Earnings, deals and disclosures from Japan's listed tech & telecom companies, in English.
MINKABU THE INFONOID has agreed to sell Livedoor to an SBI Holdings subsidiary for ¥7.5bn and plans to repay its ¥7.02bn of short-term borrowings from the proceeds, subject to a December 11 shareholder vote.
ENECHANGE will sell the loss-making part of its household switching business to Port for ¥200mn on December 1, keeping the stock revenue, after completing the ¥575.6mn Darwin purchase that left ¥559.7mn of goodwill.
SoftBank Group says it confirmed on 4 November that China's foreign investment security review office had notified it of a prohibition on acquiring ABB's Chinese robotics business; it says it is still working with ABB.
Accenture's Japanese unit offers ¥8,500 a share for Global Security Experts, but holders of 59.83% will not tender and will sell to the company after a squeeze-out at ¥5,835 and ¥6,918.
MP-2606's tender offer for SHARINGTECHNOLOGY drew 21,614,921 shares against a 16,030,200 minimum, putting its voting stake at 85.74% once settlement starts on 4 November, with a squeeze-out and delisting still to be scheduled.
The Bain Capital-formed bidder raised its planned Kakaku.com tender price from ¥3,597 to ¥3,700 a share, above rival Kamgras 1's ¥3,682, keeping ¥3,720 if KDDI agrees to stay out, but launch still needs the target's board.
Image Information will pay about ¥200mn for an Oita contact centre with 198 seats whose revenue comes entirely from its seller, and will guarantee its debts to that seller; closing is scheduled for 23 October.
BCJ-110 drew 12,759,681 eSOL shares against a 10,535,800-share floor, enough for 64.70% of voting rights once payment settles on October 26; delisting steps and timing are yet to be announced.
SHIFT's subsidiary is to be sole general partner of a planned ¥15bn software-investment fund with Tokyo Gas, holding all execution authority while SHIFT and the subsidiary together plan to supply 33.3% of the capital.
Photosynth plans to buy GOODLIFE and GDS for ¥560mn, all bank-funded, then merge them on 1 December 2026, using their owned stores to test staff-light operation. The hoped-for savings are goals, not results.
BCPE Neon Cayman passed 50% of Baudroie's voting rights on October 13 when its tender offer settled and it bought shares from three founders, two of whom no longer count as major shareholders.
Gakken Holdings confirmed it has started a bidding process aimed at selling its shares in a group company under its portfolio restructuring review, but says no decision has been made and discloses no buyer or price.
A Cayman vehicle whose representative chairs a Bain Capital entity began settling its Baudroie tender offer on October 13, funded by ¥37bn of bank loans pledged against the shares, with an 87.43% stake and a squeeze-out vote still to come.
Crunchyroll holds 7.03% of Link-U after paying ¥917.5mn at ¥856 a share, with a consent right over specified deals with its competitors, a conditional board nomination and a 10% ceiling on further buying.
True Data will acquire the Osaka maker of the MUSASI hardware-store system, partly funded by a ¥200mn MUFG Bank loan, on the company's view that trade purchases can foreshadow household demand; its two disclosures give different price figures.
coconala will pay ¥867mn for 51% of Acrosstudio, a 63-person AI consultancy with ¥1.13bn in sales and ¥46mn operating profit in the year to June 2026, with the transfer scheduled for October 30.
Image Information agreed to buy a CRM call-centre business for ¥170mn in cash, effective October 1, with 85 employees due to transfer; the unit earned ¥86mn in operating profit in the year to May on unaudited seller figures.
A Bain Capital-linked vehicle drew 10,365,448 shares in its offer for baudroie,inc. and expects 85.68% of voting rights after the October 13 settlement and founder transfers, with a squeeze-out and Prime market delisting planned.
WOWOW holds 51% of the new Lemino streaming company, and NTT Docomo has paid ¥841.1mn for new WOWOW shares, a separate holding in the broadcaster itself; the earnings effect is still under review.
SoftBank Group paid the last $10bn of its $30bn OpenAI top-up on October 1 with senior bond proceeds, taking cumulative investment to $64.6bn and its stake to about 13%, and cancelled $10bn of undrawn bridge capacity.
Media Do will sell Quality Solutions, NetGalley and three subsidiaries to Valsoft for $20mn, about ¥3.15bn, and expects a special gain in the quarter to November 2026 that it has not yet quantified.
SBI Holdings' offer vehicle lengthened its ¥340-a-share bid for BASE from 20 to 30 business days after reviewing how holders had tendered, with the 20.67% ceiling and BASE's neutral stance untouched.
NTT DATA has signed to buy 2,392,900 Minkabu shares at ¥900 each, taking its holding to 16.38%, with the right to nominate one director and consent rights over dilutive issues and rival tie-ups; settlement is scheduled for December 15.
Smaregi will absorb the register-cloud and cashless-payment customers of Casio subsidiary CXD Next for a token ¥1, using the years before the net-POS business's scheduled 2029 shutdown to pitch them on switching platforms.