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 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/workman-first-half-operating-profit-unchanged-guidance Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:43:53.115Z Workman lifts first-half operating profit 31% and holds its full-year forecast https://tokyobrief.com/articles/umios-first-half-profit-falls-high-liner-deal-pending Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:43:23.662Z Umios holds its profit guide after a 23% first-half drop, with the High Liner deal still awaiting approvals https://tokyobrief.com/articles/tokyo-century-raises-itochu-aircraft-lessor-gain-estimate Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:42:55.085Z Tokyo Century lifts its estimate of the Itochu aircraft-lessor gain as the yen weakens https://tokyobrief.com/articles/skymark-737-8-fleet-first-half-results Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:42:26.438Z Skymark has two 737-8 jets in service as first-half ordinary profit rises 140% https://tokyobrief.com/articles/shimizu-raises-operating-profit-guidance-contract-margins Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:41:55.336Z Shimizu raises operating profit guide to ¥192bn as contract margins improve https://tokyobrief.com/articles/shimadzu-tescan-acquisition-goodwill-short-term-debt Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:41:25.238Z Shimadzu's Tescan purchase brings ¥127.2bn of provisional goodwill https://tokyobrief.com/articles/sg-holdings-delivery-profit-falls-parcel-volumes-rise Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:40:54.806Z SG Holdings' delivery profit fell 18% as parcel volumes rose https://tokyobrief.com/articles/city-index-fifth-extends-sankei-real-estate-tender-offer Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:40:25.486Z City Index Fifth extends Sankei Real Estate tender offer to Nov 30 at unchanged ¥125,000 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/persol-programmed-sale-revenue-net-profit-guidance Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:39:56.239Z Persol's Programmed sale shrinks revenue guidance but lifts net profit forecast to ¥93.8bn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/ntt-sells-nec-stake-nec-self-tender Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:39:25.660Z NTT to sell all of its 4.90% NEC stake, half through NEC's ¥3,462 buyback tender https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nitori-possible-leak-37-62-million-records Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:38:54.650Z Nitori says up to 37.62 million records may have leaked after server intrusion https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nippon-steel-half-year-us-steel-domestic-margins-big-river Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:38:24.803Z U.S. Steel carries Nippon Steel's first half as domestic margins thin https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nippon-paper-books-15bn-earthquake-loss-yatsushiro Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:37:55.111Z Nippon Paper books ¥15bn earthquake loss on Yatsushiro mill https://tokyobrief.com/articles/muji-postpones-online-store-reopening-customer-data-access Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:37:24.884Z Muji postpones online store reopening and revises list of customer data open to access https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mitsui-osk-lines-half-year-profit-gulf-assumption Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:36:52.938Z Mitsui O.S.K. Lines books ¥179.3bn half-year profit, with its forecast assuming the Gulf stays shut https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mazda-first-half-operating-profit-ordinary-guidance-raised Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:36:21.547Z Mazda swings to first-half operating profit but lifts only its ordinary-profit forecast https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kyorin-operating-loss-forecast-licensing-fees-generics-loss Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:35:53.452Z Kyorin forecasts a ¥4.9bn operating loss as licensing fees replace a ¥2bn profit guide https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kubota-nine-month-operating-profit-pricing-currency-tariff-refunds Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:35:25.340Z Kubota's nine-month operating profit jumps 40.9% on pricing, currency and tariff refunds https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kokusai-electric-first-half-sales-ai-chip-investment-guidance-unchanged Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:34:55.357Z KOKUSAI ELECTRIC lifts first-half sales 40% on AI-led chip investment, keeps full-year guide https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kobe-steel-unit-buys-70-percent-cnh-construction-equipment Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:34:26.005Z Kobe Steel unit agrees $700mn deal for 70% of CNH's construction equipment business https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kadoya-sesame-mills-rival-reproposal-excluded-tender-recommendation-kept Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:33:56.037Z Kadoya Sesame Mills keeps backing its tender offer as a rival's raised bid falls outside the deal's escape clause https://tokyobrief.com/articles/jx-advanced-metals-raises-profit-forecast-ai-copper-mine-cuts Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:33:27.953Z JX Advanced Metals lifts profit guide by ¥23bn as AI-linked sales outweigh mine cuts https://tokyobrief.com/articles/jt-all-russian-units-temporary-management-exposure Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:32:58.741Z JT says all its Russian units are now under temporary management https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mitsui-chemicals-signs-jsr-deal-dbj-non-voting-shares Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:32:29.016Z Mitsui Chemicals signs ¥1.84tn deal for JSR, with DBJ to hold non-voting shares https://tokyobrief.com/articles/jftc-logistics-transactions-survey-shippers-april-2027-rule Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:31:59.946Z JFTC surveys 40,000 shippers on logistics deals ahead of April 2027 waiting-time rule https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-sold-15-trillion-yen-dollars-intervention-july-august-2026 Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:31:26.451Z Japan sold ¥15.40tn of dollars to buy yen over three days from July 30 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/furukawa-electric-raises-operating-profit-forecast-data-center-optical Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:30:56.143Z Furukawa Electric lifts operating-profit forecast by ¥13bn on data-center optical demand https://tokyobrief.com/articles/fujifilm-first-half-profit-falls-healthcare-earnings-shrink Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:30:26.729Z Fujifilm's first-half profit falls 10.9% as healthcare earnings shrink 85.8% https://tokyobrief.com/articles/furusato-choice-app-donations-reopen-choice-pay-suspended Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:29:56.088Z Furusato Choice app donations set to restart at 15:00 as Choice Pay stays shut https://tokyobrief.com/articles/alps-alpine-warranty-loss-steering-torque-sensor Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-09T11:29:24.019Z Alps Alpine books ¥8.889bn warranty loss on steering sensor lots https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-police-agency-proposes-gaming-machine-approval-fee-cut Tokyo Brief en 2026-11-08T20:11:14.512Z Japan's police agency proposes cutting gaming-machine approval fees from April 2027