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1. Jun 11, 2026 · 2 min read

   Digital Grid raises net profit target 30% after power, renewable and battery businesses beat plan

   Digital Grid raised its outlook for the year to July to ¥6.595 billion in sales, ¥2.836 billion in operating profit and ¥1.919 billion in net profit, after nine-month profit already ran past the old plan. Management pointed to faster-than-budgeted revenue recognition in the electricity and renewable platform businesses and firm battery-related aggregation services. The asterisk is that some platform fee trends softened quarter on quarter, and the company says further reserve-market price-cap cuts could still hurt the AS business.

2. Jun 11, 2026 · 2 min read

   Visional keeps full-year target unchanged as BizReach and HRMOS power nine-month growth

   Revenue rose 24.3% to ¥73.2 billion and operating profit 12.2% to ¥19.6 billion through April, with BizReach still doing most of the work at ¥59.7 billion of revenue and a 42.7% margin. HRMOS grew faster, with revenue up 77.7% to ¥6.65 billion, but its profit contribution remained thin. Management left the year-ending-July outlook unchanged because it still plans heavier investment into the final quarter.

3. Jun 11, 2026 · 3 min read

   Asahi cuts 2025 earnings outlook, schedules September meeting for delayed reports

   Asahi cut revenue guidance for the year ended December 2025 to ¥2.89 trillion from ¥2.95 trillion, but the bigger damage is below the line, with business profit reduced to ¥260 billion from ¥290 billion and net profit to ¥120 billion from ¥167.5 billion. The brewer blamed cyberattack-related system disruption in Japan, higher raw-material costs, impairment losses and other system-related expenses. It now says the overdue full-year results are due on July 8, and the reporting item skipped at the March shareholders' meeting will move to an extraordinary meeting in early September, with June 30 set as the record date.

4. Jun 10, 2026 · 1 min read

   Eole corrects crypto-asset accounts, leaves a ¥528 million loss and a rebound target

   A correction to crypto-asset accounting and presentation left the year to March with JPY 14,159m of sales, JPY 211m of operating profit and a JPY 528m net loss. The company says the issue was classification, not new transactions, and now guides for JPY 1,270m of net income in the coming year.

5. Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read

   Asics moves Onitsuka Tiger into OT GROUP for 2027 reorganization

   Asics will move the Onitsuka Tiger business into wholly owned OT GROUP through an absorption-type company split effective Jan. 1, 2027, then place regional brand units underneath that structure. Management says the aim is faster decision-making and clearer accountability around a brand it describes as reaching about 160 countries and roughly 190 directly operated stores, not a spin-off or listing plan.

6. Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read

   Atrae lifts profit outlook on richer Wevox mix, raises dividend

   Atrae raised profit guidance without touching the sales line: revenue for the year to September stays at JPY 8.6bn, while operating profit rises to JPY 1.3bn from JPY 1.1bn and net profit to JPY 908m from JPY 756m. Management credits stronger higher-margin SMBC Wevox orders and lower-than-planned costs, and it lifted the annual dividend forecast to JPY 34 from JPY 33.

7. Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read

   CellSource cuts its way to interim profit, but keeps full-year operating loss forecast

   CellSource turned a softer top line into a better interim profit picture. Consolidated revenue for the six months to April slipped 2.5% to JPY 1,775m, but SG&A fell 8.5% and operating profit climbed to JPY 125m from JPY 17m, even as combined blood- and adipose-derived processing cases edged down to 10,114 from 10,303. Management still kept its full-year forecast for a JPY 170m operating loss, saying the year remains one of strategic investment rather than tidy recovery.

8. Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read

   Kakiyasu keeps ¥85 dividend despite softer profit outlook

   Sales were almost flat at JPY 36,072m in the year to April, while operating profit fell 4.9% to JPY 1,426m, and management guided to another slight earnings dip in the coming year. The annual dividend stayed at JPY 85 and is forecast to stay there, even as the company cited higher raw-material costs, labour shortages and cautious consumers.

9. Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read

   Rock Field’s profits slump, but cash flow backs a higher dividend

   Sales slipped 0.2% to JPY 51,096m in the year to April, but operating profit fell 37.2% to JPY 780m and net profit 69.9% to JPY 98m. The company plans a JPY 24 annual dividend this year, up from JPY 23, and also plans JPY 24 for the coming year.

10. Jun 10, 2026 · 1 min read

    Land aid near nuclear facilities comes with a three-year clock

    Japan's current program can cover part of land-acquisition costs in qualifying development districts, with operations expected within three years of purchase and at least five jobs created within a year of opening. The portal listing shows a rate of JPY 2,500 per square metre and a JPY 55m ceiling, but the public excerpt does not show the full municipality list.

11. Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read

    Howtelevision posts a record quarter, but leaves the year’s target alone

    First-quarter revenue jumped 43% to JPY 825m and operating profit to JPY 164m from JPY 34m, led by new-graduate services, yet the company kept its full-year forecast at JPY 3.1bn of revenue and JPY 50m of operating profit. Office-move depreciation and continued investment in mond help explain why the guide still looks so cautious.

12. Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read

    Karadanote returns to profit on lower sales, restarts shareholder benefits and approves FPO loan

    Nine-month non-consolidated revenue fell 32.0% to JPY 731.7m after lower-margin business was trimmed, but operating profit swung to JPY 146.4m from a JPY 65.8m loss. The company also restarted shareholder benefits using a fixed JPY 15m pool for eligible holders and approved a JPY 600m borrowing to fund the FPO share acquisition.

13. Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read

    Tobila Systems lifts sales, but profit still slips

    Tobila Systems is still finding demand, just not leverage. First-half non-consolidated revenue rose 22.0% to JPY 1.674bn, helped by security and solution sales, but operating profit fell 7.7% to JPY 485m and net profit slipped 5.1% to JPY 335m; management kept the full-year outlook and its JPY 20 year-end dividend plan unchanged. More anti-fraud spending is useful. Turning it into more earnings would be nicer.

14. Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read

    Pharma Foods keeps year-end profit target after nine-month loss deepens

    Pharma Foods kept its year-end profit target unchanged even after a much uglier nine months. Cumulative sales rose 3.7% to JPY 48,555m, but operating loss widened to JPY 1,430m, the equity ratio fell to 28.9% from 35.4%, and interest-bearing debt rose to JPY 17,235m; management says the loss was built into an investment-heavy plan and still forecasts JPY 2,000m in full-year operating profit. That leaves the fourth quarter doing a great deal of narrative heavy lifting.

15. Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read

    Auto and semiconductor-equipment demand lifts Artner’s first-quarter margin

    Artner's first quarter points to stubbornly tight demand for engineers serving auto-related and semiconductor-equipment customers. The group posted JPY 3,503m in sales with an 18.1% operating margin, while the parent-company supplement showed utilisation at 98.3%, an average billing rate of JPY 4,808 an hour and engineer headcount up 5.8% to 1,350. The accounting caveat remains: the year-on-year operating detail is from parent-company disclosures, not a fully comparable group series.

16. Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read

    Best One.Dot lifts dividend forecast to ¥26 as cruise outlook improves

    The cruise seller raised its year-end dividend forecast to JPY 26 a share from JPY 20 after lifting full-year earnings ranges, with sales now seen at JPY 2,850m to JPY 3,050m and net income at JPY 230m to JPY 260m. Management said a nearly sold-out May charter cruise and firm operator-hosted trip sales drove the better view.

17. Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read

    pluszero keeps full-year plan after a profitable first half

    First-half non-consolidated sales rose 6.8% to JPY 851.5m and operating profit 7.5% to JPY 312.2m, and management left the full-year plan unchanged at JPY 2.01bn of sales and JPY 743m of operating profit. Presentation slides showed profit running ahead of internal half-year targets, while a same-day stock-option cancellation was described as having only a minor earnings impact.

18. Jun 10, 2026 · 3 min read

    GENDA’s sales jump 45%, but acquisition costs push it into a quarterly loss

    GENDA is still buying growth faster than it is booking clean profit. First-quarter sales jumped 45.0% to JPY 49,702m, but GAAP operating income fell 79.2% to JPY 288m and the group swung to a JPY 752m net loss as depreciation, goodwill amortisation and financing costs rose; management kept full-year targets unchanged and kept steering investors toward adjusted EBITDA of JPY 4,612m. The filing still offered no quarterly cash-flow statement, which is mildly inconvenient when the pitch is "trust the adjusted numbers".

19. Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read

    FSA tells banks to sharpen mortgage explanations and supply-chain checks

    The FSA's April agenda for banks was unusually specific: watch Middle East-related supply-chain stress beyond direct counterparties, keep financing flowing to affected firms, give mortgage borrowers clearer explanations of rate risk and repayment simulations, and finish digitising bill and check functions by end-March 2027. It is not a new rule package, but it is a tidy snapshot of what supervisors want fixed now that higher rates and external shocks are back in the room.

20. Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read

    Regional banks got a rate boost, but the bond book still hurt

    Regional lenders got more help from rates than from markets. FSA data show aggregate net profit rose 38% in the year to March 2026, with net interest income up to 49,747 in the agency's JPY 100mn units and loans outstanding reaching JPY 349.1tn, but bond-related gains and losses worsened to -11,557 and the domestic-standard capital ratio edged down to 10.16%. The bad-loan ratio did improve to 1.54% from 1.64%, which is encouraging but still only an aggregate comfort blanket.

21. Jun 10, 2026 · 3 min read

    Higher loan yields lifted Japan’s major banks, while bad-loan ratios kept easing

    Japan's major banks finally look like they are earning from higher domestic rates, not just enduring them. FSA aggregate data show attributable net profit rose 32.7% in the year to March 2026, driven by bigger domestic loan balances, higher loan yields and stronger fee income, while domestic loans reached JPY 408.1tn and the bad-loan ratio eased to 0.64% from 0.67%. The picture is not spotless. Credit-related costs worsened, bond-related gains and losses stayed negative, and the FSA says capital ratios fell at the four internationally active groups while domestic-standard groups were flat. For markets, that is the useful split: the pleasant part of Japan's rate turn is now visible in bank earnings, while the uglier part still has not shown up clearly in headline asset quality.

22. Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read

    ANYCOLOR points to slower profits after a year of 30% sales growth

    ANYCOLOR's year to April was still robust on a non-consolidated basis, with revenue up 29.9% to JPY 55,681m and operating profit up 23.9% to JPY 20,172m, plus a dividend rise to JPY 75 a share. The mood shift is in next year's guide: revenue is seen at JPY 56,000m to JPY 60,000m and operating profit at JPY 18,000m to JPY 20,000m, with a JPY 62 dividend forecast, a clear message that growth is still there but the margins may have peaked for now.

23. Jun 9, 2026 · 3 min read

    Hitachi’s investor-day case rests on faster cash generation and stricter capital rules

    Ahead of its June 10 investor day, the company is telling investors to judge the story on core free cash flow first: the CFO deck shows core free cash flow excluding large advance payments growing at a 28% annual rate from 2024 to 2026, with conversion moving from 83% to 103% and then 100%. It also says at least half of core free cash flow and net income should go to shareholders over the medium to long term, with dividends first, then growth investment or buybacks, then debt repayment. The sector decks are there to justify the discipline rather than replace it. Digital Systems & Services is pitching AI-related sales growth of 20% to 25% a year through 2027, while Energy says it has lifted its 2027 ambitions after record orders and now wants revenue growth of 15% to 17% a year with adjusted EBITA above 14%. These are investor-day materials, not results, but the message is clear enough: Hitachi wants the market to believe tighter capital rules can make a sprawling industrial portfolio look more like a system.

24. Jun 9, 2026 · 2 min read

    Beauty Garage’s new logistics hub squeezed profit and cash despite double-digit sales growth

    Beauty Garage lifted revenue 13.3% to ¥38.2 billion in the year to April 2026, but operating profit fell 4.8% to ¥1.52 billion and operating cash flow dropped to ¥553 million from ¥1.42 billion. Management tied much of the squeeze to opening and stabilising the new Kashiwa fulfillment center while old and new logistics sites ran in parallel, and the presentation put the negative profit impact at roughly ¥580 million. The board still kept the year-end dividend at ¥8 a share, taking the full-year payout to ¥16. The company's rebound case depends on that warehouse behaving less like a construction site and more like an asset.