https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nisa-installment-slot-372-eligible-funds-nasdaq-100-added Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T17:29:31.116Z NISA's installment slot now lists 372 eligible funds, with a Nasdaq-100 index fund added https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nta-sake-subsidy-sixth-round-rice-prices-us-tariffs Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T17:24:56.580Z Tax agency opens sixth sake subsidy round, with priority for projects answering rice costs or US tariffs https://tokyobrief.com/articles/jbic-calik-enerji-memorandum-annex-energy-exports Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T17:18:56.689Z JBIC and Turkey's Çalık Enerji sign annex to study financing for Japanese energy exports https://tokyobrief.com/articles/yoshinoya-raises-full-year-profit-goal-warns-costs-climbing Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T11:06:41.171Z Yoshinoya raises full-year profit goal to ¥10bn but warns costs will keep climbing https://tokyobrief.com/articles/terumo-csl-plasma-contract-termination-guidance-cut Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T11:06:08.102Z Terumo ends CSL Plasma supply deal and cuts profit guidance by 38% https://tokyobrief.com/articles/sugi-holdings-raises-sales-guide-cuts-profit-seki-yakuhin Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T11:05:37.266Z Sugi lifts sales guide on Seki Yakuhin but cuts every profit line https://tokyobrief.com/articles/subaru-september-buyback-status-report Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T11:05:01.559Z Subaru Spent ¥16.2bn on Its Own Shares in September, Lifting the Buyback to ¥67bn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/star-seeds-korea-data-center-server-order Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T11:04:28.910Z Star Seeds Estimates ¥13.1bn From Korean Server Order, 10% or More of Last Year's Sales https://tokyobrief.com/articles/sincere-lends-parent-1-billion-8-percent-december Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T11:03:55.181Z Sincere Lends Its Parent ¥1bn Again, at a Fixed 8% Until 29 December https://tokyobrief.com/articles/seven-i-overseas-convenience-profit-japan-slips-interim Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T11:03:23.465Z Seven & i's overseas stores drive profit growth as Japan's 7-Eleven slips https://tokyobrief.com/articles/rorze-raises-profit-forecast-chip-equipment-backlog Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T11:02:52.669Z Rorze lifts operating profit forecast 39% as chip-equipment backlog passes ¥100bn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/optimus-group-ozcar-voluntary-administration Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T11:02:19.957Z Optimus Group drops OzCar exit plan and moves the Australian affiliate toward administration https://tokyobrief.com/articles/ono-pharmaceutical-biohaven-igg-degrader-asia-license Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T11:01:50.865Z Ono Pharmaceutical to pay Biohaven $80mn upfront for Asian rights to Graves' disease drug https://tokyobrief.com/articles/okumura-social-bond-2-704-coupon-december-deployment Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T11:01:20.278Z Okumura's ¥15bn Social Bond Carries a 2.704% Coupon and a December Spending Plan https://tokyobrief.com/articles/oasis-lifts-m3-stake-948-percent-plans-further-buying Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T11:00:49.059Z Oasis lifts M3 stake to 9.48% and plans to add more than 5 points https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nok-eagle-industry-nok-group-holding-company Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T11:00:20.000Z NOK and Eagle Industry now sit under new NOK Group holding company https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nihon-m-a-center-dividend-third-party-committee Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:59:52.468Z Nihon M&A Center sets up outside panel to test directors' responsibility for excess dividends https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mr-max-holdings-cuts-2029-targets-new-store-returns Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:59:21.498Z Mr Max Holdings cuts 2029 sales target by ¥15bn as fewer sites pass its return test https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nonresidents-net-sellers-securities-september-mof Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:58:49.876Z Nonresidents were net sellers of almost ¥7tn of securities in September https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mizuho-rakuten-bank-stake-rakuten-card-director-nomination Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:58:18.305Z Mizuho takes 5.81% of Rakuten Bank and a right to name a Rakuten Card director https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mitsui-osk-lines-22bn-bonds-lng-carrier-investment Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:57:45.668Z Mitsui O.S.K. Lines offers ¥22bn of bonds, with the money tied to LNG carriers https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kojima-air-conditioner-demand-shelf-labels-annual-results Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:57:14.379Z Kojima's air-conditioner sales outside Tokyo lift profit 17.7% as shelf-label rollout finishes https://tokyobrief.com/articles/blackrock-japan-ishares-etf-redemption-jscc-clearing Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:56:42.370Z BlackRock Japan to amend iShares ETF deeds so some redemption payouts can come sooner https://tokyobrief.com/articles/imasen-wuhan-guangzhou-production-transfer-special-loss Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:56:08.258Z Imasen to move all Wuhan output to Guangzhou by March 2027, booking a ¥1.2bn loss https://tokyobrief.com/articles/ikegami-tsushinki-postpones-interim-results-cyberattack Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:55:33.818Z Ikegami Tsushinki postpones interim results as cyberattack leaves accounting servers isolated https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mhlw-draft-pharmacist-guidance-womens-5-percent-minoxidil Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:55:00.790Z Health ministry proposes pharmacist-guidance status for women's 5% minoxidil hair treatment https://tokyobrief.com/articles/fsa-panel-lending-rules-professional-borrowers-nonbank-bonds Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:54:30.002Z FSA panel to weigh lighter rules for lending to large companies and the capital floor for nonbank bonds https://tokyobrief.com/articles/fast-retailing-raises-year-end-dividend-forecast-530-yen Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:53:56.590Z Fast Retailing lifts year-end dividend forecast to ¥530 from ¥320 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/effissimo-tamron-stake-18-54-percent-sony-proposal Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:53:25.861Z Effissimo lifts Tamron stake to 18.54%, says takeover proposals could drive more buying https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-draft-open-container-radioactive-shipping-rules Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:52:53.705Z Japan proposes pulling open-type containers into radioactive sea-freight rules from January 2027 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/booking-resort-signs-deal-aso-pet-friendly-inn-operator Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:52:21.580Z Booking Resort signs ¥173mn deal for operator of Aso pet-friendly hot-spring inn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/boj-regional-report-october-2026-housing-weak-investment-firm Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:51:50.698Z Bank of Japan's nine regions all report recovery, with housing the soft spot https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-bank-problem-loans-flat-disposal-losses-rise Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T10:51:17.288Z Japan's banks hold problem loans at ¥8.4tn, but disposal losses rise ¥0.3tn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/as-one-founding-family-stake-falls-to-9-30-percent-after-buyback-settles Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-08T02:00:12.536Z AS ONE Founding-Family Stake Drops to 9.30% as Buyback Settles https://tokyobrief.com/articles/katayama-food-tax-cut-no-deficit-bonds-supplementary-budget Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T18:30:50.420Z Katayama says food tax cut will be paid for without deficit bonds, naming subsidy reviews and a slimmer supplementary budget https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-reserve-assets-fall-september-2026 Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T18:23:36.160Z Japan's reserve assets fall by $29,128 million in September https://tokyobrief.com/articles/jftc-mock-inspection-kumamoto-high-school-class Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T16:19:18.556Z Japan's antitrust regulator takes a mock on-site inspection to a Kumamoto high school https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-gas-utilities-remote-monitoring-subsidy-20mn-cap Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T16:15:19.644Z Japan will pay half the cost of remote shutoff systems for small gas utilities, up to ¥20mn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-childcare-kindergarten-guidelines-draft-public-comment Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T16:06:58.003Z Japan's child agency seeks comment on a play-based rewrite of nursery and kindergarten standards https://tokyobrief.com/articles/yodoko-takes-nakayama-steel-stake-electric-furnace-alliance Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:51:38.601Z Yodoko takes 10.70% of Nakayama Steel for ¥4.9bn in own funds https://tokyobrief.com/articles/warabeya-nichiyo-profit-guide-cut-middle-east-costs-ohio-plant Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:51:08.338Z Warabeya Nichiyo cuts profit guide as Middle East costs hit domestic food and an Ohio plant halts https://tokyobrief.com/articles/draft-order-height-permit-real-estate-disclosure-business-facility-districts Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:50:31.271Z Draft order adds new business-district height permit to pre-sale approvals https://tokyobrief.com/articles/tsuruha-first-half-welcia-integration-sales-profit-guidance Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:49:50.830Z Tsuruha's first half since the Welcia deal: sales hit ¥1.28tn, profit growth lags https://tokyobrief.com/articles/true-data-cosmonet-acquisition-pro-shop-data Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:49:18.345Z True Data buys a hardware-store software maker to get at tradesmen's purchasing data https://tokyobrief.com/articles/stella-pharma-steboronine-recurrent-meningioma-panel-review Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:48:46.383Z Stella Pharma's meningioma application heads to a Japanese drug panel, with a wider label than its trial tested https://tokyobrief.com/articles/ppc-large-leak-caution-previews-revised-security-examples Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:48:15.545Z Japan's privacy regulator tells big data holders to delete stale records and previews revised security examples https://tokyobrief.com/articles/otsuka-voyxact-sbla-rolling-submission-complete Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:47:43.990Z Otsuka completes US filing seeking full approval for IgA kidney drug VOYXACT https://tokyobrief.com/articles/oasis-lifts-en-inc-stake-15-63-percent Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:47:10.919Z Oasis lifts its en inc. stake to 15.63% and keeps further buying open https://tokyobrief.com/articles/npc-five-year-plan-first-solar-sales-floor-investment Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:46:42.560Z NPC sets 60% sales floor outside First Solar in five-year plan with ¥4bn investment https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nittoc-construction-buys-housing-foundation-contractor Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:46:10.885Z Nittoc Construction signs to buy a housing-foundation contractor with ¥3.52bn in sales https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nissan-chemical-zhangjiagang-semiconductor-materials-subsidiary Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:45:36.679Z Nissan Chemical registers a wholly owned Chinese subsidiary to make chip coating materials near customers https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nippon-shikizai-cuts-profit-forecast-french-units-offset Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:45:01.891Z Nippon Shikizai cuts full-year profit forecast as French units fail to offset weak home orders https://tokyobrief.com/articles/draft-curriculum-trims-subjects-for-it-lessons Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:44:32.100Z Draft curriculum would trim larger subjects by 3-4% to make room for IT lessons https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mitsubishi-motors-settles-us-subsidiary-lawsuit Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:43:58.688Z Mitsubishi Motors settles US subsidiary lawsuit, to book cost in July-September quarter https://tokyobrief.com/articles/jftc-searches-sapporo-kirin-asahi-beer-units Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:43:23.810Z Japan's antitrust agency acts against Sapporo, Kirin and Asahi beer units https://tokyobrief.com/articles/jftc-sme-agency-corporate-transactions-study-group-price-pass-through Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:42:52.380Z Regulators convene a new supplier-pricing panel after surveys find rules slow to take hold https://tokyobrief.com/articles/hoshino-resorts-reit-august-revpar-fall Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:42:21.804Z Hoshino Resorts REIT's August RevPAR fell 6.8% as Kansai and storm-hit regions lagged https://tokyobrief.com/articles/harima-chemicals-exits-lawter-new-zealand Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:41:50.113Z Harima Chemicals to exit loss-making New Zealand pine chemicals plant https://tokyobrief.com/articles/jc-star-level-1-grid-interconnection-draft-solar-wind-batteries-fuel-cells Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:41:18.992Z METI proposes JC-STAR Level 1 label for internet-connected solar, wind, battery and fuel cell equipment https://tokyobrief.com/articles/grantomato-widens-loss-forecast-scraps-dividend-rice Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:40:47.000Z Grantomato widens its expected loss and scraps the year-end dividend after rice prices kept falling https://tokyobrief.com/articles/gni-group-topix-inclusion-october-30 Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:40:15.212Z GNI Group, a Growth-market drugmaker, says it will join TOPIX on October 30 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/fsa-adds-izakaya-limited-unregistered-crypto-list Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:39:46.789Z FSA adds Hong Kong-address crypto site IZAKA-YA to its unregistered-operator list https://tokyobrief.com/articles/falcom-record-profit-forecast-dividend-60-yen Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:39:16.476Z Falcom forecasts record profit on strong game sales and lifts dividend plan to ¥60 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/coconala-buys-51-percent-acrosstudio-ai-consultancy Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:38:44.607Z coconala buys 51% of AI consultancy Acrosstudio for ¥867mn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/ckd-secondary-offering-buyback-cross-shareholding-sale Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:38:10.941Z CKD's bank and insurer shareholders sell 3.57mn shares as the company lines up a ¥5bn buyback https://tokyobrief.com/articles/boj-uchida-ai-demand-shock-neutral-rate Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:37:40.409Z BOJ's Uchida calls AI a positive demand shock, and says its effect on the neutral rate is hard to gauge https://tokyobrief.com/articles/abc-mart-raises-full-year-forecast-keeps-second-half-plan Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-07T10:37:05.420Z ABC-Mart raises full-year forecast by its first-half overshoot and leaves the second half unchanged https://tokyobrief.com/articles/jftc-asahikawa-high-school-antimonopoly-class Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-06T19:18:47.118Z Japan's antitrust agency takes its school roadshow to an Asahikawa business class https://tokyobrief.com/articles/direava-surgical-ai-ceatec-innovation-award Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-06T19:14:28.313Z Direava's surgical AI wins a CEATEC innovation award, with its own benchmark scores above 80% https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-public-service-reform-policy-comment-call Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-06T19:09:32.060Z Japan invites private firms to name the public services they could take over