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Japan Services Company News (Page 2)

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

  1. Pasona agrees to tender its circlace stake into Hillhouse-backed ¥2,020 take-private

    Pasona has agreed to tender all its circlace shares into HHH1's ¥2,020-a-share offer, and expects a consolidated gain of about ¥2.6bn in the year ending May 2027 if the take-private succeeds.

  2. Strike Group lifts profit forecast by a quarter on bigger M&A deals

    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.

  3. Relo Group buys 90% of Singapore expat healthcare firm for ¥1.62bn

    Relo Group will pay ¥1.62bn for 90% of ATIV Medical, a Singapore healthcare group for Japanese expatriates, expecting referrals from its overseas-assignment business; the transfer is scheduled for October 30 and the earnings effect is under review.

  4. EnBio signs deal for NER's solar housing, EPC, O&M and overseas businesses

    EnBio Holdings has signed to take over four Next Energy & Resources solar businesses through a new subsidiary, with the transfer planned for 1 February 2027 subject to a shareholder vote, construction-law approval and customer consents.

  5. GMO Internet plans ¥26.1bn GPU-cloud build in Hokkaido, with servers due from August 2027

    GMO Internet's board approved a planned ¥26.1bn purchase of up to 116 Nvidia B300 servers and a data center in Ishikari, Hokkaido, with acquisitions scheduled from August 2027.

  6. Ureru Net's AGM vote on large share issuance is advisory only, after TSE check

    Ureru Net Advertising Group says shareholders' October 26 vote on large third-party allotments is non-binding and approves no issuance, after it learned the item did not qualify as Rule 432 consent; any actual allotment needs separate procedures.

  7. Rakuten earmarks ¥265.6bn of its ¥360bn bond for February dollar-debt repayment

    Rakuten Group plans to use ¥265.6bn of the Series 26 bond's net proceeds to repay a dollar bond due February 2027, while the ¥40bn Series 27 is earmarked wholly for cash spent on its fintech restructuring.

  8. CyberBuzz to buy two Kumamoto hometown-tax businesses, with an earnout on top

    CyberBuzz will pay ¥471.3mn and ¥28.7mn in base prices for two Kumamoto companies, plus about ¥80mn in advisory costs and an earnout capped at half of each company's EBITDA; its forecast update is due 12 November.

  9. Astroscale's UK and French orders add ¥5.4bn since August, with profit still a goal

    Astroscale's October briefing details a £15mn UK Ministry of Defence order and a €13.2mn French deorbit mission contracted through Exotrail, together ¥5.4bn of orders since August, while first-quarter operating loss was ¥2.75bn.

  10. Pasona says staffing subsidiary is under JFTC investigation over dispatch fee-setting

    Pasona Group says subsidiary Pasona is under a Japan Fair Trade Commission investigation into dispatch fee-setting and that it is cooperating fully; the quarterly report gives no allegation or outcome, and full-year guidance is unchanged.

  11. Eole to issue 3.44mn new shares for AI-server seller WOODMAN

    Eole will issue 3,436,428 new shares, 7.97% of its existing stock, to take over AI-server seller WOODMAN, with its shareholder vote planned for 27 November and the exchange effective on 30 November.

  12. BayCurrent targets ¥500bn revenue and a 40% margin by 2030 as it frees up cash

    BayCurrent targets ¥500bn in revenue and a 40% EBITDA margin in its 2030 plan, and now holds back only about 25% of forecast revenue in cash, with the surplus going to investment and buybacks.

  13. Kamgras lifts Kakaku.com tender offer by ¥1 to ¥3,682 and extends it to October 28

    Kamgras 1 K.K. raised its Kakaku.com tender offer to ¥3,682 a share, extended it to October 28 and moved settlement to November 5, while saying talks with Oasis have produced no decision.

  14. AEON Fantasy to liquidate China unit as record interim profit lands

    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.

  15. Curves Holdings posts record profit after raising member fees

    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.

  16. Ride On Express warns up to 6.5 million sushi-delivery records may have leaked

    Ride On Express Holdings says up to about 6.5 million registrant records from its Gin no Sara, Kamatora and Sushi Jouto sites and apps may be exposed, though no leak is confirmed and official-channel ordering stays suspended.

  17. DIP cuts full-year guidance to a range that includes an operating loss

    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.

  18. Members admits it misread AI demand, but plans no job cuts for now

    Members' president says overconfidence, not only the market, led to a 92% cut in full-year operating profit guidance, while the group aims to produce 230 AI specialists this year and has no layoffs planned at present.

  19. Skyticket operator reports three separate breaches, led by 14.64mn customer records

    Adventure says one of three separate intrusions exposed or may have exposed about 14.64mn skyticket records, including 4.13mn with hashed passwords, and it has suspended saved-card payments while it assesses the earnings impact.

  20. Oasis lifts M3 stake to 9.48% and plans to add more than 5 points

    Oasis Management holds 9.48% of M3, up from 8.46%, and says it intends to raise its holding ratio by more than 5 points within three months of 1 October, subject to price and other conditions.

  21. Nihon M&A Center sets up outside panel to test directors' responsibility for excess dividends

    Nihon M&A Center Holdings has formed a five-member independent committee to establish how two interim dividends exceeded the legal limit and to examine whether directors are responsible, with a report expected in late October 2026.

  22. Booking Resort signs ¥173mn deal for operator of Aso pet-friendly hot-spring inn

    Booking Resort signed a deal to take 100% of the company running a pet-friendly hot-spring inn in Aso for ¥147mn, or ¥173mn with advisory costs, paid in cash with transfer scheduled for November 2.

  23. Oasis lifts its en inc. stake to 15.63% and keeps further buying open

    Oasis Management's holding in en inc. rose from 14.54% to 15.63% on daily market purchases, and its filing says it plans to add more than 5 percentage points if the shares look undervalued.

  24. Rakuten Sets 3.8% to 4.6% Coupon Range for ¥360bn Five-and-a-Half-Year Bond

    Rakuten Group plans a ¥360bn unsecured bond maturing in April 2032, with a coupon range of 3.800% to 4.600% to be fixed on 16 October and payment on 29 October, and an A- rating from Japan Credit Rating Agency planned for 16 October.

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