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  1. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    Japan drafts honeybee dosing rules for tylosin feed additives

    Japan's agriculture ministry wants explicit honeybee use limits for tylosin tartrate feed additives, with a visible seven-day cap of 50mg per 10,000 adult bees and 200mg per brood box after residue trials supported the change.

  2. Jun 26, 2026 · 2 min read

    Japan drafts exemption from repeat idle-farmland surveys

    Some idle plots would stop triggering another yearly owner survey under Japan's draft farmland rule if owners have signalled willingness to use the intermediary leasing scheme, no likely tenant can be found and the parcel is already public in the farmland ledger, while a second amendment updates permit paperwork for landscape bodies.

  3. Jun 25, 2026 · 2 min read

    Royal Hotel flags planned Hakone Gora lease as potentially material

    Royal Hotel approved a reservation agreement for a planned Hakone Gora hotel under a 20-year fixed-term building lease, with final lease signing slated for end-August 2028 and opening planned for end-December 2028. Management withheld both the landlord's name and the total rent, but still warned the aggregate lease payments could reach 30% or more of prior-year consolidated net assets.

  4. Jun 25, 2026 · 2 min read

    Orichien Kogyo pairs a ¥7,500 hurdle with a broader staff option grant

    Its paid stock-option plan for directors and selected staff covers potential dilution of 2.82% of shares outstanding and cannot be exercised unless the stock closes at ¥7,500 or higher at least once. A separate tax-qualified employee plan carries its own 6.22% dilution ceiling.

  5. Jun 25, 2026 · 1 min read

    Senko shifts nomination and pay committee chair to independent director

    Yasuyuki Sugiura replaced the president as chair of the nomination and compensation advisory committee on June 25, while the committee remains majority independent. Process reform is not the same thing as leadership change, but investors watch this process for a reason.