Earnings, deals and disclosures from Japan's listed electronics companies, in English.
Kyocera spent ¥32.36bn on 9.29 million of its own shares in September, taking cumulative purchases under its ¥250bn April authorization to ¥177.63bn, with the window open until March 24, 2027.
Furuno expects interim operating profit of ¥12.8bn, up from ¥10bn, citing faster merchant-ship sales, better product mix and pricing; full-year and dividend guidance are due with results on October 9.
Ricoh's eight outside officers will review profit structure, business portfolio and capital allocation through the second half of the fiscal year, reporting to a board that says it has decided no specific measures.
Sony Group spent ¥26.0bn buying back 6.89 million of its own shares in September, taking cumulative purchases under its ¥500bn authorization to ¥263.4bn as of September 30.
Ikegami Tsushinki said on October 2, 2026 that information it apparently held has been published on an attacker's dark-web leak site, and it is still checking what was posted and how far it extends.
Zojirushi booked ¥207mn of US tariff refunds in its nine-month results, received a further $6mn (about ¥1.03bn) after the period, and kept full-year guidance unchanged, citing raw-material costs.
IDEC lifted its forecast for operating profit in the year to March 2027 to ¥9.4bn from ¥7.2bn, citing firm semiconductor, robot and machine-tool demand centered on Japan and China and sales above its original assumption, while the dividend forecast stays at ¥130.
OKI finished folding its ATM development and production into a venture with Hitachi on October 1, taking 60% and consolidating it, while the price of the 27,680 shares bought from Hitachi stays confidential.
Omron has completed the transfer of all Aratas shares to a subsidiary of a Carlyle-formed company and invested to hold 5% of that buyer's parent, leaving it with an indirect stake rather than a direct holding in the divested device and module business.
Nidec has signed a ¥103bn sale of all of Nidec Components to a Carlyle-linked vehicle, with transfer due on 1 December 2026 and the effect on consolidated earnings still being examined.
Nidec's restatement of the five years to March 2025 cut net assets by ¥476.9bn and pushed dividends and buybacks above the distributable amount, as management aims to clear the remaining issues in October to obtain an audit opinion.
Nidec's restated results show a ¥519.0bn operating loss after ¥632.1bn of impairments, and the company says some staff tied to the misconduct still hold reporting roles, so undetected misstatements could remain.
Nidec says restated accounts show its dividends and buybacks in each of the five years to March 2026 exceeded the distributable amount under the Companies Act, with ¥94.0bn paid out in the year to March 2023.
Japan Display expects a ¥51.4bn consolidated gain from selling its idled Mobara plant to a Nagano-based manufacturer, but the price is withheld at the buyer's request and handover is scheduled for 31 March 2027.
Iriso Electronics' president has judged controls ineffective as of 31 March 2026, listing six weaknesses that run from board oversight and thin internal audit to overseas subsidiaries whose problems did not reach headquarters in time and whose sales-booking checks fell short.
Taiyo Yuden and TDK signed a basic agreement to study joint development of MLCCs and inductors for AI hardware, with manufacturing, procurement, a possible METI application and any capital tie-up still to be discussed.
Oki Electric Industry expects about ¥10bn in special retirement payments after 668 group employees applied for its second-career scheme, booked in the second quarter with the full-year consolidated forecast left unchanged.
IRISO Electronics' committee could not prove that about ¥27mn and ¥50mn paid to a local lawyer reached judges, but confirmed years of cash payments to customs officials, sales booked early and consolidated accounts built on an unfinished closing.
AXELL CORPORATION now expects full-year net income of ¥1.7bn, up 91% from its May plan, and is raising its dividend to ¥79 from ¥41, pointing to stronger pachinko-chip demand and price increases that are offsetting a global memory-cost jump the company links to generative-AI demand.
Nidec Corporation confirmed it is examining a change to its top executive ranks and a large-scale impairment charge, but said no decision has been made, after Diamond Online reported that the company had decided to dismiss its president and faced writedowns on the scale of ¥1 trillion.
Vacuum-equipment maker ULVAC booked record orders of ¥324.2bn for the year to June 2026, but ordinary profit fell 30% to ¥19.9bn as supply-chain and capacity limits slowed the conversion of orders into revenue. The board has proposed cutting the dividend to ¥152 a share, from ¥164, subject to shareholder approval, even as consolidated net profit rose slightly to ¥17.1bn.
A Singapore court has ordered Nippon Chemi-Con's subsidiary SCC to pay Dyson Manufacturing about £92.7mn over component-defect claims dating to 2022, and the company says legal fees, delay interest and a further £3.1mn claim are still to be settled while it weighs an appeal.
Lasertec's consolidated sales fell 8.3% to ¥230.5bn and ordinary profit dropped 9.7% to ¥107.9bn for the year to June 2026, posting its first annual decline in the five years its results table covers, even though new orders rebounded sharply on AI-chip demand.
Asset Value Investors disclosed a stake increase to 19.16% in Wacom and revealed it has already proposed a 65% dividend payout ratio target, while reserving broader board and asset-sale options it has not yet used.