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Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
The company posted ¥98.8mn in net income attributable to owners after a ¥134.3mn loss a year earlier, while sales barely moved at ¥2.47bn from ¥2.46bn. That makes the filing a profitability-repair story more than a revenue breakout.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
The prefecture's second call caps support at ¥3mn per company, with per-case ceilings of ¥1.5mn for patents and ¥600,000 for utility models, designs and trademarks. Useful help, though very much a regional tool rather than a national one.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
Its annual report puts revenue at ¥300.09bn and business profit at ¥12.53bn for the year to March 2026, up from ¥269.16bn and ¥9.31bn a year earlier. The formal filing makes clear this is now a much larger restaurant operator than it was even a few years ago.
Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read
First-quarter sales rose 2.5% to ¥27.8bn, helped by electric-assist bicycles and repair demand, while operating profit fell 5.3% to ¥3.1bn. Management left its full-year sales target at ¥86.3bn and operating profit target at ¥4.3bn unchanged.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
Sales fell to ¥41.07bn from ¥43.13bn, but ordinary income rose to ¥10.82bn from ¥9.68bn and net assets stood at ¥91.27bn. The balance sheet still looks notably thick.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
Net sales rose to ¥334.61bn from ¥302.68bn, but ordinary income slipped to ¥10.03bn from ¥10.86bn and profit attributable to owners of parent was ¥6.84bn. A same-day control report said financial-reporting controls were effective.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
Ordinary income rose to ¥18.05bn from ¥14.86bn and ordinary profit to ¥2.59bn from ¥1.89bn, with total assets at ¥832.27bn. A separate control report said financial-reporting controls were effective at year-end.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
The company appointed its representative director, president and group CEO as chairman of the board effective June 20, and a same-day duties notice says he also keeps risk management and research oversight. That makes the governance change a clear concentration of top roles, not a change of face.
Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Japan's first call for this trade-platform subsidy offers up to ¥50mn, with support rates of 2/3 for SMEs, 1/2 for mid-sized companies, and 1/2 or 1/3 for large companies depending on the application type; applications run from June 22 to July 21 and projects must finish by Feb. 19, 2027. One track covers Japanese companies linking internal systems to domestic or overseas trade platforms, while the other covers platform operators linking their own systems to other trade-related platforms, a tidy sign that the state has decided interoperability is now a public good.
Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Toyo Kanetsu approved a buyback of up to 900,000 shares, equal to 5.8% of shares outstanding excluding treasury stock, with spending capped at ¥2.0bn. The programme runs from July 1 to Sept. 18 through market purchases under a discretionary trading contract, which is clear enough even if the company is not obliged to use the full amount.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
The three-year scheme covers six directors and 11 executive officers, with payouts tied to relative total shareholder return and split 50-50 between stock and cash. The issue price and total value will be set only after the performance period ends.
Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read
ENECHANGE authorised market purchases of up to 4,000,000 shares, equal to 9.3% of stock outstanding excluding treasury shares at March 31, with total spending capped at ¥1bn. The window runs from Aug. 10 to June 30, 2027 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which gives investors a clear cap and calendar but no promise the full amount will be used.
Jun 22, 2026 · 3 min read
GREE will first spin the operating business of GREE LP Fund JP2 into a new company, GREE Fund Investments, then sell all of that unit to MIXI on July 31 for about ¥17mn while transferring part of a separate LP stake for about ¥300mn. The carved-out package includes ¥66mn of assets and ¥50mn of liabilities, and GREE says its capital ratio in the fund will fall from 45.9% to 26.7%, ending its execution authority if the deal closes as planned. MIXI says the ¥5.455bn vehicle is expected to become a specified subsidiary, with the new manager due to be renamed MIXI Capital Management and the fund due to be renamed MIXI LP Fund 1. The exact LP slice moving from GREE Capital Management is still not separately disclosed, but the broad point is plain enough: GREE is stepping back from control and MIXI is taking it.
Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Komehyo's May sales in brand fashion reached ¥21.545bn after ¥21.409bn in April, while individual purchases stayed above the ¥10bn line for a second straight month at ¥10.191bn. The tax-free sales ratio eased to 17.3% from 17.9% in April even as the retail mix rose to 45.8%, which suggests the month's strength was not just tourists doing the heavy lifting.
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read
A treasury-share purchase pushed Koji Obara's voting-rights ratio to 10.33% from 9.69% even though his holding did not change, and the company said it was late in disclosing the March 2 shift.
Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read
The purchase of QLC Produce adds 169 rehabilitation day-service outlets and care-provider software to Tokai's eldercare push, though the buyer says the immediate earnings effect will be small.
Jun 19, 2026 · 1 min read
The company said its investment unit was at least ¥500,000 as of March 31, triggering a Tokyo Stock Exchange Rule 409 disclosure. Management says a lower unit could help liquidity, but there is no concrete plan or timetable.
Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Sansan completed the buyback approved in May after purchasing 1,331,600 shares for ¥2.00bn, against an authorisation of up to 2,000,000 shares and ¥2.00bn. The final June stretch alone accounted for 811,600 shares and ¥1.26bn, so the programme effectively ran into the cash ceiling before it reached the share ceiling. A separate large-shareholding report showed Ichigo Asset Management's joint holding at 14,666,900 shares, or 11.57%, as of June 12, up from 10.44% previously. The two filings do not say the moves are connected, but together they sharpen the ownership picture.
Jun 19, 2026 · 1 min read
Japan's 15th business succession and M&A call runs to July 24, but the secretariat says applications should arrive at least five business days early because last-minute defects may not get time for correction. Published caps range from ¥3mn to ¥10mn depending on the track.
Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read
The second call offers up to ¥200mn at a one-half subsidy rate for work that improves safety and reliability in nuclear-related equipment and services. The notice ties the scheme directly to reactor restarts and next-generation light-water designs, which is industrial policy with a hard hat.
Jun 19, 2026 · 3 min read
Aisan Technology reported revenue up 22.1% to ¥7.59bn and operating profit up 69.2% to ¥760mn for the year to March 2026, with net profit rising 82.4% to ¥522mn and the year-end dividend set at ¥37 a share. But the results arrived after the company missed the 50-day disclosure window because of a special investigation into suspected improper transactions at a wholly owned subsidiary. Aisan said the committee found fictitious sales, concealed below-cost sales and diverted auction proceeds, with a cumulative ¥49mn hit to consolidated operating profit. The company has suspended the used-equipment operation at the unit's marketing centre until new controls are in place and says it aims to get back inside the normal reporting timetable.
Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Cosel's sales fell 7.4% to ¥25.05bn in the year to May 2026 and operating profit swung to a ¥695mn loss from a ¥628mn profit. Net loss widened to ¥3.41bn after a ¥3.633bn loss tied to the disposal of Powerbox International AB, yet the company held the annual dividend at ¥55 a share. Management is guiding for a rebound to ¥28.875bn of sales, ¥1.335bn of operating profit and ¥1.604bn of net profit in the current year, and says it intends to lift the dividend to ¥60. That is a recovery plan, not a receipt.
Jun 19, 2026 · 3 min read
Tiemco said it has agreed a cooperative framework with Kenka Synergy, which emerged from the May tender offer with 45.00% of voting rights. The pact covers profit growth, overseas expansion, digital transformation, ecommerce and the introduction or proposal of management and operational personnel, while Kenka Synergy also agreed to respect existing employment, business relationships and brand assets. That is a notable shift from the company's earlier opposition to the bid. Tiemco still has work to do on listing-maintenance measures and board reshaping, and it has set July 6 as the record date for an extraordinary shareholder meeting planned for late August.
Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Nakatayamafuku corrected four annual securities reports, one half-year report and earnings summaries for the years to March 2025 and 2026 after finding a miscalculated shareholder total return and a cash-flow classification error. The company says neither past earnings nor financial position changed. The more useful fix for readers is cash flow. In the corrected summary for the year to March 2025, operating cash flow becomes a ¥6.2mn outflow instead of a ¥43.8mn inflow, while financing cash flow rises to ¥797.7mn from ¥747.7mn. Same cash balance, different story about where it came from.