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Jun 3, 2026 · 2 min read
The program supports training, technology transfer, petroleum infrastructure upgrades and development surveys in producer countries, explicitly linking overseas industrial work to fuel security at home. Applications are open, awards are not.
Jun 3, 2026 · 2 min read
SK Kosan's direct holding is 14.60%, but a corrected joint-holding report lifts the combined position with Masaaki Sakagami to 26.60%. The filings also show ¥110 million of borrowings and 360,000 shares pledged to MUFG Bank, a reminder that influence here sits inside a financing structure as well as a share register.
Jun 3, 2026 · 3 min read
Toyota Tsusho's self-tender turned into an ownership reset. Shareholders tendered 118,109,134 shares against a planned purchase amount of 118,095,402, so the company used pro-ration and ended up buying 118,095,432 shares. The offer was only marginally oversubscribed, but still large enough to matter. Why it matters: Toyota Tsusho says the holder named as Toyoda Jidoshoki goes from 11.19% of voting rights to effectively zero once settlement begins on June 24. This was not just cash spent on a buyback; it redraws the disclosed ownership map.
Jun 3, 2026 · 2 min read
The second call backs decarbonization work at fossil-fuel infrastructure in resource-rich countries, along with technology transfer, surveys and research in fuels such as hydrogen, ammonia and biofuels. Applications run from June 1 to June 22, so this is a funding window, not an award notice.
Jun 3, 2026 · 1 min read
Career Index and White Career paid a combined ¥225 million on June 3, which will lift the parent's standalone revenue for the year ending March 2027. Consolidated results do not change, because the cash came from consolidated subsidiaries.
Jun 3, 2026 · 2 min read
The new page links the governing ordinance for electronic payment instrument and crypto-asset intermediation to the register of 27 crypto-asset exchange service providers dated April 30. The useful catch is in the fine print: the English page is machine-translated and not necessarily correct, which compliance teams should treat as more than decorative honesty.
Jun 2, 2026 · 2 min read
A corrected large-shareholding report kept Fun&Creative at 20,530,400 kubell shares, or 48.14%, while founder Masaki Yamamoto's separate 1,799,899 shares took the joint holding to 22,330,299 shares, or 52.37%. The change includes an 18,248-share restricted-stock grant recorded at a unit price of zero, plus pledge and transfer-restriction terms, so this reads as a control-and-financing document more than an ordinary market purchase notice.
Jun 2, 2026 · 3 min read
The scaffolding and construction-services group lifted sales 2.8% to ¥11.139 billion in the year to April, but operating profit fell 27.5% to ¥268 million as hiring, training and overseas worker-related costs pushed the operating margin down to 2.4% from 3.4%. Management is guiding for ¥12.0 billion of sales and ¥280 million of operating profit this year, which is a recovery, just not a heroic one.
Jun 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Midas Capital disclosed 30,277,200 BuySell Technologies shares, equal to 49.02% of outstanding stock, with the ratio unchanged from the previous report and the filing triggered by changes to collateral and other important contracts rather than fresh buying. One newly listed term was a 1,000,000-share pledge to Shizuoka Bank dated May 29, a reminder that sub-50% stakes can still come with a great deal of financing plumbing.
Jun 2, 2026 · 3 min read
Persol said the Japan Fair Trade Commission carried out on-site inspections on June 2 at Persol Tempstaff, Persol Excel HR Partners and MC Partners over suspected Antimonopoly Act violations tied to worker dispatch services, and the company said it will cooperate fully with the investigation. The case is still at the inspection stage, but it lands in a large business: Persol said it had 74,926 consolidated employees as of March 31, with 34,149 in Staffing, and that the segment count included about 20,000 indefinite-term dispatch staff while excluding about 100,000 registered temporary dispatch workers.
Jun 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Makiri said it agreed on May 26 to tender all 4,343,800 Makya shares it owns into the issuer's own tender offer, turning a 41.21% holding into transaction hardware rather than background ownership. Joint holdings with Toshihisa Yabe still total 4,419,616 shares, or 41.93%, but the filing says Makiri's commitment covers its block and does not settle completion or Yabe's separate position.
Jun 2, 2026 · 1 min read
A June 2 change report showed a 29.62% holding, down from 31.08%, with the filing triggered because the ratio fell by more than 1%. The report still shows 10,811,179 securities held, so the block remains large even after the trim.
Jun 2, 2026 · 1 min read
The company said year-end audit procedures found overstated deferred tax assets and an unrecorded valuation loss on a subsidiary's investment securities, leading to a ¥31.908 million tax-line correction and recognition of an ¥8.804 million valuation loss. The corrected filing shows a net loss attributable to shareholders of ¥1.268 billion, so this is an audit clean-up rather than a new operating surprise.
Jun 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Kinden's self-tender bought 33.5 million shares from Kansai Electric and its subsidiary out of 73,412,898 tendered, setting up planned special profit of about ¥176 billion on parent-only accounts and about ¥105 billion on a consolidated basis for the year to March 2027. The useful distinction is that this is a one-off gain from trimming an equity-method affiliate stake, not a clean read on recurring earnings.
Jun 2, 2026 · 2 min read
From June 18, the China EV & Battery ETF moves to creations and redemptions of 10,000 units or more in 100-unit increments, while the Auto & EV ETF keeps a 50,000-unit minimum but also shifts to 100-unit increments. The point is ETF plumbing rather than product strategy: smaller step sizes are meant to help designated participants and market makers fine-tune liquidity.
Jun 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Comment results on revised supervisory guidance put more explicit weight on training insurance solicitors, auditing agencies, setting deadlines for fixes and giving the regulator room for off-site monitoring and in-depth hearings. The package also revisits the rule on special benefits in solicitation, though the public excerpts do not show every detail of the final wording.
Jun 2, 2026 · 2 min read
The agency's draft for CPAs and audit firms explicitly adds proliferation financing to existing anti-money-laundering and terrorist-financing guidance and says the framework is aligned with FATF standards and a risk-based approach. The visible requirements stress customer due diligence, beneficial-owner checks, enhanced review for higher-risk transactions and record retention, which is bureaucratic language for 'please be ready to show your work.'
Jun 2, 2026 · 1 min read
Japan's regulator created a reference page for electronic-payment-instrument and crypto-asset service intermediaries that links the governing Cabinet Office Ordinance and the official provider registry. The linked list shows 27 registered crypto-asset exchange service providers as of April 30, though the page also warns that machine-translated text may not be accurate.
Jun 1, 2026 · 1 min read
The move: Seacastle tied the change in its ReYuu Japan holding to stock-lending agreements covering 1,000,000 shares. A same-day correction put the reported stake at 43.56%, down from 50.36%, which is a different read from a simple market sale.
Jun 1, 2026 · 2 min read
The amended filing tied to the third series still shows an estimated offering amount of ¥180 million and marks the document as submission No. 2 linked back to the May 20 registration. Parallel June 1 corrections cover the second series at the same estimated amount and a first-series package that also includes fifth- and sixth-series stock acquisition rights, but the excerpt still does not provide the final conversion price or share count needed to size dilution.
Jun 1, 2026 · 3 min read
First-quarter sales fell 7.8% to ¥267 million, with an operating loss of ¥57 million and a net loss of ¥65 million. April sales were ¥150.848 million, or 99.2% of the year-earlier month, and the company said the smaller-than-forecast loss partly reflected R&D and advertising costs shifting into later quarters rather than a clean demand surprise.
Jun 1, 2026 · 2 min read
The company completed payment on June 1 for a 669,600-share third-party allotment at ¥672 a share, raising ¥449,971,200 and lifting stated capital and capital reserve by ¥224,985,600 each. Zenrin took 520,800 shares and Senyo Kogyo 148,800, and a related same-day notice reset several stock-option exercise prices lower because the placement price sat below existing strikes.
Jun 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Revenue for the year ended April 30 rose to ¥497,877 million, but operating profit fell to ¥21,684 million and net income to ¥3,466 million, while annual common dividends increased to 48.00 yen a share. Operating cash flow fell to ¥11,301 million and year-end cash to ¥71,080 million, and management is guiding for ¥500,000 million in sales and ¥20,000 million in operating profit in the current year.
Jun 1, 2026 · 1 min read
The June 1 change report shows 5,775,100 shares versus a previously reported 15.89%, with the filing triggered after the ratio fell by 1% or more. The excerpt shows disposals beginning on April 22, but not why the position was reduced.