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Jun 23, 2026 · 1 min read
For the year to March 2026, sales rose to ¥745.41bn and ordinary income to ¥54.33bn. The same summary series puts parent profit at ¥62.46bn, net assets at ¥474.63bn and total assets at ¥794.48bn. The filing mixes historical rows together, so some archaeology is required.
Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read
Suzuki lifted revenue to ¥6.29tn in the year to March 2026 from ¥5.83tn, while profit attributable to owners rose to ¥439.3bn from ¥416.1bn and cash and cash equivalents climbed to ¥973.3bn from ¥842.7bn. Profit before tax was broadly flat at ¥730.7bn, so the cleanest read is balance-sheet capacity rather than a dramatic margin story.
Jun 23, 2026 · 1 min read
Revenue slipped to ¥11.77tn, but operating profit recovered to ¥466.6bn and parent profit rose to ¥258.7bn, while equity attributable to owners reached ¥3.37tn. Lower top line, stronger profit and equity: not elegant, but effective.
Jun 23, 2026 · 1 min read
Sales rose to ¥29.69bn, ordinary income to ¥2.77bn and parent profit to ¥1.99bn, and shareholders approved an ¥85-a-share dividend effective June 24. Clean manufacturing snapshot, no grand theory required.
Jun 23, 2026 · 1 min read
Sales reached ¥37.66bn, ordinary income ¥3.97bn and parent profit ¥2.49bn. As private-education signals go, this one still points upward.
Jun 23, 2026 · 1 min read
The group reported ¥23.83bn of sales, ¥6.35bn of ordinary income and ¥3.97bn of parent profit, while its wholly owned consulting arm became a specified subsidiary after its net assets crossed 30% of the parent's. Disclosure threshold, not a new acquisition.
Jun 23, 2026 · 1 min read
Sales rose to ¥48.36bn, ordinary income to ¥5.36bn and profit attributable to owners to ¥3.88bn. The five-year series in the filing keeps pointing the same way, which is not the worst read-through for enterprise IT demand.
Jun 23, 2026 · 1 min read
Net sales reached ¥3.82tn, ordinary income ¥75.72bn and parent profit ¥42.53bn in the year to March 2026, all above a year earlier. Big numbers, yes, but still from a backward-looking annual report rather than new guidance.
Jun 23, 2026 · 1 min read
Shareholders backed cuts of ¥96.4mn in capital and ¥324.3mn in capital reserve, with ¥420.7mn then moved to retained earnings to offset losses. Useful distinction: this is equity reclassification, not fresh cash.
Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read
Toyo Gosei reported sales of ¥41.96bn for the year to March 2026, up from ¥38.67bn, but ordinary income slipped to ¥3.59bn from ¥4.00bn and net income fell to ¥2.69bn from ¥3.28bn. The annual dividend was cut to ¥40 from ¥45, even as the equity-to-asset ratio improved to 41.0% from 37.7%, leaving a familiar mixed message: sturdier balance sheet, thinner earnings.
Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read
Cyberdyne's revenue fell to ¥3.85bn from ¥4.38bn in the year to March 2026, yet it cut its operating loss to ¥601mn from ¥926mn and returned to ¥153mn of profit attributable to owners. That is progress, but still the sort that asks readers to keep one eye on the red operating line.
Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read
Japan's second funding round for waste-energy projects is open to waste operators and lessors, but only for equipment that turns hard-to-recycle waste into heat, power or fuel that is then used outside the plant and within the local economy. The nationwide call runs from June 23 to Aug. 3 and is explicitly framed around CO2 cuts, decentralised energy and disaster resilience rather than simple plant upgrades.
Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read
A new nationwide subsidy round backs railway decarbonisation through three technology buckets: regenerative-power measures, vehicle energy-saving equipment and other advanced efficiency tools. Applications opened June 23 and close July 21, so for operators and suppliers the practical signal is clear even if the published notice still leaves the subsidy rate and maximum award to the detailed guidelines.
Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read
Trial Holdings will, from Aug. 1, move the management business of Trial Golf & Resort out of Trial Real Estate and directly under the parent through a no-consideration internal split. The company says the point is faster decision-making and tighter governance after the Seiyu deal broadened its retail footprint, while the disclosed earnings impact is minor.
Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read
Tameny said it can remove the going-concern note after ending March 2026 with net assets of ¥1.134bn and cash of ¥3.115bn, against ¥2.406bn of borrowings due within one year. A year earlier net assets were negative ¥694mn. The company credits share allotments totaling ¥2.049bn for the recovery and says the exchange confirmed it met the Growth Market's net-assets listing standard at end-March.
Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read
Mynet plans to issue up to 871,033 new shares to Zero Gaming, giving it a stake of up to 9.24%, to fund fantasy-sports marketing and app development. The company says it wants to keep dilution below 10%, and if the deal closes it also plans to nominate Zero Gaming's chief as a director at the next annual meeting.
Jun 23, 2026 · 3 min read
After four straight annual net losses, Intrans said it will launch an AI data-centre business with DSG, starting with GPU-server procurement and sales in Japan from July 2026 to June 2029. To fund the move, it is combining ¥511mn from a February raise with a ¥300mn convertible bond to DSG, performance-linked warrants and separate paid stock options for directors and employees, which means much of the new money only arrives if sales hurdles are actually met.
Jun 23, 2026 · 3 min read
Tokyo Cosmos said it is correcting its 2024 midterm plan after a special investigation found the targets lacked concrete support and later years had already baked in Bourns-related synergies before any formal acquisition process existed. The company is removing sales, margin and ROA targets from the old plan while leaving DOE targets in place, and it is also deleting parts of a 2025 board opinion on shareholder proposals that it says could have misled investors.
Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read
Chiba Kogyo Bank will spend up to ¥2.38bn to buy back all 4,723 outstanding Second Series Seventh preferred shares on Aug. 17 at ¥503,427.40 each. The bank said this class goes first because it has the largest holder base, part of a capital-structure cleanup before a planned April 2027 holding-company setup with Chiba Bank that still needs shareholder and regulatory approval.
Jun 23, 2026 · 3 min read
Sanrio reported revenue of ¥194.1bn for the year to March 2026, up 33.9%, while operating profit jumped 50.3% to ¥77.9bn and net profit attributable to owners rose 30.9% to ¥54.6bn. The company said all three were record highs, and net assets climbed to ¥156.0bn from ¥107.6bn. The board also approved a year-end dividend of ¥38 a share for March 31 holders, taking the full-year payout to ¥69 from ¥53 on a pre-split basis. One wrinkle worth keeping straight: Sanrio's 5-for-1 stock split took effect on April 1, so the current-year dividend forecast of ¥16 a share is shown on a post-split basis rather than on the same unit as last year's figure.
Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Subaru's annual report shows revenue rising to ¥4.78tn in the year to March 2026 from ¥4.69tn a year earlier, even as profit before tax fell to ¥107.47bn from ¥448.51bn and profit attributable to owners of parent dropped to ¥90.84bn from ¥338.06bn. Basic earnings per share fell to 125.50 yen from 458.03 yen, making this a profit-protection problem rather than a scale problem.
Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Orchestra lifted its forecast year-end dividend to ¥30 a share from ¥13, made up of a ¥25 ordinary dividend and a ¥5 commemorative payment tied to its 10th anniversary on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Its ¥15,000 Digital Gift now goes only to holders of at least 200 shares who stay on the register under the same shareholder number for more than a year, so the sweeter payout comes with a much stricter holding test.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
The annual report shows a ¥783mn loss attributable to owners after a ¥89mn profit a year earlier, as sales slipped to ¥65.85bn from ¥69.75bn. The sharper deterioration is in earnings rather than pure scale.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
Sales rose to ¥355.6bn from ¥345.0bn and ordinary income to ¥22.6bn from ¥21.3bn, while net assets reached ¥163.3bn. A same-day control report said management judged financial-reporting controls effective at year-end.