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May 28, 2026 · 1 min read
Subsidiary A&D Engineering and one executive officer each received a ¥500,000 summary order dated May 27 from Saitama Summary Court over certification marks that were not removed from repaired measuring instruments. The company says the effect on group performance is minor.
May 27, 2026 · 3 min read
Bottom line: Akatsuki Honsha sees revenue holding at ¥70,000 million in the year to March 2027, but profits easing as it takes a conservative view on market-sensitive securities earnings and slimmer property margins. Its new five-year plan targets average ROE above 15%, with explicit end-goals for IFA client assets and used-condominium volumes, while excluding any future realization of gains on the investment securities portfolio.
May 27, 2026 · 3 min read
The move: SpiderPlus will pair SPIDER+ with InforMart's BtoB Platform TRADE after founder Kenji Ito agreed to sell 1.8 million shares to InforMart for ¥523.8 million. The catch: Ito stays the largest shareholder but would lose controlling-shareholder status, and InforMart gains options that could lift its stake later. Separately, SpiderPlus said it will suspend operations at its Vietnam subsidiary, with only a minor earnings impact expected.
May 27, 2026 · 3 min read
Bottom line: Takeuchi Kogyo and Tsuchiya supply the immediate equity piece, but most of the money and most of the dilution sit in Okasan Securities warrants, where proceeds can shift with the reset exercise price and later exercise activity.
May 27, 2026 · 3 min read
The move: after a record year to March 2026, Sangetsu set a tougher medium-term task for overseas operations, targeting sales of 542.0 and operating profit of 30.0 by March 2030 on the company's disclosed ¥100 million scale. The catch: next year's operating profit guide slips as wages, logistics and growth investment rise, and Middle East-related effects are not yet quantified.
May 27, 2026 · 2 min read
The catch: Aria Audit said it could not obtain enough evidence to verify three real-estate consulting related transactions booked in the final month of the year, leading to no-opinion reports on Espoir's financial statements and internal controls. The auditor said any required correction could leave the company with negative net assets for a second straight year, and Espoir is now looking for a successor auditor.
May 27, 2026 · 2 min read
The latest large-shareholding report shows Hikari Tsushin and a joint holder owning 993,300 JRC shares, or 7.57%, after the stake climbed more than 1 percentage point from the prior filing.
May 27, 2026 · 2 min read
MI2 disclosed 199,100 Metal Art shares, or 6.31% of the company, after two market purchases on May 19 and May 20. The filing also says it may add more within three months and could press for capital-policy changes such as dividends, buybacks and governance tweaks.
May 27, 2026 · 4 min read
The catch: Chiyoda says two Middle East projects suffered no physical damage and are almost back to previous activity levels, yet it still cannot quantify the hit to the current year's outlook. The same corrected report reveals EPC work for Idemitsu's large solid-electrolyte pilot plant in Chiba, with completion targeted in 2027.
May 27, 2026 · 2 min read
UGS Asset Management reported a 9.75% stake in meito, up from 8.36%, and said it is pressing management on capital efficiency, shareholder returns and a PBR above 1. The filing also cites collateral-contract changes and leaves open the option of buying more if the stock still looks undervalued.
May 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Silchester International Investors reported that its Kyoto Financial Group holding fell to 5.37% from 6.40%, with the filing triggered on May 22 after a series of disposals.
May 27, 2026 · 1 min read
The retailer authorized repurchases of up to 1 million shares, or 0.57% of shares outstanding, with a spending ceiling of ¥1.4 billion between June 1 and August 31. The company says the move is aimed at shareholder returns and capital efficiency, but it remains a ceiling rather than a firm commitment to spend the full amount.
May 27, 2026 · 2 min read
The structure: Modalis says the package can raise ¥1.33 billion, but only up to ¥300 million arrives upfront via a 0% private bond. The rest depends on EVO FUND exercising 24 million shares' worth of warrants at prices that reset to the previous day's close, with a ¥28 floor and disclosed maximum dilution of 24.91%.
May 27, 2026 · 2 min read
The catch: booking a ¥36,237 thousand impairment on slow-moving communications equipment widened the year-ended March 2026 net loss to ¥151,553 thousand from ¥115,316 thousand and cut net assets to ¥502,808 thousand. Because the charge was brought forward from later periods, the next year's profit guide improved even with sales guidance unchanged at ¥1,900 million.
May 27, 2026 · 2 min read
The company will ask shareholders to approve a capital reserve reduction and retained-earnings transfer on June 24. ZUU says the move is an internal accounting shift with no performance impact, and it also disclosed a new fund subsidiary plus board nominees the same day.
May 27, 2026 · 2 min read
YCP Japan plans to bid for 1.2 million JDRs at ¥801 each in the May 28 ToSTNeT-2 closing auction, with results due after the session. The order can be only partly filled, and the company’s broader authorization still has room left if this batch does not get done.
May 27, 2026 · 2 min read
G-INC HD will ask shareholders on June 29 to approve a shift in fiscal year-end from March 31 to May 31. If approved, the first year under the new timetable will run 14 months, from April 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027, and dividend and meeting record dates would move with it.
May 27, 2026 · 2 min read
The agency’s new Q&A says some collateral inside a company-value pledge can count toward credit-risk mitigation, and NEXI-backed exposures can be treated as government-guaranteed for capital purposes, subject to the stated rule conditions.
May 27, 2026 · 2 min read
The FSA is seeking comments on a draft rule that would let investment corporations deliver certain statement information electronically, provided it stays online for five years and the articles of incorporation permit it.
May 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Bottom line: the committee’s May meeting did not rewrite bank rules, but it did show where supervisors remain focused, from operational resilience and non-malicious tech outages to crypto exposures, liquidity principles, private-credit linkages and AI-shaped cyber risk.
May 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Evo Fund disclosed 2,007,700 shares in SANKO Marketing Foods, or 5.05% of the stock, and said it plans to buy a ¥300 million convertible bond plus 100,000 warrants on June 1. The filing is framed as pure investment, but the instrument mix leaves obvious room for dilution if exercised later.
May 31, 2026 · 2 min read
NEF is taking a second round of applications for a FY2026 subsidy that helps local governments pay for hydropower site surveys, feasibility work, and design before they tender operators. The window runs from May 27 to June 26, 2026.
May 31, 2026 · 2 min read
The new program is designed to help private firms prove circular-economy ideas and then invest in the equipment to scale them. It targets recycled-material supply, eco-design products, CE commerce, and information-sharing systems, with a maximum subsidy of ¥40 million and applications open from May 29 to June 30, 2026.
May 31, 2026 · 2 min read
IP360’s overseas expansion support window is open through June 19. The grant backs projects led by four or more content IP rights holders, covers half of eligible costs, and tops out at ¥200 million.