Earnings, deals and disclosures from Japan's listed services companies, in English.
LTS cut its operating-profit forecast to ¥1.35bn to ¥1.45bn from ¥1.6bn, citing slow engineer reskilling and weaker partner staffing demand it ties partly to generative AI, while DX consulting grows and the dividend forecast holds.
ispace's net assets fell from ¥15.2bn to ¥5.7bn in six months after a ¥10.5bn loss, with loan covenants requiring positive net assets and ¥3bn in cash at year-end; management sees no material going-concern uncertainty.
En inc.'s half-year net profit rose 161% to ¥4.57bn on a ¥4.88bn gain from selling most of engage, while media sales excluding engage fell 7.5% and agent sales rose 12.2%.
Indeed's US revenue per job posting grew 37% in the half while Recruit describes hiring demand as stagnant, lifting group operating profit 63.9% to ¥513.7bn, with full-year guidance left unchanged.
KNT-CT Holdings cut its full-year operating profit forecast 19.4% to ¥5bn, blaming the Middle East, soft domestic travel, weaker inbound demand and the cost of merging four companies in April 2027.
Persol Holdings now guides to ¥1.269tn in revenue and ¥93.8bn in net profit for the year to March 2027, because Programmed becomes a discontinued operation and an estimated ¥50bn sale gain is booked; the other businesses' outlook is unchanged.
Members says AI substitution and customer spending cuts cost it about ¥550mn of planned half-year revenue, pushing it to a ¥389mn operating loss even as sales rose 3.0%, and its ¥200mn full-year profit target counts no revenue from higher AI-transformation orders.
Oriental Land's April to September operating profit of ¥78.5bn beat its ¥58.9bn forecast, and the Tokyo Disney Resort operator raised its full-year profit guide and annual dividend forecast to ¥18 a share.
Imperial Hotel's interim sales rose 10.2% to ¥28.01bn, but Kyoto start-up costs and Tower building reopening spending cut operating profit 59.5% to ¥129mn, though results beat the company's May forecast and full-year guidance is unchanged.
Kyoei Security Service now forecasts a ¥600mn net loss for the year to July 2027, against a ¥700mn profit forecast, after a ¥1.602bn officer retirement special loss; stock pay and a retirement provision trimmed operating profit guidance by ¥170mn.
Tokai now forecasts operating profit of ¥10.29bn, reversing an expected decline, as pharmacy prescription prices beat plan and a company grouped in July joins the accounts from the third quarter, and it lifts the year-end dividend to ¥49.
Nippon Ski Resort Development earned ¥2.15bn in net profit on a record 544,000 inbound visitors, helped by a ¥1.27bn land-sale gain, while disclosing a fatal accident at a Hakuba resort and ¥5bn in new borrowing for lift renewals.
Strike Group now expects ¥7.14bn of net profit for the year to September, 25.3% above its August forecast, as more M&A mandates closed and the value per deal rose; results are due on 30 October.
AEON Fantasy will liquidate its Beijing-based China subsidiary, which had ¥20.69bn of liabilities against ¥1.40bn of assets at August-end, while reporting record interim profits and holding full-year guidance.
Curves Holdings added ¥300 to monthly fees for existing members in April and still grew its core brand to 895,000 members, with operating profit up 22.3% to a record ¥7.755bn, while Europe is guided to remain loss-making.
DIP lowered its guidance for the year to February 2027 to revenue of ¥49bn to ¥53bn and an operating result of minus ¥2.5bn to plus ¥2.5bn, blaming lower contract prices, slower agency sales and continued advertising spending.
Daiseki's interim net profit rose 23.1% to a record ¥5.805bn, with full-year guidance unchanged, while its ¥2.918bn Shizuoka plastics-recycling grant is slated for the accounts in the year ending February 2030.
USS's preliminary July-September data show listings at 114.7% of last year but completed sales at 108.5%, with sell-through at 64.8% against 68.6%; the half-year figures are closer, at 109.5% and 108.4%.
Members now forecasts a ¥430mn operating loss for the half year to September 2026, attributing about ¥550mn of lost revenue to customer caution and generative AI substitution and about ¥250mn to lower utilization.
Digital Holdings supplied about 5 of the 7.5% sales growth Hakuhodo DY reported for the quarter, leaving organic growth under 3%, while management said AI is already shortening how long North American clients need consulting help.
Placement and job-fair revenue jumped at recruiting firm Gakujo while its core job board barely grew, because Japanese graduates now hold 1.46 informal offers each on average, up from 1.26 a year ago, and are declining the ones they don't want later than before.
H.I.S. swung to a ¥4.99bn net loss for the nine months through July after a ¥5.94bn charge to terminate a land lease at its Guam hotel, even as underlying travel demand held up: record inbound arrivals offset a weak yen and high fuel surcharges that kept outbound Japanese travel at only 74.2% of its 2019 level, and the company cut its interim dividend to zero while holding its full-year loss forecast steady.
A more-than-doubled quarterly net loss and a lost UK debris-removal tender didn't stop Astroscale from lifting cash to ¥34.95bn, up from ¥10.02bn, after a ¥30.6bn bond-and-share raise, with full-year loss guidance left unchanged.
Timee's quarterly revenue rose 24.8% and worker utilization hit 86.3%, but operating profit grew only 5.8% as margins narrowed, and the board has only begun preparing a Prime Market application with no filing date yet.