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Jun 16, 2026 · 1 min read
The company will split each share into two on Aug. 1, doubling shares outstanding to 21,255,840 and lifting authorized shares to 72 million. Its new ¥21.50 year-end dividend is a post-split figure equivalent to ¥43.00 on a pre-split basis, leaving the annual payout effectively unchanged at ¥86.00.
Jun 16, 2026 · 1 min read
The company lifted its planned year-end dividend to ¥160 a share from ¥130, split between ¥140 of ordinary dividend and a ¥20 special dividend. Management tied the change to firm trading and expected record cumulative third-quarter revenue and profit.
Jun 16, 2026 · 1 min read
Ikuyo raised its holding to 5,263,500 shares, or 11.61%, from 9.54%, while Kasai's own extraordinary report shows 11.79% on a voting-rights basis. Ikuyo describes the position as pure investment plus possible future alliance considerations.
Jun 16, 2026 · 1 min read
DeNA's voting-rights stake fell to 4.99% from 25.75% and NTT Docomo's to 3.66% from 18.28% after a listing-related share sale. Because GO's issued share count stayed at 77,679,600, this reads as an ownership redistribution story rather than fresh dilution.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
After director candidate Kotaro Fukuda resigned on June 16, the company cut its June 26 board election proposal to 10 directors from 11. Related pay-cap and stock-compensation proposals were rewritten to match, while votes already cast on Proposal 1 will count only for the remaining 10 nominees.
Jun 16, 2026 · 1 min read
The company says shareholder Toshimori Mae's demand would breach its seven-director cap, citing a June 10 Tokyo District Court decision that it says left the incumbent seven directors in office. The annual meeting is set for June 29.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
The bank reported ordinary income of ¥33,674,000,000, ordinary profit of ¥3,134,000,000 and profit attributable to owners of parent of ¥2,000,000,000 for the year to March 2026. Total assets ended the year at ¥1,813,848,000,000, a clear step away from the loss-making year to March 2024.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Net sales reached ¥554,251,000,000 in the year to March 2026, up from ¥530,878,000,000 a year earlier, while ordinary income slipped to ¥16,030,000,000 from ¥18,089,000,000. Profit attributable to owners of parent still climbed to ¥23,988,000,000, leaving investors with a bigger business and a less tidy earnings bridge.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Revenue reached ¥129.14 billion in the year to March 2026, profit before tax rose to ¥35.62 billion and ROE improved to 23.4%. The filing's five-year summary shows the latest year as the high point for both revenue and pre-tax profit, with the owners' equity ratio also rising to 52.0%.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Net sales were ¥615.76 billion in the year to March 2026, essentially unchanged from ¥615.81 billion a year earlier, while ordinary income edged up to ¥20.48 billion. Profit attributable to owners of the parent rose to ¥32.89 billion from ¥13.90 billion, and the filing does not spell out why the bottom line moved so sharply.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Starting with first-quarter results for the year ending June 2027, the group will move from three segments to two, replacing its two Marketing Support lines and Business Intelligence with Insight and Data Tech. Management says the change is meant to align research, AI and data-use infrastructure with its 2030 plan, but it has not yet provided a historical financial bridge.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Axelspace agreed on June 16 to a new five-year antenna contract with KSAT, including backup support for satellites already in operation, plus a two-year extension of an existing contract; both are scheduled to be signed on June 23. The company says the contract amounts exceed 10% of consolidated sales in the year ended May 2025, but it left its outlook for the year to May 2026 unchanged.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Premium and other income rose to ¥6,944,066,000,000 in the year to March 2026, but investment income made the bigger jump, reaching ¥3,735,313,000,000. Ordinary income was nearly flat at ¥753,688,000,000, while total assets ended the year at ¥74,159,096,000,000.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
The optics maker raised this year's dividend forecast to ¥51 a share from ¥37, lifting the interim payment to ¥20 and the year-end payout to ¥31. From 2027, dividends will be set at whichever is higher, a 60% payout ratio or 8% DOE, and Tamron says it plans about ¥18 billion of additional returns by the end of 2029.
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
The company will place 2,329,100 treasury shares with Japan Activation Capital-serviced funds and use the ¥12,091,003,600 net proceeds for a market buyback of up to the same size. The authorization runs from July 9, 2026 to March 31, 2027 and is expected to start only after Hoshizaki's current buyback program ends, so the anti-dilution logic is clear even if the full offset is not guaranteed.
Jun 16, 2026 · 3 min read
WOWOW plans to set up a new company on June 17, have NTT Docomo move Lemino into it via an absorption-type split, then buy 51% of the vehicle so it becomes a joint venture from Oct. 1. In parallel, WOWOW will issue 815,800 new shares to Docomo for gross proceeds of about ¥841.1m, while saying the 51% purchase itself will be funded with WOWOW cash. The structure matters because Docomo will end up both as a 49% partner inside the venture and a direct shareholder in WOWOW outside it. The catch is that the split consideration can still be adjusted, the assets and liabilities moving with Lemino are not yet fixed, and WOWOW says the effect on the year ending March 2027 is still being assessed.
Jun 15, 2026 · 2 min read
JTM says it holds 55,211,107 RISE shares and equivalents, or 53.99% of the total, after the tender offer closed, replacing the former parent and pushing RISE into controlled-subsidiary territory. The stake includes 6,244,307 Class A preferred shares that JTM wants converted into common stock, while its side agreement stops short of seeking a board majority for at least three years.
Jun 15, 2026 · 3 min read
Revenue for the half year fell 12.0% to ¥12,542 million, but the group posted ¥1,363 million of operating profit, largely from crowdfunding rather than property sales. It still recorded a ¥1,056 million net loss and an equity ratio of 1.9%, while the auditor declined to express a conclusion on the half-year statements as the company investigates Yamawake Estate transactions with buyback arrangements.
Jun 15, 2026 · 2 min read
The group will unwind its alliance with Antway and prepare to transfer the house-meal business at Kushikatsu Tanaka, a unit that generated ¥1,302,610 thousand of sales in the year to November 2025, or 6.2% of consolidated revenue. A separate ¥500 million Mizuho loan earmarked for new directly operated stores makes the capital-allocation message clear enough even before the transfer price and transferee details are disclosed.
Jun 15, 2026 · 2 min read
First-quarter revenue rose 24.1% to ¥6,134 million and ordinary profit 89.1% to ¥480 million, helped by inbound demand and new stores, but management left full-year guidance and the ¥7 year-end dividend outlook unchanged. Japan same-store sales were only 100.4%, so the quarter was strong without being a clean same-store breakout.
Jun 15, 2026 · 1 min read
Hong Kong-based DYNAMIC BEST GROUP disclosed a 9.50% stake, or 3,044,400 shares, and said the position was funded with ¥608.88 million of its own money. The filing states the purpose as pure investment, not a control push.
Jun 15, 2026 · 1 min read
The fund logged a ¥22.05 billion loss in the year to March 15, almost all tied to derivatives, even as principal jumped to ¥1.45 trillion from ¥781.63 billion. Not a same-day sentiment gauge, but a sharp one-year read on appetite for downside exposure.
Jun 15, 2026 · 2 min read
First-quarter sales reached ¥4.299 billion and operating profit ¥1.234 billion, then management paired the print with Kobe and Bangkok openings and a non-binding move toward buying the company behind UNDERCOVER. This is a map expansion story as much as a margin story.
Jun 15, 2026 · 3 min read
A feared UK restructuring hit came in at ¥8.724 billion instead of the ¥25.0 billion assumed in March, while a ¥31.087 billion deferred-tax benefit was pulled into the first half instead of the final quarter. That sent full-year net profit guidance to ¥44.0 billion from ¥26.0 billion even as sales and operating profit guidance only edged up to ¥411.0 billion and ¥42.5 billion, and the company will stop monthly overseas parking commentary after the restructuring.