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Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read
The corrected materials still show ¥276.9bn of revenue, ¥50.2bn of operating profit and a ¥131 annual dividend for the year to March 2026. What changed line by line is not visible in this packet, so the real news is the correction itself.
Jun 19, 2026 · 1 min read
The company raised net income guidance for the year ending December 2026 to ¥155mn from ¥104mn after saying it expects ¥76mn of extraordinary gains tied to a Tokyo High Court ruling. Revenue and operating-loss guidance were unchanged.
Jun 19, 2026 · 1 min read
The new subsidy covers business and legal, engineering, and construction and maintenance roles, with support capped at ¥500mn and two-thirds of eligible costs. Applicants also have to offer the resulting courses or facilities broadly, not keep them in-house.
Jun 19, 2026 · 3 min read
Environment Friendly Holdings said its subsidiary AI Tech Tomakomai has signed a ¥3.94bn tax-included contract with Yurtec to build a 66kV substation for the Tomakomai AI data-centre site in Hokkaido. Construction starts on July 1, 2026 and completion is scheduled for Dec. 13, 2027, with the company describing the asset as the route from an initial 10MW plan toward a 50MW receiving-capacity target. Funding is supposed to come from internal cash, retargeted equity proceeds, warrant exercises and possibly bank borrowing. The catch is familiar: part of the money depends on future warrant exercises, so the power plan is solidifying faster than the financing certainty.
Jun 19, 2026 · 3 min read
SATUDORA cut the year-end dividend for the year to May 2026 to zero from a planned ¥12 a share and said its shareholder benefit programme will be abolished from the fiscal year ending May 2028 if Terra's tender offer succeeds. The company also said the shares are expected to be delisted after the offer and follow-on steps. The dividend cut is not conditional on the tender succeeding: SATUDORA said timing around the annual meeting could prevent a dividend proposal even if the offer fails. Terra's offer runs from June 22 to Aug. 3 at ¥1,220 a share, and the filings say shareholders who stay to a later share consolidation would be cashed out at an amount set to match that tender price. Minority holders have essentially been offered a simple menu: tender now, or get simplified later.
Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Its two-series warrants to Mizuho could raise about ¥663.8mn net and issue up to 244,000 shares, or 9.98% of voting rights. The floor prices limit how low the exercise price can reset; the dilution risk does not disappear, it merely gets better documented.
Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read
G-JTEC will set up Japan Tissue Engineering Europe GmbH in Heidelberg with EUR25,000 of capital and 100% ownership to develop, make and sell research-use products locally. The company says exports of its LabSite cultured-tissue products from Japan have hit the predictable problem of living cells: short shelf life and transport risk, especially after recent international disruptions. Management says a shared-lab partnership in Heidelberg should keep initial investment low and speed production setup, with operations due to start within 2026 and consolidation from the year ending March 2027. Near-term earnings impact is expected to be minor; the operational payoff is reliability, not instant scale.
Jun 19, 2026 · 1 min read
The final paid stock-option allocation gives 6,420 rights to 26 employees and 2,160 to four directors, for 8,580 rights tied to 858,000 shares in total. It is a compensation update, but one that says retention is not being reserved for the boardroom.
Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read
The regulator's latest analytical note extends its machine-learning credit-risk trial beyond manufacturing and uses correlation clustering to make the model more interpretable. It is research, not rulemaking, but it shows where supervisors think early stress may surface.
Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Japan's 21 major life insurers lifted premium income to ¥38.94tn and net income to ¥2.54tn in the year ended March 2026, with the FSA saying higher domestic rates boosted sales of single-premium yen-denominated policies. Base profit rose to ¥4.67tn even as capital gains and losses deteriorated to a ¥2.07tn loss. The three big non-life groups also benefited from a lighter catastrophe bill. Revenue rose to ¥6.53tn at Tokio Marine, ¥5.76tn at MS&AD and ¥5.37tn at SOMPO, though Tokio Marine's net income still slipped to ¥980.4bn. Think sector check-up, not neat league table.
Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read
A three-party deal with BIOLAB and AIDEN LAB JAPAN gives the group exclusive sales and marketing rights in Japan for the South Korean femcare brand, with full-scale sales planned for the second half of the year ending January 2027. Direct, wholesale and online channels are planned, but pricing and the final Japan lineup are still undisclosed.
Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read
The group will absorb Top Engineering into Hirayama on Jan. 1, 2027, with no merger ratio because both units are wholly owned. Management says the point is to combine manufacturing-floor improvement know-how with engineering capability and widen a higher-profit model.
Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read
Resona Bank extended the unsecured facility for one year from June 30, but Liberta still has to keep consolidated net assets at 75% or more of the prior-year level and avoid an operating loss. The filing does not disclose how much of the line is drawn.
Jun 18, 2026 · 2 min read
Midac says its cost of equity sits around 7% to 9%, while ROE for the year to March 2026 was 17.3%, down from 20.3% but still above both that range and its 15% target. PBR fell to 2.95 at year-end from 3.72 a year earlier, so management's answer is more growth investment, a higher dividend and heavier investor outreach, along with the warning that new facilities could pull ROE lower over time.
Jun 18, 2026 · 2 min read
FreeBit lifted full-year sales guidance to ¥62.5bn from ¥60.0bn and operating profit to ¥6.65bn from ¥6.1bn, citing stronger MVNO support, broader apartment internet services and higher affiliate transaction volumes. Ordinary profit and net income stayed at ¥5.77bn and ¥3.5bn because the CountUp investigation and audit are still ongoing, and the company said the financial statements will move to a later continued session after the July 23 shareholder meeting.
Jun 18, 2026 · 2 min read
Urbanet approved the sale of a 274-unit investment apartment in Funabashi, Chiba, in a deal it says exceeds the 10%-of-revenue disclosure threshold, but contract signing is planned for July 2026 and handover is not until March 31, 2028. That leaves current-year guidance unchanged because revenue recognition is slated for the year ending June 2028.
Jun 18, 2026 · 3 min read
Fujikura raised first-half operating profit guidance to ¥174bn from ¥92bn and full-year operating profit to ¥310bn from ¥211bn. The company tied the move to unexpected optical-component projects from hyperscalers, selling-price increases and a milder hydrogen shortage impact in its information and telecommunications business. The scale is hard to ignore: first-half sales guidance rose to ¥778bn from ¥594bn, while full-year revenue moved to ¥1.462tn from ¥1.243tn. Fujikura says pricing and the easing of hydrogen constraints should continue into the second half, though it did not say whether the surprise hyperscaler orders will recur at the same pace.
Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read
The grocer will absorb wholly owned Delica Foods on Sept. 1, saying the move should tighten coordination between prepared-food production and its fresh and deli divisions. Delica Foods generated ¥4.995bn in revenue and ¥308mn in operating profit in the year ended February 2026, but MaxValu Tokai says the merger will not change consolidated earnings.
Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read
The subsidiary borrowed ¥500mn from Teos at a fixed 9.0% annual rate on June 9, with lump-sum repayment due on Sept. 8. Star Seas says the loan should add ¥11.2mn of interest expense in the year ending February 2027.
Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read
Sales rose to ¥9.91bn and ordinary income turned positive at ¥256.4mn, while net income reached ¥227.2mn. Operating cash flow was still negative at ¥486.9mn, even as the annual dividend rose to ¥3.50 a share.
Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read
The new China subsidiary was established on May 18 with 22 million yuan of capital, about ¥500mn, and is wholly owned by Frue. Its remit spans print sticker machines, character goods and image-based paid services, though management says the near-term earnings impact is minor.
Jun 18, 2026 · 2 min read
Komatsu's annual report shows revenue edging up to ¥4.13tn in the year to March 2026 from ¥4.10tn, while profit before tax fell to ¥537.26bn from ¥604.84bn and net income attributable to owners slipped to ¥376.39bn from ¥439.61bn. Total assets still reached ¥6.42tn and basic EPS came in at ¥413.90, but last year's profit level proved harder to repeat.
Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read
Sales fell to ¥73.20bn from ¥79.11bn and ordinary income to ¥1.59bn from ¥2.86bn, while profit attributable to owners swung to a ¥837mn loss from a ¥328mn profit. The filing excerpt does not say why.
Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read
The company will absorb wholly owned subsidiary SPZ on Oct. 1, saying changing customer needs and market conditions call for resource optimization and a rebuilt operating structure. No consideration is involved and Solekia says the earnings impact should be minor.