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Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Ichigo Office REIT expects a one-time gain of about ¥7.93bn from selling five central Tokyo offices, which lifts its forecast payout for the six months to April 2027 from ¥2,010 to ¥5,552 per unit.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Bank of Nagoya's held-to-maturity bonds stood ¥12.172bn below their ¥120bn book value at the end of September, equal to 43.3% of last year's ordinary profit, while the bank says its forecasts are unchanged.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Hyakujushi Bank now expects ¥25bn of full-year net profit, up from ¥21bn, and a ¥90 annual dividend, saying loan interest and stock-sale gains are expected to exceed its original forecast.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
JPMC will ask shareholders on November 27 to approve a 726,050-to-one share consolidation, with delisting planned for December 29, a ¥2,270-per-share cash-out basis and payment targeted for mid-April 2027.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Inabata has decided to pay ULVAC ¥4.9bn for its 65% stake in a mask-blanks maker, lifting its own holding from 35% to 100%, with the share transfer scheduled for December 18.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Hokko Chemical expects about ¥300mn in special loss for its Okayama wastewater leak and keeps full-year guidance, helped by a ¥237mn securities gain; a further ¥500mn of drainage rebuilding is planned over about two years and is excluded.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
giftee Group expects a roughly ¥550mn extraordinary loss after a third party exploited a vulnerability to issue e-gifts illegitimately, with no customer asset loss or personal data leak confirmed so far.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
A Shizuoka court has rejected the claims of 34 residents who sued in 2011 to end operations at Hamaoka units 3 to 5, and Chubu Electric says the ruling does not affect its results.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
MARUWA now forecasts ¥101.5bn in sales and ¥38.3bn in operating profit for the year to March 2027, citing high-speed communications and new-energy-vehicle demand, with new Seto and Toki plant buildings planned to start in the second half.
Oct 27, 2026 · 3 min read
A successor multiple-debt panel meets on October 28 as health ministry data count about 1.53 million people with three or more unsecured, unguaranteed loans and one lender group reports more complaints about illegal lenders.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Companies worth ¥3tn or more are slated to report under SSBJ standards from the year to March 2027, with ¥1tn and ¥500bn tiers following in 2028 and 2029, while an FSA survey of 17 institutions finds gaps in physical-risk modelling.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Yamazaki Baking will revise prices on some bread, sweet buns and cakes from January 2027 shipments, citing flour, fats, fillings, labour and logistics costs, while food profit rose 8.1% and its convenience-store losses widened.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Yamada Holdings now expects interim operating profit of ¥28.6bn, up 4.0%, helped by air-conditioner demand, while a 38.7% rise in net income to ¥21.5bn is tied to its asset-sale project, with sales of some non-business assets moving ahead.
Oct 27, 2026 · 3 min read
Shimano raised its full-year operating profit forecast to ¥54.3bn on inventory clearing in Europe and China and Asian currency effects, while a 148.5% nine-month net profit rise reflects a weak 2025 comparison base.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Capcom sold 36.86mn game units in the six months to September, up from 23.85mn, lifting sales to ¥120.9bn and operating profit to ¥60.8bn, while keeping its full-year forecast unchanged.
Oct 27, 2026 · 3 min read
Canon's nine-month operating profit rose 8.4% to ¥327.7bn as Imaging profit jumped 33.2%, while Medical and Industrial slipped and changes to depreciation method and machinery useful lives added ¥14.4bn to net income.
Oct 27, 2026 · 3 min read
Chugai Pharmaceutical's nine-month revenue rose 17.2%, with domestic sales helped by wholesaler shipments brought forward ahead of an ERP launch, yet full-year Core guidance of 6.9% revenue growth stays unchanged.
Oct 27, 2026 · 3 min read
Ministries revoked a Fukuyama cooperative's permit for skipped audits and untrue reports, ordered two other supervisors to improve, and cancelled training plans at two employers over illegal work and human-rights violations.
Oct 27, 2026 · 3 min read
Japan Exchange Group's operating profit rose 65.1% to ¥84.67bn in the six months to September as cash-equity fees and clearing income surged, while the full-year forecast and the ¥82 dividend plan stayed unchanged.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Electronic materials operating profit rose 28% in Shin-Etsu Chemical's first half on AI-led chip demand, supply tightness in some products and price revisions, while profit in the segment covering PVC fell 16% and full-year guidance stayed put.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Nidec has decided to seek damages from six former directors, two former auditors and a former CFO, but it has not filed, is still setting claim amounts, and has deferred surplus-related liability until its past accounts are corrected.
Oct 27, 2026 · 3 min read
Akazawa says Prime Minister Takaichi ordered a review of fuel support, including its unit rate and exit, but would not say whether the ruling party's proposed monthly price-target step-ups will be the basis, and wants to raise EU origin rules for EV support with Germany's Merz.
Oct 27, 2026 · 4 min read
The Cabinet Office's October report keeps Japan's moderate-recovery verdict while downgrading exports to a pause, describing consumer prices as rising recently, and dropping natural disasters from its headline risk warning about the Middle East.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Kakaku.com has asked Kamgras 1 to discuss its offer price after judging the ¥3,700-a-share Bain Capital and LINE Yahoo proposal a likely qualified competing bid, while its support for the Kamgras 1 offer stands.