https://tokyobrief.com/articles/alfresa-first-half-operating-profit-falls-drug-price-revision Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T12:04:20.231Z Alfresa's first-half operating profit falls 19.6% on sales up 3.5% https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mimaki-la-meccanica-software-acquisition-tariff-refund Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T12:03:49.476Z Mimaki adds printer add-on equipment and a software unit as a tariff refund lifts half-year profit https://tokyobrief.com/articles/panasonic-half-year-ira-subsidy-ai-demand-washer-dryer-recall Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T12:03:19.560Z Panasonic's US battery subsidy and AI demand lift half-year operating profit 120% https://tokyobrief.com/articles/cover-hololive-dreams-launch-second-quarter-sales-growth Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T12:02:48.624Z COVER's hololive Dreams launch returns quarterly sales to growth, but half-year sales still fall https://tokyobrief.com/articles/freee-paid-ai-agents-550-accounting-firms Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T12:02:20.012Z freee's paid AI agents for accounting firms reach 550 adopters in two months https://tokyobrief.com/articles/renova-tokyo-gas-25-year-wind-ppa Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T12:01:48.842Z Renova locks in a 25-year Tokyo Gas contract for a wind farm still under construction https://tokyobrief.com/articles/itg-g-raises-kadoya-tender-price-2655-conditional-tiers Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T12:01:20.069Z ITG-G raises Kadoya tender price to ¥2,655, with higher tiers tied to two trading houses https://tokyobrief.com/articles/bcj-116-hokuriku-electric-tender-offer-terms Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T12:00:50.939Z Bain vehicle BCJ-116 needs two-thirds of Hokuriku Electric shares for its ¥4,180 bid to close https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nippon-chemi-con-singapore-judgment-provision Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T12:00:23.179Z Nippon Chemi-Con books ¥2.04bn loss on Singapore unit's £92.7mn judgment https://tokyobrief.com/articles/ymirlink-cuenote-fc-leak-count-47-million-records Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:59:53.109Z Ymirlink cuts Cuenote FC leak count to 47.86mn records, final forensic report still pending https://tokyobrief.com/articles/fukuyama-transporting-front-loaded-shipments-beat-forecast Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:59:23.099Z Fukuyama Transporting beats forecast as customers front-load shipments https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nippon-express-raises-full-year-operating-profit-guide Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:58:54.814Z Nippon Express raises full-year operating profit guide to ¥135bn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mebuki-raises-profit-forecast-rate-rise-loan-securities-income Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:58:25.540Z Mebuki lifts profit forecast to ¥112bn as higher rates feed loan and securities income https://tokyobrief.com/articles/chiba-kogyo-bank-preferred-share-buyback-january-2027 Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:57:55.854Z Chiba Kogyo Bank sets January 2027 cash buyback of all its preferred shares https://tokyobrief.com/articles/taisei-raises-operating-profit-forecast-construction-margins Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:57:27.527Z Taisei lifts operating profit forecast to ¥212bn on wider construction margins https://tokyobrief.com/articles/suntory-beverage-food-profit-guidance-cut-middle-east-costs Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:56:58.887Z Suntory Beverage cuts profit guide despite 9.8% sales growth as Middle East costs bite https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mitsubishi-materials-raises-operating-profit-forecast-165bn Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:56:28.517Z Mitsubishi Materials lifts operating-profit forecast to ¥165bn on metal prices and carbide repricing https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nippon-tungsten-raises-guidance-tungsten-squeeze-margin-warning Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:55:59.477Z Nippon Tungsten lifts profit guide on tungsten squeeze, but flags thinner margins ahead https://tokyobrief.com/articles/daifuku-nine-month-orders-beat-record-full-year Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:55:28.164Z Daifuku's nine-month orders already beat any full year on record https://tokyobrief.com/articles/resonac-core-profit-forecast-graphite-losses Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:54:57.855Z Resonac lifts core profit forecast on chip materials but cuts operating profit guide on graphite losses https://tokyobrief.com/articles/rakuten-bank-profit-guide-rises-eps-falls-card-securities-consolidation Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:54:26.648Z Rakuten Bank lifts profit guide 30.4% with card and brokerage units, but per-share guide falls https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kamgras-1-raises-kakaku-com-offer-3700-extends-nov-26 Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:53:57.038Z Kamgras 1 lifts Kakaku.com offer to ¥3,700 and extends it to Nov 26 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/honda-ev-supplier-provision-motorcycles-astemo Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:53:30.527Z Honda books ¥508.7bn more for EV supplier claims as motorcycles carry the profit https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nissan-first-half-operating-profit-net-loss-forecast-held Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:52:57.393Z Nissan reports ¥80bn first-half operating profit but still ends with a net loss https://tokyobrief.com/articles/recruit-first-half-profit-indeed-us-revenue-per-job-posting Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:52:26.787Z Recruit's first-half profit jumps 63.9% as Indeed earns more per US job posting https://tokyobrief.com/articles/eneos-profit-guide-raised-renewables-impairment Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:51:55.478Z ENEOS lifts profit guide by ¥300bn even after a ¥111.8bn renewables write-off https://tokyobrief.com/articles/anthropic-ipo-range-founder-voting-control Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:51:23.473Z Anthropic's $70–$78 IPO range comes with a founder bloc holding 50.1% of the vote https://tokyobrief.com/articles/softbank-power-equipment-charge-half-year-loss-debt Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:50:58.224Z SoftBank books ¥597bn charge on US AI power equipment as half-year loss reaches ¥768bn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/amazon-japan-jftc-commitment-plan-lowest-priced-offer Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-11T11:50:30.128Z Amazon Japan to show cheapest offer when none meets rival-price test, under JFTC-approved plan https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-april-june-current-account-surplus-widens-us-shrinks-asia Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T23:01:14.185Z Japan's April-June current-account surplus widens with the US and shrinks with Asia https://tokyobrief.com/articles/tokyo-trade-show-grant-second-round-30-november Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T22:56:19.481Z Tokyo trade-show grant of up to ¥1.5mn takes second-round applications until 30 November https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-september-current-account-surplus-falls-imports-outrun-exports Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T22:49:46.328Z Japan's September current-account surplus falls 45.8% as imports outrun exports https://tokyobrief.com/articles/meti-draft-rules-priority-technologies-transfer-consultation Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T18:19:14.493Z METI draft rules ask firms in six priority technologies to consult before moving core know-how abroad https://tokyobrief.com/articles/keisei-fare-ceiling-application-public-comment Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T18:11:08.305Z Keisei fare-ceiling application opens to public comment until November 23 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/boj-october-opinions-split-neutral-rate-pace Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T18:07:25.293Z BoJ members split on how fast to reach the neutral rate, with some urging quicker hikes https://tokyobrief.com/articles/yokowo-adds-chip-test-capacity-investment-vietnam-second-building Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:13:31.282Z Yokowo adds about ¥7.0bn to chip-test capacity plan, lifting total to ¥15.1bn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/ulvac-raises-sales-outlook-first-quarter-orders Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:13:01.025Z ULVAC raises sales outlook to ¥283bn after first-quarter orders jump 93% https://tokyobrief.com/articles/tokyo-ohka-kogyo-raises-2026-forecast-mid-term-targets-early Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:12:31.086Z Tokyo Ohka Kogyo raises 2026 forecasts and expects to meet mid-term targets a year early https://tokyobrief.com/articles/takara-board-opposes-valueact-proposals-16-december-meeting Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:12:01.619Z Takara board opposes all six ValueAct proposals for 16 December meeting https://tokyobrief.com/articles/sumitomo-realty-raises-profit-forecast-tokyo-office-rents Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:11:34.975Z Sumitomo Realty raises profit forecast on Tokyo office rents, but property sales add more https://tokyobrief.com/articles/sumitomo-metal-mining-coral-bay-nickel-impairment Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:11:06.823Z Sumitomo Metal Mining takes ¥42.6bn Coral Bay nickel charge as half-year pretax profit rises 91.9% https://tokyobrief.com/articles/subaru-first-half-profit-rises-sales-fall Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:10:36.462Z Subaru's first-half profit rose 12.9% on a weaker yen and tariff relief while unit sales fell 6.1% https://tokyobrief.com/articles/softbank-corp-cloud-ai-revenue-payments-half-year Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:10:06.813Z SoftBank Corp. cloud and AI sales jump 36.7% as payments lift half-year profit https://tokyobrief.com/articles/shiseido-raises-profit-forecast-trims-underlying-sales-growth Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:09:35.825Z Shiseido raises its profit forecast while trimming underlying sales growth https://tokyobrief.com/articles/shionogi-smbc-300-billion-bridge-loan-intrabio Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:09:04.515Z Shionogi borrows ¥300bn from SMBC for IntraBio, to be refinanced by October 2027 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/sesc-recommends-action-battery-fund-manager Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:08:32.721Z Regulator urges action against a ¥3.5bn recycled EV battery fund manager https://tokyobrief.com/articles/sesc-asks-tokyo-court-halt-unregistered-offshore-investment-sales Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:07:59.114Z SESC asks Tokyo court to halt unregistered sales of offshore investment products https://tokyobrief.com/articles/resona-raises-profit-target-340bn-record-interim Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:07:31.538Z Resona raises full-year profit target to ¥340bn after record interim profit https://tokyobrief.com/articles/papyless-renta-suspension-sales-profit-impact Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:07:00.613Z Papyless puts Renta outage at ¥2.4bn of lost sales and ¥500mn of lost profit https://tokyobrief.com/articles/olympus-fda-warning-letter-tariff-refund-guidance Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:06:24.596Z Olympus guidance now includes a tariff refund, after FDA warning letter on six sites https://tokyobrief.com/articles/ntt-prices-nec-share-placement-tender Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:05:54.816Z NTT prices overseas NEC share sale at ¥4,308.8, apart from its ¥3,462 tender https://tokyobrief.com/articles/morita-holdings-buy-magirus-mutares-65mn-euros Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:05:24.624Z Morita Holdings to buy loss-making Magirus from Mutares for €65mn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mitsui-kinzoku-malaysia-copper-foil-plant-190bn Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:04:51.222Z Mitsui Kinzoku commits ¥190bn to a Malaysian copper-foil plant, with output phased in from April 2031 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mercari-restates-four-years-women-to-men-pay-ratios Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:04:24.502Z Mercari restates four years of pay ratios, putting women's pay at 69.13% of men's in the latest year https://tokyobrief.com/articles/marui-card-fee-rise-19-8-percent-funding-costs Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:03:56.814Z Marui plans a second card fee rise, to as much as 19.8%, as funding costs climb https://tokyobrief.com/articles/knt-ct-holdings-cuts-operating-profit-forecast Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:03:26.350Z KNT-CT Holdings cuts operating profit forecast 19.4% as travel demand softens and merger costs rise https://tokyobrief.com/articles/jftc-payment-survey-60-day-rule-april-2027 Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:02:58.326Z JFTC warns 1,135 firms over payment terms beyond 60 days ahead of April 2027 rule https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-engine-first-hydrogen-fuel-marine-engine-completed Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:02:30.473Z Japan Engine finishes first hydrogen-fuel ship engine, shipment set for January https://tokyobrief.com/articles/iida-group-senior-housing-acquisition-28-89bn Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:01:59.314Z Iida Group's homebuilding arm closes ¥28.89bn cash purchase of a senior-housing operator https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-boj-etf-sale-profits-special-account-finance-minister Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:01:29.111Z Japan's finance minister backs BOJ ETF profits for a new economic-security account https://tokyobrief.com/articles/eisai-leqembi-sales-rise-us-iqlik-launch Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:00:56.726Z Eisai's Leqembi sales rise 49.7% to ¥61.5bn as US self-injector launches https://tokyobrief.com/articles/digital-garage-kddi-payment-volume-profit-gap Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T13:00:28.897Z Digital Garage's KDDI project lifts payment volume 42%, but not profit https://tokyobrief.com/articles/cosmo-energy-half-year-profit-negative-cash-flow-unchanged-forecast Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T12:59:59.818Z Cosmo Energy's ¥147bn half-year profit comes with negative cash flow and an unchanged forecast https://tokyobrief.com/articles/bain-capital-hokuriku-electric-industry-take-private-offer Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T12:59:29.848Z Bain Capital offers ¥4,180 a share to take Hokuriku Electric Industry private https://tokyobrief.com/articles/archion-interim-results-provisional-negative-goodwill-gain Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-10T12:59:00.852Z ARCHION's ¥297.8bn interim operating profit includes a provisional ¥225.8bn merger gain https://tokyobrief.com/articles/steel-decarbonisation-subsidy-opens-one-third-capex-11-december Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T18:06:15.885Z Steel decarbonisation subsidy opens to 11 December, covering up to a third of capex https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-gx-regional-subsidy-second-call-data-centres-25bn Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T17:52:34.105Z Japan's second GX regional subsidy call offers up to ¥25bn for clean-powered plants and data centres https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-fire-agency-proposes-cheaper-oil-tank-weld-tests Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T17:10:42.393Z Japan's fire agency proposes cheaper weld tests for big oil tanks https://tokyobrief.com/articles/honda-ohio-plant-hybrid-capacity-north-america Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T16:15:16.375Z Honda decides on US$3bn Ohio plant to lift North American car capacity https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kawasaki-heavy-rwe-30mw-hydrogen-turbine-germany Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T16:04:44.805Z Kawasaki Heavy opens 30MW hydrogen turbine at RWE's German plant, with testing still to come https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-reserve-assets-end-october-2026 Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T16:01:17.032Z Japan's reserve assets rose $723 million in October to $1.18tn