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Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read
Operating profit rose 17.4% to ¥11.4bn in DCM’s spring quarter, helped by hot-weather demand, temporary stock-up buying and HomeTech’s inclusion, but the retailer left its year-to-February outlook and ¥48 dividend forecast unchanged.
Jun 26, 2026 · 1 min read
The move: Shiseido has moved to issue ¥13bn of corporate bonds, the first use of a ¥300bn shelf that became effective in April and runs until April 2028.
Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: Kansai Paint can repurchase up to 5mn shares, or 2.81 per cent of stock excluding treasury shares, between August 2026 and August 2027. The catch: it plans to cancel the repurchased stock, but says some or all orders may go unfilled depending on market conditions.
Jun 26, 2026 · 1 min read
The move: net income reached ¥2.33bn in the year to March, letting Focus Systems raise its annual dividend from ¥42 to ¥64 a share while ROE improved to 15.9%.
Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read
The catch: Japan System Techniques has approved up to ¥2.5bn of buybacks, but says only the shares not needed for employee restricted stock and executive incentives will be cancelled.
Jun 26, 2026 · 1 min read
The number: annual sales reached ¥269.86bn, with ordinary income at ¥24.85bn, parent profit at ¥18.24bn and basic EPS at ¥152.85, extending the logistics group’s recent growth run.
Jun 26, 2026 · 3 min read
Two EVO FUND warrant series are struck at ¥1,800 and ¥2,000, with a fixed 1.15mn-share dilution ceiling but no guarantee Asterisk actually receives the full ¥2.18bn.
Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: ASIAN STAR approved a ¥222.0mn share placement to Hash Global Alpha and up to ¥217.0mn of warrants for two other investors to fund a planned Japanese real-estate RWA business tied to BNB Chain, though the company says the PoC still needs legal, tax and operating work.
Jun 26, 2026 · 3 min read
The move: a June 30 investigation report on former subsidiary Abit is set to trigger added audit work, so Abalance is weighing a 62-day filing extension and says even its separate ¥3bn to ¥5bn US solar-shipment loss cannot be pinned down before late August.
Jun 26, 2026 · 1 min read
The move: shareholders approved a capital reduction and surplus appropriation at the June 25 AGM with 97.93% support, though the report excerpt leaves the amount and effective date unclear.
Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read
Kaga Electronics extended its Shinko Shoji tender offer to July 14 and pushed any squeeze-out meeting to late September, while saying the ¥1,580-a-share price is not being raised.
Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read
The number: OPTiM said its tradable-share market value was ¥9.21bn, short of Tokyo Prime’s ¥10bn requirement, even as annual sales rose to ¥11.73bn. A separate same-day disclosure shows the company already used a buyback from founder-president Shunji Sugaya to trim his stake and improve float and liquidity.
Jun 26, 2026 · 1 min read
The move: Kohjin Bio adopted an audit-and-supervisory-committee model and split the top representative role between Takahito Nakamura as chairman and Yuichi Nakamura as president, while a same-day disclosure showed Takahito still controlled 53.91% of voting rights.
Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: Koei Chemical won 98.25% support for its share exchange with Sumitomo Chemical, pushing the deal past Koei's shareholder vote, but the filing adds no new timetable or deal economics.
Jun 26, 2026 · 1 min read
Directors’ stock awards would no longer be prorated for months served and could pay up to 200% of base shares, if shareholders back Smaregi’s proposal on July 29.
Jun 26, 2026 · 1 min read
The move: Nagahori won 73.1 per cent support to renew its large-share-purchase response policy after citing share accumulation by Re-Generation and associated parties.
Jun 26, 2026 · 1 min read
A June 26 board decision will lift Yiweiqi's capital to $1,000,000 from $600,000 while leaving Iwaki's ownership at 100 per cent, enough to push the Shanghai pump seller over Japan's specified-subsidiary threshold.
Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: Tsubakimoto Chain says a July dividend from U.S. TSUBAKI HOLDINGS will add about ¥6.1bn of non-operating income to the parent company's standalone accounts, while consolidated results remain unchanged.
Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: Miyakoshi raised expected revenue for the year to March 2027 to ¥3.5bn and swung to a ¥330mn net profit, but the upgrade rests on semiconductor supply negotiations in China and still-developing sales discussions with Japanese buyers.
Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: DCM beat its own first-quarter plan and lifted operating profit to ¥11.4bn, but management kept the full-year outlook unchanged after a quarter helped by warm weather, bulk buying and consolidation effects.
Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: Shiseido has filed to issue ¥13bn of corporate bonds under a shelf that runs until April 2028, with the cover page showing a broader ¥300bn programme and no prior offerings under it.
Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read
The move: Kansai Paint can repurchase up to 5 million shares, or 2.81 per cent of stock outstanding, from August, and says the stock bought is planned for cancellation, making the programme a cleaner capital-efficiency signal than a standard treasury-stock authorisation.
Jun 26, 2026 · 1 min read
Palemo reported quarterly operating profit of ¥30.7mn and left full-year guidance unchanged despite a 0.7% sales dip. The catch is June: same-store sales fell to 92.7% of the prior year's level as wet weather hurt summer items, even though e-commerce stayed strong.
Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read
The number: Japan System Techniques can repurchase up to 2 million shares, or 8.06% of stock outstanding, through June 25 next year, with spending capped at ¥2.5bn. The catch is that only stock needed for employee and officer incentives will be kept, while the rest is earmarked for cancellation.