https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mhlw-five-year-workers-compensation-claim-window-draft-order Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T11:03:09.643Z MHLW proposes five-year claim window for heart, brain, mental and asbestos illnesses https://tokyobrief.com/articles/tokyo-steel-interim-operating-loss-asset-sale-gains Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T11:02:40.779Z Tokyo Steel swings to a ¥3.5bn interim operating loss as asset-sale gains keep net income positive https://tokyobrief.com/articles/taisei-120-day-private-civil-engineering-suspension Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T11:02:06.303Z Taisei barred from private civil-engineering work for 120 days from November 7 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/seven-i-110-billion-yen-three-tranche-bond-terms Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T11:01:33.497Z Seven & i sets terms for ¥110bn bond sale, ¥60bn to repay November note https://tokyobrief.com/articles/sesc-recommends-surcharge-toho-zinc-insider-trading Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T11:01:01.039Z Watchdog recommends ¥530,000 surcharge over Toho Zinc insider sale https://tokyobrief.com/articles/sanko-gosei-buys-alabama-molder-us-south-foothold Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T11:00:32.476Z Sanko Gosei buys Alabama molder to get a foothold in the US South https://tokyobrief.com/articles/paycloud-value-card-breach-ids-pins-balances Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:59:57.369Z Paycloud says hackers took 1.42mn Value Card records, with no actual losses reported https://tokyobrief.com/articles/park24-breach-loss-net-profit-forecast-cut Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:59:27.551Z Park24 to book ¥5.5bn breach loss, cutting net-profit forecast by 12.5% https://tokyobrief.com/articles/otsuka-voyxact-visionary-final-results-fda-submission Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:58:57.401Z Otsuka reports one kidney event on VOYXACT against 28 on placebo in final trial data https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nomura-micro-science-cuts-half-year-outlook-us-delay-korea-costs Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:58:28.348Z Nomura Micro Science cuts half-year outlook on expected US order delay and Korean costs https://tokyobrief.com/articles/fenwal-controls-japan-hpr-510-recall-type-approval Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:57:54.941Z Fenwal Controls of Japan to recall 4,001 fire-suppression release devices after cold-test failure https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nagano-keiki-raises-profit-guidance-semiconductor-pressure-sensors Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:57:22.342Z Nagano Keiki lifts profit guidance as semiconductor plant demand lifts pressure sensors https://tokyobrief.com/articles/moriroku-sells-guangzhou-auto-parts-subsidiary Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:56:49.949Z Moriroku agrees to sell its Guangzhou parts unit after a return to profit https://tokyobrief.com/articles/meti-ipa-white-hat-team-ai-penetration-testing Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:56:19.955Z Japan plans AI-assisted white-hat hacker team at IPA next month https://tokyobrief.com/articles/koa-raises-operating-profit-forecast-ai-industrial-demand Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:55:51.176Z KOA raises operating profit forecast to ¥8.31bn from ¥5.36bn, citing AI and industrial demand https://tokyobrief.com/articles/k-line-raises-net-profit-forecast-190-billion-one-container Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:55:20.651Z K Line lifts full-year net profit forecast to ¥190bn on container affiliate ONE https://tokyobrief.com/articles/water-heater-makers-fossil-energy-targets-draft-rules Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:54:50.767Z Water-heater makers would set their own fossil-energy targets under METI draft rules https://tokyobrief.com/articles/hokko-chemical-okayama-leak-sources-remediation-march-2027 Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:54:18.734Z Hokko Chemical names two suspected leak sources at Okayama plant, targets March 2027 for groundwater countermeasure works https://tokyobrief.com/articles/futaba-buys-surface-drone-maker-698mn Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:53:45.862Z Futaba to buy 91.9% of a surface-drone maker for ¥698mn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/fsa-disclosure-panel-nbim-securities-report-agm-timing Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:53:14.701Z Disclosure panel hears NBIM's case for a three-week gap between securities report and AGM https://tokyobrief.com/articles/fanuc-raises-profit-forecast-authorizes-50-billion-yen-buyback Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:52:43.849Z FANUC lifts full-year operating profit forecast 10.4% and authorizes buyback of up to ¥50bn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/eneos-buys-out-goldman-sachs-full-ownership-nippo Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:52:10.278Z ENEOS to buy out Goldman Sachs and take full ownership of NIPPO https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-draft-digital-textbook-guidelines-hybrid-default Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:51:32.574Z Japan's draft textbook rules make paper-digital hybrids the default and bar all-digital books for early primary grades https://tokyobrief.com/articles/daiwa-house-230-billion-hybrid-bonds-refinance-short-term-loans Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:50:57.542Z Daiwa House offers ¥230bn of hybrid bonds to refinance short-term loans https://tokyobrief.com/articles/chugin-financial-raises-interim-net-profit-forecast Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:50:27.653Z Chugin Financial raises interim net profit forecast to ¥29.7bn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/boj-stress-test-banks-capital-foreign-funds-yen-bonds Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:49:54.776Z BOJ stress test finds banks' capital holds under a combined oil, AI and rate shock https://tokyobrief.com/articles/basel-finalises-g-sib-full-year-averaging-consultation-open Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:49:24.390Z Basel finalises full-year averaging for G-SIB indicators, opens EU exposure question to comment https://tokyobrief.com/articles/and-st-hd-server-breach-customer-records Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T10:48:50.372Z and ST HD says about 2.5mn customer records may have leaked in server breach https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-packaging-recycling-obligation-proposal-paper-plastic Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-23T03:15:30.719Z Japan proposes cutting paper-packaging recycling quota to 16,830 tonnes and raising plastic to 732,600 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nonresidents-net-sellers-japan-securities-week-october-17 Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T17:18:49.778Z Nonresidents turn net sellers of Japanese securities, ¥848.4bn in the week to October 17 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/boj-loan-officer-survey-october-2026-firm-demand Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T17:11:19.666Z Large Japanese banks see firm loan demand turn positive as local-government borrowing cools https://tokyobrief.com/articles/t-rowe-price-taiheiyo-cement-stake-7-32-percent-lending Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:44:27.610Z T. Rowe Price group keeps 7.32% of Taiheiyo Cement as lending contracts change https://tokyobrief.com/articles/bronco-billy-nine-month-profit-meat-processor Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:33:53.269Z Bronco Billy's nine-month operating profit jumps 48% as steak chain buys a meat processor https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kyoei-security-director-retirement-charge-loss-forecast Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:33:16.478Z Kyoei Security's ¥1.602bn director retirement charge tips its forecast into a loss https://tokyobrief.com/articles/tokai-raises-profit-and-dividend-forecasts-pharmacy-eldercare Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:32:42.453Z Tokai lifts operating profit forecast 14.5% on pharmacy pricing and eldercare efficiency https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nippon-ski-resort-record-profit-inbound-lift-borrowing Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:31:48.968Z Nippon Ski Resort Development posts record profit on 544,000 inbound visitors, then borrows ¥5bn for lifts https://tokyobrief.com/articles/toggle-holdings-prices-ipo-top-of-range Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:31:12.253Z toggle holdings prices Tokyo IPO at ¥4,040, the top of its range https://tokyobrief.com/articles/powerx-production-progress-metric-hokkaido-plant Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:30:33.030Z PowerX says 99.2% production progress is inventory-based, not a shipment rate https://tokyobrief.com/articles/artnature-to-sell-philippine-wig-subsidiary-bangladesh-factory Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:29:46.487Z Artnature to sell its whole Philippine wig plant as Bangladesh factory starts up https://tokyobrief.com/articles/cybertrust-japan-google-approval-new-intermediate-ca-apple-pending Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:29:09.358Z Cybertrust Japan clears Google review for new intermediate CA, awaits Apple https://tokyobrief.com/articles/stella-pharma-steboronine-recurrent-meningioma-panel-clears Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:28:26.661Z Stella Pharma's Steboronine clears Japanese drug panel for recurrent meningioma https://tokyobrief.com/articles/tokyo-hospital-work-environment-grant-per-bed Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:27:49.531Z Tokyo's special hospital grant pays up to ¥266,000 a bed to cut doctors' hours https://tokyobrief.com/articles/jera-transition-link-bond-2-861-coupon-donation-target Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:27:11.954Z JERA's ¥10bn transition bond pays 2.861% and ties a donation to its 2030 emissions target https://tokyobrief.com/articles/orix-jreit-distribution-guidance-sale-gains-fade Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:26:17.961Z ORIX JREIT guides payout down to ¥2,300 a unit as sale gains run out https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kanto-denka-raises-guidance-specialty-gas-chip-demand Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:25:44.763Z Kanto Denka lifts profit guidance as specialty gases ride chip demand https://tokyobrief.com/articles/obayashi-new-zealand-solar-lyoc1-stake Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:25:12.889Z Obayashi commits NZ$74mn to New Zealand solar, paid in stages as projects hit milestones https://tokyobrief.com/articles/okinawa-bank-held-to-maturity-bonds-unrealized-loss Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:24:41.474Z Okinawa Bank's held-to-maturity bonds sit ¥11.3bn below book value https://tokyobrief.com/articles/pasona-circlace-hhh1-tender-offer-take-private Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:24:07.197Z Pasona agrees to tender its circlace stake into Hillhouse-backed ¥2,020 take-private https://tokyobrief.com/articles/sbi-base-tender-offer-result-0-08-percent Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:23:33.348Z SBI's BASE offer buys all 90,944 tendered shares, leaving it at 0.08% against a 20% cap https://tokyobrief.com/articles/j-credit-draft-solar-above-tokyo-mandate-additionality Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:23:03.261Z METI draft would let solar above Tokyo's mandate be assessed for J-Credits https://tokyobrief.com/articles/hard-to-abate-conversion-subsidy-second-call-deadline-27-november Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:22:13.674Z Japan reopens hard-to-abate subsidy: up to one-third of capex, noon deadline on 27 November https://tokyobrief.com/articles/valueact-takara-holdings-meeting-three-directors Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:21:26.889Z ValueAct demands Takara Holdings meeting to swap three outside directors https://tokyobrief.com/articles/capcom-id-breach-11-77mn-accounts-196-passwords-changed Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:20:51.684Z Capcom ID breach exposes 11.77mn accounts, with 196 passwords changed by intruders https://tokyobrief.com/articles/oji-container-unpaid-tooling-storage-jftc-recommendation Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:20:17.010Z Oji Container urged to pay subcontractors for storing its idle printing plates https://tokyobrief.com/articles/disco-april-december-shipment-forecast-half-year-profit Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T10:19:42.629Z DISCO puts April-December shipments at ¥434.2bn as half-year operating profit jumps 48% https://tokyobrief.com/articles/capital-research-joint-holders-lift-ihi-stake-to-9-58-percent Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T06:39:25.439Z Capital Research and joint holders lift IHI stake to 9.58% https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-chemical-safety-drafts-classification-cutoff-march-2026 Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T06:24:32.805Z Japan's chemical-safety drafts reach skin protection, carcinogen records and exposure limits https://tokyobrief.com/articles/dubai-vehicle-takes-20-percent-media-kobo-bank-funded Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T05:49:07.213Z Dubai vehicle takes 20.02% of Media Kobo, all of it bank-funded https://tokyobrief.com/articles/smbc-aviation-capital-unit-266bn-unsecured-loan-covenant Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T02:22:32.591Z Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing subsidiary signs ¥266bn unsecured loan with interest-cover floor https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kissei-tabneos-health-ministry-halt-new-patients Tokyo Brief en 2026-10-22T01:53:36.013Z Japan asks doctors to stop starting new patients on Kissei's avacopan drug