit turned positive at ¥1.335 billion and operating cash flow moved back into the black. The company also ended the year with ¥2.83 billion of cash and said convertible bond-type instruments linked to Heights Capital had been redeemed or converted, while bank facilities were expanded. Still, the much larger ordinary and net profit figures were boosted by a ¥2.661 billion foreign-exchange gain, so the cleaner recovery signal sits in operations and funding rather than the headline bottom line.
Jun 11, 2026 · 1 min read
Shareholders approved wording that adds crypto-asset investment, acquisition, holding and management to the company's corporate purposes, and elected Masataka Kakiya as a director. The filing authorizes future diversification, but discloses no launch, purchase or timetable.
Jun 11, 2026 · 2 min read
i-mobile approved repurchases of up to 1.2 million shares, or 2.14% of shares outstanding excluding treasury stock, for as much as ¥700 million between June 12 and June 30, starting with a ToSTNeT-3 order for up to 400,000 shares at ¥492. The company also disclosed partial share sales by its chairman and president. Management framed the package as shareholder return, capital efficiency and Prime-market housekeeping, which makes this look less like a routine buyback and more like ownership-structure maintenance with cash return attached.
Jun 11, 2026 · 2 min read
Digital Grid raised its outlook for the year to July to ¥6.595 billion in sales, ¥2.836 billion in operating profit and ¥1.919 billion in net profit, after nine-month profit already ran past the old plan. Management pointed to faster-than-budgeted revenue recognition in the electricity and renewable platform businesses and firm battery-related aggregation services. The asterisk is that some platform fee trends softened quarter on quarter, and the company says further reserve-market price-cap cuts could still hurt the AS business.
Jun 11, 2026 · 2 min read
Revenue rose 24.3% to ¥73.2 billion and operating profit 12.2% to ¥19.6 billion through April, with BizReach still doing most of the work at ¥59.7 billion of revenue and a 42.7% margin. HRMOS grew faster, with revenue up 77.7% to ¥6.65 billion, but its profit contribution remained thin. Management left the year-ending-July outlook unchanged because it still plans heavier investment into the final quarter.
Jun 11, 2026 · 3 min read
Asahi cut revenue guidance for the year ended December 2025 to ¥2.89 trillion from ¥2.95 trillion, but the bigger damage is below the line, with business profit reduced to ¥260 billion from ¥290 billion and net profit to ¥120 billion from ¥167.5 billion. The brewer blamed cyberattack-related system disruption in Japan, higher raw-material costs, impairment losses and other system-related expenses. It now says the overdue full-year results are due on July 8, and the reporting item skipped at the March shareholders' meeting will move to an extraordinary meeting in early September, with June 30 set as the record date.
Jun 10, 2026 · 1 min read
A correction to crypto-asset accounting and presentation left the year to March with JPY 14,159m of sales, JPY 211m of operating profit and a JPY 528m net loss. The company says the issue was classification, not new transactions, and now guides for JPY 1,270m of net income in the coming year.
Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read
Asics will move the Onitsuka Tiger business into wholly owned OT GROUP through an absorption-type company split effective Jan. 1, 2027, then place regional brand units underneath that structure. Management says the aim is faster decision-making and clearer accountability around a brand it describes as reaching about 160 countries and roughly 190 directly operated stores, not a spin-off or listing plan.
Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read
Atrae raised profit guidance without touching the sales line: revenue for the year to September stays at JPY 8.6bn, while operating profit rises to JPY 1.3bn from JPY 1.1bn and net profit to JPY 908m from JPY 756m. Management credits stronger higher-margin SMBC Wevox orders and lower-than-planned costs, and it lifted the annual dividend forecast to JPY 34 from JPY 33.
Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read
CellSource turned a softer top line into a better interim profit picture. Consolidated revenue for the six months to April slipped 2.5% to JPY 1,775m, but SG&A fell 8.5% and operating profit climbed to JPY 125m from JPY 17m, even as combined blood- and adipose-derived processing cases edged down to 10,114 from 10,303. Management still kept its full-year forecast for a JPY 170m operating loss, saying the year remains one of strategic investment rather than tidy recovery.
Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read
Sales were almost flat at JPY 36,072m in the year to April, while operating profit fell 4.9% to JPY 1,426m, and management guided to another slight earnings dip in the coming year. The annual dividend stayed at JPY 85 and is forecast to stay there, even as the company cited higher raw-material costs, labour shortages and cautious consumers.
Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read
Sales slipped 0.2% to JPY 51,096m in the year to April, but operating profit fell 37.2% to JPY 780m and net profit 69.9% to JPY 98m. The company plans a JPY 24 annual dividend this year, up from JPY 23, and also plans JPY 24 for the coming year.
Jun 10, 2026 · 1 min read
Japan's current program can cover part of land-acquisition costs in qualifying development districts, with operations expected within three years of purchase and at least five jobs created within a year of opening. The portal listing shows a rate of JPY 2,500 per square metre and a JPY 55m ceiling, but the public excerpt does not show the full municipality list.
Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read
First-quarter revenue jumped 43% to JPY 825m and operating profit to JPY 164m from JPY 34m, led by new-graduate services, yet the company kept its full-year forecast at JPY 3.1bn of revenue and JPY 50m of operating profit. Office-move depreciation and continued investment in mond help explain why the guide still looks so cautious.
Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read
Nine-month non-consolidated revenue fell 32.0% to JPY 731.7m after lower-margin business was trimmed, but operating profit swung to JPY 146.4m from a JPY 65.8m loss. The company also restarted shareholder benefits using a fixed JPY 15m pool for eligible holders and approved a JPY 600m borrowing to fund the FPO share acquisition.