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Oct 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Dalton Investments reports a 5.05% stake in Premium Group, says the shares are undervalued, and plans to propose governance changes and a review of all strategic options, including going private and spin-offs.
Oct 28, 2026 · 3 min read
Trust Bank is restarting the system linking Furusato Choice to partner sites from October 28, but donations will reopen partner by partner and the donor-facing site stays suspended, while CHANGE Holdings is still assessing the effect on consolidated results for the year to March 2027.
Oct 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Air Water's revised report to the Tokyo Stock Exchange shows the board restructuring complete, but internal audit has 25 people against a target of 52 and the probe into executive liability is not due to finish until December.
Oct 28, 2026 · 3 min read
Advantest raised its operating profit forecast for the year to March 2027 to ¥967.0bn on AI-related tester demand, lifted its interim dividend to ¥49, and authorised buying back up to ¥280bn of shares through March 24, 2027.
Oct 28, 2026 · 3 min read
Net income rose 59.7% to ¥10.44bn as Matsui's equity trading value doubled, but second-quarter ordinary profit fell 13% from the first quarter to ¥7.67bn, and the broker gives no earnings forecast.
Oct 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Kansai Paint now owns all of Polisan Kansai Boya after paying $93mn for the other half, and a capital injection to repay the Turkish unit's debt is next; the profit effect is still unquantified.
Oct 28, 2026 · 3 min read
Customers whose data an apparent attacker published will receive ¥10,000 to ¥25,000 per category, capped at ¥3mn per release, while parent GMO Internet Group funds a bounty of up to $1mn; the total cost cannot yet be calculated.
Oct 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Local governments, companies and nonprofits can claim up to ¥2mn per low-speed electric vehicle, but only for models the administering association has pre-registered, and projects must finish by 28 February 2027.
Oct 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Small Tokyo firms can claim half of eligible costs, capped at ¥1mn, for pre-development technical studies, but a grant covering only materials will not be accepted. Applications close on 18 November.
Oct 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Draft guidance would have prefectures press fishing cooperatives to widen their district limits for members and fishing-right holders, and add whistleblower, cybersecurity and disability-access checks; public comment closes on 25 November 2026.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Axium Capital says it proposed an immediate ¥3bn-¥5bn buyback and a payout ratio of at least 60%, up from 30%, at Hirakawa Hewtech, and has raised its stake to 10.36% from 9.01%.
Oct 27, 2026 · 1 min read
Nitto Denko raised its full-year dividend forecast from ¥64 to ¥72 a share and authorised repurchases of up to ¥50bn, or 17 million shares, between 4 November 2026 and 24 March 2027.
Oct 27, 2026 · 2 min read
ES-CON JAPAN signed a ¥17bn syndicated term loan due October 2033 to fund its Kitahama Realty share purchase and refinance debt, with covenants on net assets and consecutive ordinary losses.
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.