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  1. Jun 4, 2026 · 3 min read

    PayPay pushes into life insurance with 70.2% T&D Financial Life deal

    PayPay plans to buy 70.2% of T&D Financial Life from T&D Holdings for cash, a move LY Corporation says would make the insurer a specified subsidiary. The structure is not a clean buyout: OneIM Indigo is set to buy 14.9%, T&D plans to keep 14.9%, and closing is scheduled for October 1, 2027, subject to approvals, an IFRS transition plan and other conditions. For PayPay, the logic is plain enough: it wants life insurance alongside cards, banking and securities for its more than 74 million registered users.

  2. Jun 4, 2026 · 1 min read

    Japan steers decarbonisation money toward office and retail retrofits

    The nationwide program targets offices, commercial facilities and similar properties, and the summary says the business sector accounted for about 20% of Japan's CO2 emissions in 2023. The portal shows a ceiling of up to JPY 1 billion, but subsidy rates and eligible costs sit in the full guidelines, which is classic grant-program fine print.

  3. Jun 4, 2026 · 2 min read

    Japan opens recycling subsidy for solar panels, vehicle batteries and glass

    A new nationwide subsidy call backs demonstration projects for low-CO2 recycling and recycled-material quality in solar panels, vehicle batteries, glass and metal-bearing electronics, with applications open from June 2 to July 1 and a maximum subsidy amount of JPY 278.2 million. The policy aim is industrial as much as environmental: better recovery and better-quality recycled inputs, not just more waste collection.

  5. Jun 4, 2026 · 2 min read

    METI opens up to ¥4 billion for non-ASEAN Global South demos

    Applications are open through June 30 for large demonstration projects in non-ASEAN markets, with subsidies capped at JPY 4 billion and rates of up to one-half, or up to two-thirds for SMEs. The ministry says the scheme should help Japanese firms find new markets, respond to US tariff pressure and reduce dependence on specific countries.

  7. Jun 4, 2026 · 2 min read

    Semiconductor and machine-tool rebound lifts Senju Denki outlook and dividend

    The company raised full-year sales guidance to JPY 154 billion from JPY 144 billion and net profit to JPY 8.5 billion from JPY 7.7 billion, saying demand from semiconductor manufacturing equipment and machine-tool customers recovered faster than expected. It also raised the annual dividend plan to JPY 160 a share from JPY 150, though construction and electrical-distribution demand still faces project delays tied to cost inflation and labor shortages.

  9. Jun 4, 2026 · 2 min read

    Tea Life halves operating profit outlook after overseas wellness impairment

    The company approved a JPY 35 million impairment and now expects JPY 11.105 billion in sales and JPY 258 million in operating profit for the year ending July, down from JPY 11.983 billion and JPY 533 million. Management blamed US tariff policy, a worsening Middle East situation, weaker wellness channels and higher costs, while keeping its JPY 15 year-end dividend forecast unchanged.

  10. Jun 4, 2026 · 2 min read

    GENDA finishes buyback after spending nearly ¥1 billion

    The company says the May authorization is complete after repurchasing 1,869,600 shares for JPY 999,990,100 as of June 3, essentially exhausting the JPY 1 billion cash cap while staying below the 2.5 million-share ceiling. That turns an authorization into executed capital return, even if it says nothing yet about another round.

  11. Jun 4, 2026 · 2 min read

    Japan's crypto intermediary rule hub starts with a 27-provider registry

    The FSA has published a page that pulls together the ordinance for electronic payment instruments and crypto-asset service intermediation with a registry showing 27 registered crypto-asset exchange service providers as of April 30. Useful compliance plumbing, in other words, though the English page is machine translated and the roster is only a dated snapshot.

  12. Jun 4, 2026 · 2 min read

    Japan pairs growth spending with debt discipline in pitch to global financiers

    Finance Minister and Financial Services Minister Satsuki Katayama told the Tokyo IMC that Japan will pursue responsible and proactive public finances while steadily lowering the debt-to-GDP ratio. She also flagged a new financial-services strategy, though the published remarks do not yet say what is in it or when it lands.

  14. Jun 3, 2026 · 2 min read

    JPMorgan group reports 7.67% Japan Engine stake after contract changes

    A four-entity joint filing reports 644,000 shares, or 7.67% of the company, after what the cover page calls a significant contract change. The disclosures describe stock borrowing, lending and prime-brokerage arrangements, so the market signal is a meaningful reported position, not a declared strategic campaign.

  15. Jun 3, 2026 · 2 min read

    Global Way gives TimeTicket a dedicated creator-management arm

    TimeTicket set up Westgate Entertainment as a 75%-owned vehicle for livestream creator support and management. Business started in May, but the company says the effect is already reflected in its outlook for the year ending March 2027.

  16. Jun 3, 2026 · 2 min read

    CIJ lifts outlook and dividend as public and energy orders stay firm

    The company raised its sales, profit and dividend outlook for the year to June, citing firm public-sector and energy orders plus the consolidation of Infotec Solution. Useful read-through, but not a pure organic-growth signal: the filing does not split the lift between demand and consolidation.

  17. Jun 3, 2026 · 2 min read

    TDK exits Actutek after share transfer, ending 100% indirect ownership

    A share transfer effective June 1 ended TDK's 100% indirect ownership of the Taiwan company, which makes camera module actuators, and stripped it of specified-subsidiary status. The filing does not identify the buyer, price or earnings effect, so for now this is corporate-structure news rather than a finished strategy story.

  18. Jun 3, 2026 · 3 min read

    Chiel splits June shareholder meeting as subsidiary probe stalls year-end accounts

    Suspected legal violations at an unnamed subsidiary pushed the company to set up a special investigation committee and defer business-report and financial-statement items from its June 26 shareholder meeting into a later continuation session. Even so, it separately resolved to pay an 18 yen year-end dividend while the accounts are still under review.

  19. Jun 3, 2026 · 3 min read

    School-device refresh lifts Uchida Yoko’s sales target, but support costs hold profit line

    Revenue guidance for the year to July rises to ¥421 billion from ¥418 billion and the planned year-end dividend to ¥72 a share, helped by GIGA School replacements and large education-network projects. Operating profit stays at ¥15.4 billion because some local-government system work slipped into next year and the company booked ¥749 million of warranty provisions for future support.

  21. Jun 3, 2026 · 2 min read

    Koki rewrites annual results after tax-accounting error

    The corrected filing shows 7,726 million yen in sales and 122 million yen in net profit for the year ended March 31, while a separate notice proposes a 214 yen year-end dividend subject to shareholder approval on June 26.

  23. Jun 3, 2026 · 3 min read

    Media Kobo scraps delayed content system, books ¥87 million hit and cuts outlook

    The company will halt a delayed content-production framework, trim outsourced work and expects about ¥46 million of savings this year, while booking roughly ¥87 million of impairment losses. After first-half revenue fell 13.5% and operating loss widened, management also cut full-year guidance sharply, so this reads as clean-up before any credible recovery story.