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Japan Financials Company News (Page 3)

Earnings, deals and disclosures from Japan's listed financials companies, in English.

  1. Okinawa Lender's Bond Paper Loss Equals 92% of Last Year's Profit

    Okinawa Financial Group's banking subsidiary disclosed a ¥10.4bn unrealized loss on held-to-maturity bonds as of June 30, 2026, a sum equal to 92% of the group's profit for the year ended March 2026, and kept its full-year earnings and dividend forecasts unchanged.

  2. Juroku Financial Group Lifts Profit and Dividend Outlook as Bank Interest Income Beats Plan

    Higher-than-expected interest income at Juroku Bank pushed its parent, Juroku Financial Group, to raise near-term dividend guidance and lift its five-year return-on-equity target from 6% to 7% or more, a small but concrete sign of Japan's rate shift reaching a regional lender's bottom line.

  3. Mito Securities Flags 730% Jump in Preliminary Quarterly Profit

    Mito Securities says preliminary operating profit for the April-June quarter rose 730% to ¥1.98bn, with investment-trust and fund-wrap fee income cited as the main driver ahead of the official July 30 results.

  4. Marusan Securities Flags Quarterly Profit Surge on Stock and Fund Commissions

    Marusan Securities says preliminary quarterly operating profit rose to ¥1.75bn from ¥395mn a year earlier, crediting higher stock brokerage commissions and investment trust sales fees, with audited figures due July 30.

  5. Aeon Financial Service's Profit Doubles, But the Full-Year Outlook Still Points Down

    Aeon Financial Service's net profit for the quarter to May more than doubled to ¥8.97bn as Japanese loan and card-fee income rose and Malaysia and Hong Kong expanded, yet the group's forecast for a 28.9% full-year profit decline is unchanged.

  6. MS&AD pushes ROE to 8.65% as profit hits ¥510.6bn

    The number: Insurance revenue rose to ¥6.44tn in the year to March, lifting profit attributable to owners to ¥510.6bn and owners' equity to ¥6.42tn. A separate controls report said financial-reporting controls were effective, but the filing excerpt does not show the profit mix behind the jump.

  7. unbanked swings to a ¥2.827bn ordinary loss after gold-trade failure exposed control gaps

    The number: corrected annual accounts show unbanked swung to a ¥2.827bn ordinary loss after ¥1.34bn in gold-trade receivables went uncollected. The catch: the auditor gave an unqualified opinion, but the company still judged its reporting controls ineffective and the TSE had already put the shares on special alert.

  8. J-Lease sales hit ¥21.57bn as assets top ¥22bn

    The move: J-Lease's annual report shows net sales of ¥21.57bn, ordinary income of ¥3.59bn and parent profit of ¥2.47bn, with total assets reaching ¥22.14bn as the rent-guarantee specialist keeps expanding.

  9. Mizuho's US-GAAP profit nearly doubles as assets approach ¥295tn

    Net income attributable to shareholders rose to ¥1.16tn in the year to March 2026, while total assets reached ¥294.9tn and loans, securities and trading assets all moved higher.

  10. UNIVA Oak’s equity ratio falls to 23.59% as losses persist

    Sales fell to ¥2.33bn and the company posted a ¥549.0mn ordinary loss, an improvement on the previous year's ¥986.3mn loss but not a recovery. Lower revenue alongside another red-ink year is enough to explain why balance-sheet watchers keep the name on the list.

  11. Kyushu Leasing Service closes year with ¥6.01bn in ordinary income and ¥219.59bn in assets

    Ordinary income came in at ¥6.01bn and profit attributable to owners of parent at ¥3.93bn, even as sales fell to ¥35.84bn from ¥39.34bn a year earlier. Total assets still stood at ¥219.59bn, so the balance sheet remains the bigger number on the page.

  12. Daiwa's revenue hit ¥1.47tn as parent profit reached ¥175.3bn

    Daiwa Securities Group reported ¥1.47tn in operating revenue, ¥720.4bn in net operating revenue, ¥234.5bn in ordinary income and ¥175.3bn in parent profit. The figures are group totals rather than a business-line bridge, but they are enough to show the scale of the latest year.

  13. Aozora Bank swings back to profit, with net assets at ¥491.6bn

    Aozora Bank's annual report fixes the recovery in audited numbers: parent profit swung to ¥25.7bn from a ¥49.9bn loss, while ordinary income rose to ¥242.3bn from ¥231.5bn. Total assets ended the year at ¥8.60tn and net assets at ¥491.6bn, enough to say the bank finished not just back in the black but on a sturdier balance-sheet footing.

  14. Hirogin books ¥251.21bn of income as Hiroshima Bank stays the core engine

    Hirogin's audited annual report shows ordinary income of ¥251.21bn, ordinary profit of ¥62.02bn and parent profit of ¥43.73bn on total assets of ¥12.21tn. A companion control report says Hiroshima Bank still generates about two-thirds of ordinary revenue, which remains the clearest map of where the group earns its keep.

  15. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust kept growing trust fees as assets topped ¥82tn

    Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group's audited annual report shows ordinary income of ¥2.98tn, profit attributable of ¥317.6bn, trust fees of ¥125.4bn and total assets of ¥82.17tn. The more durable signal is the fee line: trust fees rose from ¥120.9bn a year earlier even as the balance sheet expanded, suggesting the franchise grew on more than bulk alone.

  16. Shimizu Bank returns to firmer ground with ¥3.13bn ordinary profit

    The bank reported ordinary income of ¥33,674,000,000, ordinary profit of ¥3,134,000,000 and profit attributable to owners of parent of ¥2,000,000,000 for the year to March 2026. Total assets ended the year at ¥1,813,848,000,000, a clear step away from the loss-making year to March 2024.

  17. Daiichi Life’s earnings mix shifts toward investments

    Premium and other income rose to ¥6,944,066,000,000 in the year to March 2026, but investment income made the bigger jump, reaching ¥3,735,313,000,000. Ordinary income was nearly flat at ¥753,688,000,000, while total assets ended the year at ¥74,159,096,000,000.

  18. Performance fees lift Simplex Financial Holdings profit 50.7%, split-adjusted EPS reaches ¥317.33

    Simplex Financial Holdings posted revenue of ¥22.5 billion for the year ended March 2026, up from ¥16.3 billion, while net profit attributable to owners climbed to ¥10.6 billion from ¥7.1 billion. Management says assets under management rose 2.9%, but performance fees jumped 53.6%, which is where most of the operating leverage showed up. Split-adjusted earnings per share were ¥317.33 versus ¥137.14 a year earlier, and cash and cash equivalents finished March at ¥23.6 billion. The company is not giving earnings guidance for the current year and has left the dividend forecast undecided.

  19. Akatsuki Honsha pairs a softer profit outlook with a five-year 15% ROE target

    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.