FANUC Wraps Up ¥50bn Buyback More Than Seven Months Ahead of Schedule
FANUC completed its share-buyback program on September 17, 2026, having spent ¥49,999,790,800 of its ¥50bn cap, well ahead of the April 2027 deadline the board originally set.
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Yamaichi Electronics to Build ¥6.5bn Fourth Factory in the Philippines
Yamaichi Electronics will spend about ¥6.5bn on a fourth Philippine factory, at roughly 30,000 square meters bigger than its existing three plants combined, to assemble semiconductor test sockets and connectors for AI-server, automotive and industrial demand it expects to grow, though the plant will not open until the second half of the fiscal year ending March 2029.
Cosel Raises Full-Year Profit Guidance 72% on AI Chip-Equipment Demand
Cosel says demand for AI-related semiconductor manufacturing equipment helped its quarterly orders jump 155%, prompting Japan's power-supply maker to raise full-year operating-profit guidance by 72% to ¥2.3bn just three months after its last forecast.
ALPS ALPINE to Sell Its Entire Nippon Seiki Stake Into a ¥9.98bn Buyback
ALPS ALPINE will sell all 3 million Nippon Seiki shares it holds into Nippon Seiki's own September 18 share buyback, expecting to book roughly ¥5.0bn in special profit if the off-exchange trade completes as planned.
Terra Drone Says Its First Defense Revenue Lands This Autumn
Terra Drone told investors it landed two Ministry of Defense tenders far faster than the usual three-to-four-year entry timeline and expects its first defense revenue in September or October, while betting that a mandatory domestic-parts rule for flight controllers, batteries, motors and chargers would strengthen its position against foreign suppliers.
DKK Sets Up Outside Panel to Probe Timing of a ¥912mn Inventory Writedown
DKK has appointed three outside experts to check whether a ¥912mn inventory valuation loss booked in the year to March 2026 should have been recorded in the prior fiscal year or the September 2025 interim period, even as the company insists its original accounting was correct.
Oasis Lifts Nidec Stake to 7.97% and Puts Delisting, Board Control on the Table
Oasis Management has lifted its Nidec stake to 7.97% and told regulators it wants new directors appointed, the manufacturer delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange and its capital policy reworked, while reserving the right to buy more than five additional percentage points of stock within roughly three months.
Advantest's ¥150bn Share Buyback Nears Its Spending Cap With Two-Thirds of Shares Still Unbought
Advantest has spent virtually all of the ¥150bn set aside for its share buyback but filled only a third of the 18 million-share ceiling the board authorized, leaving the value cap effectively reached with two months still on the clock before the program's October 2026 expiry.
Tera Probe's August Sales Growth Cools to 50% After a 62.6% July
Tera Probe's preliminary August sales rose 50% year on year to ¥5.52bn, slower than July's 62.6% jump, while its cumulative eight-month sales climbed 47% to ¥38.43bn, the fastest year-to-date rate the chip tester has posted this year; the company flagged the figures as preliminary and subject to revision.
Nidec Sets September 30 Record Date for Delayed Accounting Vote
Shareholders on Nidec's register as of September 30 will get a say on the financial statements and audit reports frozen since June by an internal accounting scandal, though the extraordinary meeting's date and agenda are still unset.
Japan Activation Capital Buys Its Way to a 6.2% Stake in Nihon Kohden
An off-market purchase worth ¥14.06bn lifted the Tokyo investment fund's stake in Nihon Kohden to 6.20%, and its filing pairs a "pure investment" label with a pledge to engage management through dialogue rather than public demands.
Hitachi Buys Back ¥57.2bn of Stock in August, Passing 40% of Its ¥500bn Cap
Hitachi bought back 10.5 million shares for ¥57.2bn in August, lifting cumulative repurchases to ¥202.8bn, or 40.55% of the ¥500bn cap the board set in April for a program that runs through March 2027.
Sony's Buyback Clears Nearly Half Its ¥500bn Ceiling
Sony Group spent ¥43.48bn repurchasing shares in August, bringing its ¥500bn buyback authorization to 47.47% completion by value and 29.38% by share count, with the program running through May 2027 and more than half the authorized spending still available.
AVALDATA to Absorb Tokyo-Listed Algorithm Developer in ¥690-a-Share Cash Buyout
AVALDATA Corporation will pay ¥690 in cash per share, a 112% premium to the prior close, to absorb a smaller Tokyo-listed maker of image-compression technology that was already set to lose its listing over a free-float shortfall before shareholders vote on the buyout in November.
Terra Drone Alone Clears Japan's First Interceptor-Drone Mass-Production Trial
Terra Drone was the only company among 38 applicants to pass Japan's first interceptor-drone demonstration and sign a mass-production contract with the country's defense procurement agency, a milestone disclosed alongside a widened first-half operating loss of ¥819mn and a new Tokyo-based subsidiary built to run the defense business.
Kioxia burns through virtually all its ¥800bn buyback budget in six trading days, but banks only half the shares
Kioxia Holdings has already used virtually all of the ¥800bn cash authorization behind its share buyback, all in a six-day stretch in early August, but has repurchased only 53.78% of the 30 million shares it aimed to buy before the program's October 30 deadline.
Nidec Shareholder Seeks ¥28.73bn From Two Former Directors Over Buybacks and Dividend
A single Nidec shareholder is suing two former directors for ¥28.73bn, alleging share buybacks in 2022-23 and a December 2022 interim dividend exceeded the company's legal distribution limit; Nidec says the claim targets the directors personally and will not affect its earnings.
Mitsui High-tec Raises Full-Year Profit Guidance 45% on Motor-Core Demand and a Weaker Yen
The precision-parts maker now expects ¥14.5bn in full-year net profit, up 45% from its June guidance, on hybrid-vehicle motor-core and leadframe demand and a weaker yen, though it warns the second half will fall short of the first on cost pressure tied to Middle East tensions.
Terra Drone Clears Final Warrant Tranche, Staged Financing Tops ¥11.98bn
Terra Drone finished exercising its 21st warrant series on September 7, 2026, delivering 102,000 shares and closing a staged Mizuho Securities financing that landed ¥290.0mn above its original target.
Canon Wraps Up ¥200bn Share Buyback Ahead of Deadline
Canon spent ¥199,999,719,200 buying back 45.33 million shares under a board authorization that ran to January 2027, closing the program in early September with the yen budget almost fully used.
Luxshare's Bid for Seed Loses a Withdrawal Clause as Tokyo Clears Foreign-Investment Review
Tokyo shortened the foreign-investment waiting period on Luxshare Precision Cayman's bid for Seed, letting purchases start September 4 and dropping one withdrawal clause tied to that review, while the ¥1.93bn dividend guardrail and the offer's price stay exactly as announced on August 27.
Japanet Holdings drops bid to take Twinbird private after board says no
Twinbird's board opposed Japanet Holdings' tender offer proposal, and Twinbird says Japanet's own September 2 statement made clear the deal has been withdrawn; the two companies dispute how the talks unfolded.
Nidec investigators confirm 844 cases of quality misconduct, concentrated in three business units
Investigators counted 844 confirmed quality-misconduct cases at Nidec, most of them manufacturing changes made without the required customer notification or approval, and blamed unrealistic profit targets and the founder's centralized management, with cases concentrated in three business units.
GS Yuasa Plans First Green Bond to Fund Domestic Lithium-Ion Battery Capacity
GS Yuasa Corporation plans to raise ¥10bn in its first-ever green bond, lending the entire sum to its battery subsidiary to expand domestic stationary lithium-ion production, with JCR blessing the framework against ICMA and Japanese environment-ministry green-bond guidelines.